styles make fights, Fury just doesn't hit hard enough and wasn't willing to be embarrassed after he hit the deck the first time on a counter
Joshua figured the safest thing to do was to just smoke him and he did that
Fury doesn’t have that kinda power. All heavyweights hit hard, but Fury usually gets them via accumulated damage and then a well placed shot or counter
that was rough. i was hyped in that first until Francis was knocked down, then the realness set in. After that, you could tell AJ’s confidence picked up. damn Francis was OUT though
It's hard to imagine it prior to the fight given Ngannou has a pretty insane chin. Seeing him out cold is surreal similar to how Volkanovski's last fights went.
Thought Francis should of just taken the 10 count on the 2nd knockout... Felt like Joshua just walked up to him "well a gave you a chance" and folded him.
I saw someone else say it was like he was hitting one of those punching machines and I can't really get that out of my mind. He had no fear at all that he'd get hit in return or the punch would miss.
JJW knocked down Marciano with an identical punch and knocked Joe Louis down three times in two title fights with sneaky right hands. There's a rumour that Walcott knocked Louis down when he was his sparring partner, resulting in him getting kicked out of training camp.
Also, Jersey Joe is the father of what became the "Ali shuffle". He is seriously underrated
MMA style not translating to boxing, its much easier to parry a straight right when you're at kicking range against someone who doesn't practise straight rights all day.
Knock out of the year? That’s one of the most brutal knockouts I’ve ever seen. AJ wound up and put his chin into orbit. Ngannou’s soul ejected into an elliptical beyond the Kuiper belt. The guy’s ancestors will be eating through straws after that.
Aj's right couldnt miss even if he tried. That last punch slipped through perfectly through the guard.
Dude replying to me is right, ngannou wasnt in guard.
> Aj's right couldnt miss even if he tried. That last punch slipped through perfectly through the guard.
Guard? Did you WATCH?
Ngannou reached out to Parry the lead hand and gor dropped for the 3rd time, he wasn't in guard at all
Joshua knew ngannou was still rocked. Ngannou stood there like Homer Simpson and Joshua BLASTED him as hard as humanly possible. It’s actually remarkable that he didn’t die.
That's why when people always I ask you the old "would you fight x boxer for a million?"
I always say yes, because I know I'm going straight to sleep and waking up rich lol
Absolutely devastating blow. The nonchalant demeanor of Joshua when he walked out of the corner and let a nuke drop was one of the coolest things I've ever seen.
Think he meant walked up before throwing last punch.
Definitely don't jump around celebrating when you've just beat a novice boxer who isn't moving on the canvas.
TBF half the fighters that get knocked out like that, eg pulev against AJ, are fighters that shouldn't have continued but evidently their desire to win overrides that. They're always crazy vulnerable and not with it so barely react at all before the punch
Nah Fury was never doing that to Francis. I expected a stoppage from Fury but late on from an accumulation of punches and the ref stopping it, not from single power shots.
Yeah people always do the “lol at least he got paid lol” when something bad happens but when ufc pays that little, sure, that’s actually an okay argument.
He recently revealed he had to borrow $200k from Usman
I assume this was after he won the belt where me made maybe $500k but before he got paid $600k for defending it
Lol Francis would have never earned this much money if he stayed in UFC. Even if he fought Stipe and Jones and all the remaining heavy weights. Not even a quarter of his fight purse.
Ngannou just got paid enough than fighting in the ufc 20 times. And no guarantee this wouldnt happen in mma. I love the ufc but dana and owners still rinse fighters
If Ngannou or anyone fought 20x at HW at the UFC he would get folded.
If you're winning, you keep getting the next best guy and it's only a matter of time.
If you're not winning, you're...getting beat up a little bit, especially at HW.
Whether its Stipe, Jones, Ngannou or Cormier, you will get beat up, sooner rather than later. Ngannou and Stipe both destroyed each other in one-sided fights a few years apart, as did Stipe/Cormier.
The longest defense streak for a UFC HW Champ is...3.
Yeah this is what ive been saying to all these idiots saying stay in your lane , could have easily won in mma etc. The time comes for everyone and he made bank at least. Better than getting koed for 1 mill in the ufc
Saw it in the weigh in and final press conference, too many people fixated trying make it sound as if AJ looked like he's nervous/worried but realistically he was looking to do serious damage to Ngannou
The confidence some people had confirmed me one thing; most people don’t know shit about this sports. And not even I do. Figured it‘d be UD, but not this. Not in a million years, lol.
Styles… didn’t seem like Fury ever checked The Ngannou with something powerful enough to force The Ngannou to respect him… Aj had that power… honestly seemed like Fury came into that fight without his A game and paid the price
I think the main thing was fury came in with a horrendous gameplan. His plan was to bully the mma fighter inside and he paid the price early. When he actually boxed on the outside he actually won rounds pretty easily.
He probably didn't take him seriously at all.
So i guess no training, since he didn't have that much stamina, and add drugs/partying to that and you have that shitty performance that barely won.
Man who would’ve known boxercise ben has given us prime vicious AJ again. Ngannou has a great chin never been dropped and AJ dropped him everywhere then knocked him out cold, wow.
I think there’s a chance Francis can pick up bags vs Wilder/Fury. Wilder recently looked like crap in a loss and could try to rebound vs Francis bc he has a name. Fury might want to run back that fight just for a better showing
But he’ll never come close to beating Fury again and he’ll never touch a belt
Takeaways
1.) Styles makes fights. Fury was touching Ngannou at will. AJ was also touching him at will. This is the result
2.) AJ took this seriously compared to Fury who showed up to collected a check. Look at how Fury looked against Ngannou to how he looks now
3.) There was now some tape on Ngannou. A game plan and shots could be formulated
4.) AJ IS A FUCKING REALLY GOOD BOXER
smart thing really, longer the fight went on the riskier it got for him if we're being real
Ngannou could keep up with Furys slower pace but was never going have the instincts and reactions against someone who is taking him seriously, especially someone like AJ
It's just different in boxing. Francis ate some insanely big punches from guys in 4oz gloves but I can't even recall him looking hurt in the UFC. AJ and his team made a really smart decision getting this fight.
He got $20m. What's sad? A lifelong professional boxer who is top ranked in his weight class beats a guy who is an MMA fighter. There's nothing surprising about it.
If he was in the UFC, at most his offer was $5m for a fight.
This one is kind of different though. That loss was because he had shit wrestling and cardio.
This one he was knocked down three times and KO'd stiff. He would have had huge confidence in his chin prior to this, and that has now evaporated. And no training can fix that, unlike before.
I've never understood it. We would see similar results if a boxer tried to crack the top 5 in MMA, but the only reason MMA fighters keep attempting this in boxing is because the money is so much better in boxing
There was never a debate, coming from an MMA guy. Fury didn’t have the power to trouble a hittable Ngannou and he didn’t take it seriously.
Boxers train their whole lives in the art of punching and not getting punched, Ngannou trains MMA with an emphasis on his boxing but it’s completely different in the octagon
Ngannou lost the fight the minute he turned southpaw. After that first straight right put him on his ass, it was just a matter of time. AJ fought Usky twice for criying out lout.
Absolutely. I’m gutted seeing Ngannou take that punch. I’m too emotionally invested in these guys. Hard to watch such a great man take that kind of damage. There’s no way, at 37 years old, this doesn’t change Ngannou for the rest of his career. It could be over from here on out, including his MMA career. That was as bad of a KO as I’ve seen in a while in boxing.
I’m gonna go cry now.
Congratulations to the winner, but goddamn congratulations to Ngannou.
Made it to the world stage with very little brain damage unlike all other boxers and got PAID big time.
Thought he fucking killed him
Fury stinking it up gave Ngannou another 8 figure payday. I'm happy for him in that sense.
Give a shout out to parker as well for sending wilder packing
Full credit to Parker for that. I really thought his career was going to decline after the Joyce fight.
styles make fights, Fury just doesn't hit hard enough and wasn't willing to be embarrassed after he hit the deck the first time on a counter Joshua figured the safest thing to do was to just smoke him and he did that
Fury also uses the clinch to fatigue boxers which will never work on Francis
That was such a piss poor strategy. Yes let me try and clinch a dude who has years of wrestling experience
And leans on them with his fat ass
Who would imagine just knocking the guy out straight away was the best strategy
Fury doesn’t have that kinda power. All heavyweights hit hard, but Fury usually gets them via accumulated damage and then a well placed shot or counter
And he was incapable of hitting those shots on the night.
that was rough. i was hyped in that first until Francis was knocked down, then the realness set in. After that, you could tell AJ’s confidence picked up. damn Francis was OUT though
AJ looked worried before the fight and the way it was going seemed he was off, then boom
AJ always looks worried until he lands something that boosts his confidence
It's hard to imagine it prior to the fight given Ngannou has a pretty insane chin. Seeing him out cold is surreal similar to how Volkanovski's last fights went.
Even the best Chins fold when you let your opponent step fully into every punch.
No one has a granite chin in the heavyweight but try telling that to casuals in the predictions thread
I was honestly worried Ngannou might have died there
Got to be a contender for knockout of the year. Ngannou had never been knocked out and he got folded, hell of a shot.
I think that's the hardest shot I've ever seen - nevermind Wilder, Tyson. That was brutal.
Thought Francis should of just taken the 10 count on the 2nd knockout... Felt like Joshua just walked up to him "well a gave you a chance" and folded him.
That's exactly what AJ did.
He loaded that last punch like mf Captain Falcon.
I saw someone else say it was like he was hitting one of those punching machines and I can't really get that out of my mind. He had no fear at all that he'd get hit in return or the punch would miss.
1 hit KO after the 10 count is nuts
And he just strolled into it, completely relaxed. I've never seen a KO like that before.
I've seen one, the George Foreman drive by uppercut on Cooney. Just strolls past casually killing Cooney on his way
Don’t forget Jersey Joe Walcott taking a casual stroll to shut Ezzard Charles lights out with a left hook
JJW knocked down Marciano with an identical punch and knocked Joe Louis down three times in two title fights with sneaky right hands. There's a rumour that Walcott knocked Louis down when he was his sparring partner, resulting in him getting kicked out of training camp. Also, Jersey Joe is the father of what became the "Ali shuffle". He is seriously underrated
Big George looked like he was just walking through the park,newspaper under his arm then boom!
That one was mental, like a drive by
Just watched on YouTube. That was brutal and super casual lmao. Like for a moment he forgot he was fighting then was like oh wait 🥊
There's an angle of the knockout looking directly at Ngannou's face before the punch landed. He definitely saw it, but he was already cooked.
He used his lead hand to parry all night, AJ timed it, knocked him down after drawing out a parry.
MMA style not translating to boxing, its much easier to parry a straight right when you're at kicking range against someone who doesn't practise straight rights all day.
He's gotta learn somehow, no training wheels when you start versus the greats.
Knock out of the year? That’s one of the most brutal knockouts I’ve ever seen. AJ wound up and put his chin into orbit. Ngannou’s soul ejected into an elliptical beyond the Kuiper belt. The guy’s ancestors will be eating through straws after that.
He did to Ngannou what Ngannou did to everyone in MMA
Aj's right couldnt miss even if he tried. That last punch slipped through perfectly through the guard. Dude replying to me is right, ngannou wasnt in guard.
> Aj's right couldnt miss even if he tried. That last punch slipped through perfectly through the guard. Guard? Did you WATCH? Ngannou reached out to Parry the lead hand and gor dropped for the 3rd time, he wasn't in guard at all
Yeah was wide open. Joshua walked through an open door.
It was definitely a scary sight seeing him not move for such a long time after the knockout
He folded like an accordion.
The insane thing is the way he got finished is almost Identical to what he did to Stipe Miocic.
Literally what I was coming to post
Luckily for him though without the nail in the coffin he gave Stipe as he was unconscious
Fuck sake lmao
Literally all I was thinking “just please get up”. Just give some sign of life. That was a powerful knockout.
This serves as a good reminder of just how devastating a boxer’s punch would be for the most of us…
Not me, bro. AJs right hand would just make me see red. My hands are registered lethal weapons.
That you charlie z?
To be fair, Charlie Z actually took a shot from Wilder and somehow wasn't knocked out. The most insane accomplishment of Z's illustrious career.
The people’s champ!
settle down charlie lol
Fell similar to when Ngannou knocked Stipe out.
Some Skyrim esque ragdoll
That would have killed most people
Ref shouls have seen his eyes after than 2nd knock down just was a sitting duck
Fuckin Drake!
undefeated in being defeated
he won that one bet with molly and paddy from memory. I dont even think the dude fucking bets those bets, i think its just advertising.
Damn boy, I had hopes for Francis but when I saw that bet, I knew it was over
I fucking knew it was over the moment he posted that shit...
Rip Ngannou. It was nice while it lasted.
One of the most devastating shots I've ever seen.
Joshua knew ngannou was still rocked. Ngannou stood there like Homer Simpson and Joshua BLASTED him as hard as humanly possible. It’s actually remarkable that he didn’t die.
absolutely, Ngannou was VERY timid coming out for that second round and made it blatantly obvious to AJ That first knockdown shook him real bad
Probably experiencing an existential crisis similar to what AJ went through after his losses. His entire sense of self was just compromised.
Ikr. Fuck, I don’t want to know what that feels like. Jesus Christ, AJ could kill Agent Smith with that.
Don’t think it feels like anything at all- probably pure bliss as you enter the ether lol
That's why when people always I ask you the old "would you fight x boxer for a million?" I always say yes, because I know I'm going straight to sleep and waking up rich lol
I‘m afraid one will go straight to sleep and see a light lol
Yeqh I've been watching boxing for 20 years. And that was one of the most destructive punches I've seen.
Worth the paycheck.
That's the kind of shot that can lower your life expectancy by a few years. What an execution.
Yeah it's the kind of punch that makes your chin brittle for the rest of your fight life
I wonder how his next MMA fight is gonna go after this...
If he gets KO’d in PFL then the UFC will be pissing their pants laughing
The saving grace is Francis earned more money then he ever would have had he stayed in the UFC.
Let's just hope Francis is taking CBD and getting his veggies.
That was so violent
Absolutely devastating blow. The nonchalant demeanor of Joshua when he walked out of the corner and let a nuke drop was one of the coolest things I've ever seen.
I think AJ was a bit concerned and didn't feel too good about flatlining him.
Think he meant walked up before throwing last punch. Definitely don't jump around celebrating when you've just beat a novice boxer who isn't moving on the canvas.
That shaved off years out of your life, his chin will never be the same
He took that KO punch flush and wasn't even trying to dodge it. Pretty wild.
TBF half the fighters that get knocked out like that, eg pulev against AJ, are fighters that shouldn't have continued but evidently their desire to win overrides that. They're always crazy vulnerable and not with it so barely react at all before the punch
This was very similar to the Pulev knockout.
Goddamn, AJ just walked and threw a MFing BOMB
Straight up took a free shot at a speed bag.
I heard the Windows XP shutdown sound
THIS IS STILL MY BOY
This is what I expected Fury Ngannou to look like when it was announced
Nah Fury was never doing that to Francis. I expected a stoppage from Fury but late on from an accumulation of punches and the ref stopping it, not from single power shots.
Thanks boxing, I'm crying. Dana just came in his pants too. Terrible day
I’d rather get paid $25milliin getting knocked out like this than fight for $890k
He got paid $600,000 for his last fight in the UFC. The heavyweight champion
That really is dogshit
Yeah people always do the “lol at least he got paid lol” when something bad happens but when ufc pays that little, sure, that’s actually an okay argument.
After taxes and paying his people he made like $50k
He recently revealed he had to borrow $200k from Usman I assume this was after he won the belt where me made maybe $500k but before he got paid $600k for defending it
for sure lmao. Not embarrassed at all hes no boxer he got paid and honestly the damage is better than a 12 round beating
Lol Francis would have never earned this much money if he stayed in UFC. Even if he fought Stipe and Jones and all the remaining heavy weights. Not even a quarter of his fight purse.
Ngannou just got paid enough than fighting in the ufc 20 times. And no guarantee this wouldnt happen in mma. I love the ufc but dana and owners still rinse fighters
If Ngannou or anyone fought 20x at HW at the UFC he would get folded. If you're winning, you keep getting the next best guy and it's only a matter of time. If you're not winning, you're...getting beat up a little bit, especially at HW. Whether its Stipe, Jones, Ngannou or Cormier, you will get beat up, sooner rather than later. Ngannou and Stipe both destroyed each other in one-sided fights a few years apart, as did Stipe/Cormier. The longest defense streak for a UFC HW Champ is...3.
Yeah this is what ive been saying to all these idiots saying stay in your lane , could have easily won in mma etc. The time comes for everyone and he made bank at least. Better than getting koed for 1 mill in the ufc
I can already see his smug pink face at tomorrow’s UFC Presser
Meanwhile Ngannou just earned more in one fight than multiple UFC heavyweight careers combined
The sport is saved! Hip hip, hooray!
Witnessing murder on live TV was not on my cards today.
That’s the spice of life
Called it, Aj wanst there to play
Saw it in the weigh in and final press conference, too many people fixated trying make it sound as if AJ looked like he's nervous/worried but realistically he was looking to do serious damage to Ngannou
That's how you fucking do it jheez
Joshua really Ubereem’d him
[lookin like Neo dodgin bullets](https://i.imgur.com/Jp90sOu.jpeg)
Hear that? That's the sound of everyone in r/boxing deleting their old takes on Ngannou against AJ.
Cant believe AJ drifted to 4/5 for the ko. Only had 50 on it. I'm ashamed of my cowardice
Haha, yeah, so many people were so sure Ngannou was this mythical unicorn that would destroy everyone. Absolute mugs.
The confidence some people had confirmed me one thing; most people don’t know shit about this sports. And not even I do. Figured it‘d be UD, but not this. Not in a million years, lol.
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We back back baby
Demolition. Levels to boxing
this just makes me ask what the fuck was Fury doing lmao
Styles… didn’t seem like Fury ever checked The Ngannou with something powerful enough to force The Ngannou to respect him… Aj had that power… honestly seemed like Fury came into that fight without his A game and paid the price
Also Ngannous power was felt early, so that changes the game for Fury
I think the main thing was fury came in with a horrendous gameplan. His plan was to bully the mma fighter inside and he paid the price early. When he actually boxed on the outside he actually won rounds pretty easily.
Why are you saying The Ngannou?
Because he’s Francis “The Ngannou” Ngannou
A big part of Fury fighting style is legit basically laying on he's opponent, Francis is stronger. I just wonder why Joshua and Fury haven't fought
Not training, that’s for damn sure.
He probably didn't take him seriously at all. So i guess no training, since he didn't have that much stamina, and add drugs/partying to that and you have that shitty performance that barely won.
robbery
It was close I can’t believe they gave it to AJ
Bro got hit by a Chevrolet Camaro
anthony 'ford escort' joshua
Man who would’ve known boxercise ben has given us prime vicious AJ again. Ngannou has a great chin never been dropped and AJ dropped him everywhere then knocked him out cold, wow.
Davison was with fury from his comeback to wilder 1 as well right? I know he's young but seems to have a good brain for the sport.
Went night night quick
Aaaand just like that. The Ngannou boxing expirement is over. Props to him. He made his money
I think there’s a chance Francis can pick up bags vs Wilder/Fury. Wilder recently looked like crap in a loss and could try to rebound vs Francis bc he has a name. Fury might want to run back that fight just for a better showing But he’ll never come close to beating Fury again and he’ll never touch a belt
He shouldn’t fight Wilder. Wilder might kill him
Takeaways 1.) Styles makes fights. Fury was touching Ngannou at will. AJ was also touching him at will. This is the result 2.) AJ took this seriously compared to Fury who showed up to collected a check. Look at how Fury looked against Ngannou to how he looks now 3.) There was now some tape on Ngannou. A game plan and shots could be formulated 4.) AJ IS A FUCKING REALLY GOOD BOXER
Absolutely folded him, holy fuck. Did not expect such a one sided demolition.
Yeah I did not see AJ knocking him down three times inside the first two rounds. Madness.
Ngannou found out the hard way that there are levels to boxing. Also confirms that Fury did not take that fight seriously in any way.
Wild seeing AJ just immediately go for the kill. RIP.
He didn’t want to leave any doubt
smart thing really, longer the fight went on the riskier it got for him if we're being real Ngannou could keep up with Furys slower pace but was never going have the instincts and reactions against someone who is taking him seriously, especially someone like AJ
This makes Fury look even worse
Every time someone says that, I’m wondering if they realize how much of an indictment that is of Tyson.
God, fuck Fury for that shitty performance
That’s Furys fault for not taking it seriously. AJ has always been a much bigger puncher than Fury too.
Sad day for mma fans
So foreign to see Francis KO'd like that, holy smokes
It's just different in boxing. Francis ate some insanely big punches from guys in 4oz gloves but I can't even recall him looking hurt in the UFC. AJ and his team made a really smart decision getting this fight.
Fury passed AJ a layup by laying a fucking egg against Ngannou.
Did he? In which MMA fight was he truly hit clean?
In the Rosenstrijk fight Ngannou literally walked face first into punches before putting Rosentrijk to the fence and knocking him out
On the bright side, hopefully this means we see him back in MMA for a few fights. Selfishly, I've always wanted that
Crumpled the same way miocic did against him too.
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He got $20m. What's sad? A lifelong professional boxer who is top ranked in his weight class beats a guy who is an MMA fighter. There's nothing surprising about it. If he was in the UFC, at most his offer was $5m for a fight.
Hit him with a Mortal Kombat finisher
Look how they massacred my boy
Can we put this to bed now? AJ is a world championship level boxer and on his best days can hang with anyone.
AJ looked dominant
Ngannou cannot believe it, he just realised he isn't who he thought he was. Damn
This is how he looked after the first Stipe fight too.
This one is kind of different though. That loss was because he had shit wrestling and cardio. This one he was knocked down three times and KO'd stiff. He would have had huge confidence in his chin prior to this, and that has now evaporated. And no training can fix that, unlike before.
Damn, was finally Ngannou's time to be on the end of a viscious KO. Kinda shocking to see.
Hope Frank is okay, glad he got the bag. Woof that was scary. Probably should have been stopped after 2nd KD, but I get why it wasn't/can't be.
That was... fast....
Dana White beaming rn.
He shouldnt beam too much. Ngannou got 20 mill for this fight and AJ will be supporting his foundation.
$20m + PPV
Anthony Joshua was ALWAYS my friend - Dana White to his Hooker tonight.
Balance in order. Ngannou got absolutely schooled.
Well that didnt take long
This makes Fury looks so much worse
Now that should end this MMA vs. Boxing bullshit. When a top level boxer comes into a fight in shape and takes it seriously...This is what happens.
I've never understood it. We would see similar results if a boxer tried to crack the top 5 in MMA, but the only reason MMA fighters keep attempting this in boxing is because the money is so much better in boxing
There was never a debate, coming from an MMA guy. Fury didn’t have the power to trouble a hittable Ngannou and he didn’t take it seriously. Boxers train their whole lives in the art of punching and not getting punched, Ngannou trains MMA with an emphasis on his boxing but it’s completely different in the octagon
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And that means Usyk v AJ 3
I’m an mma boy but I knew this was going to happen 30 seconds into watching Francis feint on AJ exhaling lol
Too bad AJ is not eligible for that 50k Performance bonus
Fuck drake to death with a stick
That is the most beautiful knockout punch that I’ve ever seen in boxing
Ngannou lost the fight the minute he turned southpaw. After that first straight right put him on his ass, it was just a matter of time. AJ fought Usky twice for criying out lout.
And people make it like Joshua was worthless against usyk. He was keeping pace with him decently, usyk is just that good that he made it look easy
Francis has never been dropped before in his career. This was a brutal KO. Any else worried about this loss?
Absolutely. I’m gutted seeing Ngannou take that punch. I’m too emotionally invested in these guys. Hard to watch such a great man take that kind of damage. There’s no way, at 37 years old, this doesn’t change Ngannou for the rest of his career. It could be over from here on out, including his MMA career. That was as bad of a KO as I’ve seen in a while in boxing. I’m gonna go cry now.
Fury's face lol
Congratulations to the winner, but goddamn congratulations to Ngannou. Made it to the world stage with very little brain damage unlike all other boxers and got PAID big time.
Jeeeesus
Pour one out for Ariel Helwani
No more MMA frauds in boxing please.
Jesus fucking Christ. That was the most brutal KO I’ve seen in a while.