{"id":11697,"date":"2023-01-28T08:35:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-28T08:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/francis-ngannou-says-hes-in-touch-with-furys-team-hopes-for-summer-fight\/"},"modified":"2023-01-28T08:35:00","modified_gmt":"2023-01-28T08:35:00","slug":"francis-ngannou-says-hes-in-touch-with-furys-team-hopes-for-summer-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/francis-ngannou-says-hes-in-touch-with-furys-team-hopes-for-summer-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Francis Ngannou says he&#8217;s in touch with Fury&#8217;s team, hopes for summer fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<section id=\"cb-4f03236f6fc3d763a2e57daeb7228c44\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-f20f71b6-9457-48b5-a187-0c216d29b02c-1674713170-image-holder\" class=\"embed-responsive-item video-block__image-holder\">\n          <button class=\"embed-responsive-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-f20f71b6-9457-48b5-a187-0c216d29b02c-1674713170-play-btn\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"sr-only\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n          <\/button><br \/>\n                                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/87\/16by9\/2023\/01\/27\/8786ca17521d4e3aa028e8d3c2d618ad_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>              <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">TMZSports.com<\/span>\n          <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-4f03236f6fc3d763a2e57daeb7228c44--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-905d1b9f0c7187af77f0011c89b1fc73\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p><strong>Francis Ngannou<\/strong> say you are in contact with <strong>Tyson Fury<\/strong>The Gipsy King&#8217;s next boxing match will likely be against fellow heavyweight champion, <strong>Oleksandr Usyk<\/strong>former UFC champions say they could fight in the middle of the year!<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-905d1b9f0c7187af77f0011c89b1fc73--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-6f03065793a866f21b1c87c8d1d073dd\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>&#8220;I spoke with someone. [Fury&#8217;s] Advisor, but they are working on a fight with Usyk in April. said. <strong>TMZSports<\/strong> Originally from Cameroon.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-6f03065793a866f21b1c87c8d1d073dd--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-d09cefb45b5da0a88ac8a5d9c633177a\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>&#8220;It will also give me time to prepare for the boxing match. I&#8217;m fine with that timeline, hopefully sometime in June or July when it&#8217;s viable. We&#8217;ll see. I think it&#8217;s too early to draw any conclusions. It&#8217;s too early to say anything about it, but there&#8217;s no doubt we&#8217;re looking into it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-d09cefb45b5da0a88ac8a5d9c633177a--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-343cdd2749ba0cbf3dfc09a31e452f7a\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-twitter-tweet-block canvas-twitter-tweet-block-permalink canvas-twitter-tweet-block--default  \">\n<div id=\"cb-343cdd2749ba0cbf3dfc09a31e452f7a-416273652-target\" class=\"d-flex justify-content-center\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Boxing heavyweight champion standing next to UFC heavyweight champion.<\/p>\n<p>Francis Ngannou says he and Tyson Fury will fight under hybrid rules. <\/p>\n<p>Wearing MMA gloves in a boxing ring. <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UmndMNgyzX\">pic.twitter.com\/UmndMNgyzX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 History of Mixed Martial Arts Today (@MMAHistoryToday) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MMAHistoryToday\/status\/1517986023254372352?ref_src=twsrc^tfw\" target=\"_blank\">April 23, 2022<\/a><br \/>\n              <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MMAHistoryToday\" target=\"_blank\">@MMAHistoryToday<\/a>\n          <\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-343cdd2749ba0cbf3dfc09a31e452f7a--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-74436ce39b290690a2fe036d7a86341a\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Of course, Fury and Ngannou have unabashedly expressed their appetite for boxing \u2014 under slightly modified rules (think boxing with a hint of MMA) \u2014 and the combat sports star is finally on the verge of becoming a slam dunk. The year after Fury defeated Boxing Star <strong>Dillian White<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-74436ce39b290690a2fe036d7a86341a--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-257760556f2e977dda06309de2f9d353\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Francis believes the fans want a fight&#8230;the long anticipated Fury vs. <strong>Anthony Joshua<\/strong><strong> <\/strong>match.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-257760556f2e977dda06309de2f9d353--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-5f564fb188e17a33dd285d562cdfe208\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/74\/4by3\/2023\/01\/27\/746e004fce44463597c9a098b7435481_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Tyson Fury Francis Ngannou Top\"\/><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-5f564fb188e17a33dd285d562cdfe208--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-c25bea8ee4571ecd397de83e3e5fc53f\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve been talking about this fight for the last two years. At this point, I think people are waiting for this fight and talking about it more than Joshua.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-c25bea8ee4571ecd397de83e3e5fc53f--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-177301554d7b82d7066b5ea058b7b16c\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/80\/4by3\/2023\/01\/27\/80dc0fe939fe4523945256948ef97eff_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Francis Ngannou Cristiano Ronaldo\"\/><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-177301554d7b82d7066b5ea058b7b16c--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-c3b50ec3cbeb6d29600485da9a234243\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>There&#8217;s more &#8212; we also asked Francis about his recent conference. <strong>Cristiano Ronaldo<\/strong>,<strong> <\/strong>Whether the international football star gave him any advice about free agency after signing a huge deal with Saudi Arabia&#8217;s Al Nasr.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-c3b50ec3cbeb6d29600485da9a234243--><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/__i\/rss\/rd\/articles\/CBMiXmh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LnRtei5jb20vMjAyMy8wMS8yOC9mcmFuY2lzLW5nYW5ub3UtdGFsa2VkLXR5c29uLWZ1cnktcmVwcy1maWdodC1zdW1tZXItYm94aW5nLW1tYS_SAV5odHRwczovL2FtcC50bXouY29tLzIwMjMvMDEvMjgvZnJhbmNpcy1uZ2Fubm91LXRhbGtlZC10eXNvbi1mdXJ5LXJlcHMtZmlnaHQtc3VtbWVyLWJveGluZy1tbWEv?oc=5\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Play video content TMZSports.com Francis Ngannou say you are in contact with Tyson FuryThe Gipsy King&#8217;s next boxing match will likely be against fellow<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11698,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-boxing-mma-combat-sports","two-columns"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/1808605414244a9b8249b099e28c3c69_xl.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11697"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11697\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}