Francis Ngannou Sends Blunt Message Ahead Of Tyson Fury Boxing Fight

Ngannou has something to say to his doubters.

Former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou is planning to silence the doubters.

Ngannou, now a PFL heavyweight, will be fighting Tyson Fury in a boxing match on October 28. The two titans will collide in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Despite being the reigning WBC heavyweight champion, "The Gypsy King" will not be defending his gold in this contest.

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Ahead of the mega fight, Francis Ngannou appeared on "The MMA Hour." During the show, "The Predator" told Ariel Helwani that the naysayers don't bother him.

"Whatever they do, they're gonna watch it from the stage," Ngannou said. "I'm the man on the stage. That's it. As you said, I will respond like I don't care because I don't care. It's my show, it's my show, man. I managed to get here and whether you like it or not it is what is. You just have to take it."

As it stands now, Fury is a massive -2000 betting favorite over the +1040 betting underdog Ngannou, per Fanduel. Some are even wondering if Fury is already looking past Ngannou. Weeks before this fight's scheduled date, Fury's promoters announced a planned heavyweight title unification bout with Oleksandr Usyk.

Ngannou made it clear that he isn't bothered by what some would call a lack of respect from the Fury camp.

"Some people asked me if I was frustrated about it, if I was irritated about it, and again, if you look at it in the right angle, this fight, the Usyk fight was the fight that Tyson was negotiating."

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