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Mon, January 3, 2022, 7:57 AM·2 min read
UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannouhas said his next contract with the mixed martial arts promotion must include a clause that allows him to cross over into boxing.
Ngannou, who knocked out Stipe Miocic last March to win the heavyweight title, has been locked in a contract dispute with the UFC in recent months, though the organisation’s president Dana White said this week that he recently had a “good talk” with the French-Cameroonian.
Ngannou is set to defend his title against interim champion and former teammate Ciryl Gane this month, but the 35-year-old is already looking ahead to a potential boxing venture – something he has mentioned before.
“It’s always been down the line; this is something that I’m not taking my eyes off,” Ngannou told TMZ.
“This is gonna happen either way. Even if I stay... Even if, or when, the UFC and I finalise a [new] deal, the boxing part has to be in it.
“I can’t see myself retiring without boxing.”
Mon, January 3, 2022, 7:57 AM·2 min read
UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannouhas said his next contract with the mixed martial arts promotion must include a clause that allows him to cross over into boxing.
Ngannou, who knocked out Stipe Miocic last March to win the heavyweight title, has been locked in a contract dispute with the UFC in recent months, though the organisation’s president Dana White said this week that he recently had a “good talk” with the French-Cameroonian.
Ngannou is set to defend his title against interim champion and former teammate Ciryl Gane this month, but the 35-year-old is already looking ahead to a potential boxing venture – something he has mentioned before.
“It’s always been down the line; this is something that I’m not taking my eyes off,” Ngannou told TMZ.
“This is gonna happen either way. Even if I stay... Even if, or when, the UFC and I finalise a [new] deal, the boxing part has to be in it.
“I can’t see myself retiring without boxing.”
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