Francis Ngannou wants boxing clause in next UFC deal as champion eyes Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder fights

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Alex Pattle
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.”

 

jimmy boogaloo

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let him fight the best boxer they can get, on a zuffa show. would be a harsh beating.
 

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Fuck it, why not?

We're all of one goofy statement from Chael Sonnen away from most MMA fans telling me why Ngannou is going to dominate those guys anyways. Probably easy money to be made off of morons, I'm in.
 

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Imagine the vitriol being spewed behind closed doors at Endeavor (WME) and Creative Arts Agency. These guys fucking hate each other. Those conversations must be endlessly entertaining.
 

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Imagine the vitriol being spewed behind closed doors at Endeavor (WME) and Creative Arts Agency. These guys fucking hate each other. Those conversations must be endlessly entertaining.
Paul is somehow almost making us feel sorry for Dana because he keeps losing 10-8 rounds to Diabeetus (Paul). So unless the Egg and his dear friend Ali Abdel-Isis take out Paul, I don't see any end to these lopsided beatdowns lol...
 

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Paul is somehow almost making us feel sorry for Dana because he keeps losing 10-8 rounds to Diabeetus (Paul). So unless the Egg and his dear friend Ali Abdel-Isis take out Paul, I don't see any end to these lopsided beatdowns lol...
I do agree with what Weidman said about how Paul needs to be calling out Anderson Silva if he wants a real boxing challenge against an MMA fighter. I am also holding out hope that Nate fights out his UFC contract and goes over to box Paul. Other than that, I just don’t care about the Paul/Dana contrived “feud.”
 

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If he eyes boxing too much there is a good chance he is overlooking Gane.
 

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I do agree with what Weidman said about how Paul needs to be calling out Anderson Silva if he wants a real boxing challenge against an MMA fighter. I am also holding out hope that Nate fights out his UFC contract and goes over to box Paul. Other than that, I just don’t care about the Paul/Dana contrived “feud.”
hey glitterball, how come the buff-yellow name tag?
 

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hey glitterball, how come the buff-yellow name tag?
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