{"id":8791,"date":"2023-01-18T19:53:03","date_gmt":"2023-01-18T19:53:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/ufc-star-underestimated-average-francis-ngannou-before-the-predator-unveiled-his-boxing-plans-hes-not-that-good\/"},"modified":"2023-01-18T19:53:03","modified_gmt":"2023-01-18T19:53:03","slug":"ufc-star-underestimated-average-francis-ngannou-before-the-predator-unveiled-his-boxing-plans-hes-not-that-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/ufc-star-underestimated-average-francis-ngannou-before-the-predator-unveiled-his-boxing-plans-hes-not-that-good\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC star underestimated &#8216;average&#8217; Francis Ngannou before The Predator unveiled his boxing plans. He&#8217;s not that good"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Francis Ngannou Boxing: UFC News: Francis Ngannou took to YouTube to address some of the circumstances surrounding his exit from the UFC shortly after Anthony Smith&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Francis Ngannou Boxing: UFC News:<\/strong> Shortly after Anthony Smith denounced The Predator&#8217;s potential boxing move, Francis Ngannou took to YouTube to address some of the circumstances surrounding his UFC exit. Anthony Smith connected with Michael Bisping on the Believe You Me podcast to discuss the Francis Ngannou, Cyril Gaine vs. Jon Jones situation. <b>Follow UFC news updates on InsideSport.IN.<\/b><\/p>\n<aside class=\"scaip scaip-1    \">\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1RmJz2WB72Y\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1RmJz2WB72Y<\/a><\/p>\n<p>While referring to Francis Ngannou&#8217;s potential boxing move, &#8216;Lionheart&#8217; said: <em>&#8220;Francis Ngannou is a normal guy as a heavyweight boxer. He&#8217;s rare in MMA. He&#8217;s unique. He&#8217;s very special, but in professional boxing he&#8217;s average at best. At best he&#8217;s an average puncher.&#8221; He&#8217;s a below average boxer His footwork and movements are below average His defense is below average He won&#8217;t do well as a heavyweight professional boxer He gets one big boxing fight I&#8217;m going to do it, and the \u2032\u2032 new \u2032\u2032 will disappear. I saw how good he really was and was like, &#8216;Oh my God, he&#8217;s not that good.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Francis Ngannou, meanwhile, has said he wants to do mostly boxing matches before reentering the MMA octagon.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"scaip scaip-2    \">\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<p><div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe title=\"Francis Ngannou: Why I left the UFC\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qmqzaK51NGQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>He was offered an $8 million multi-fight contract by Dana White, but was ultimately turned down. Francis Ngannou has thus earned a spot to win millions of paydays. Now it remains to be seen what he wants to add under his belt.<\/p>\n<p>READ ALSO | Francis Ngannou Leaving UFC: Bellator MMA, PFL MMA, BKFC &#038; More Interested In Signing The Predator<\/p>\n<aside class=\"scaip scaip-3    \">\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<h3>Francis Ngannou eyeing boxing opponent<\/h3>\n<p>The former UFC champion has listed Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua as his two preferred opponents in boxing.  Fury and AJ are both big PPV draws for him and could bring Ngannou a huge financial fortune. Tyson Fury verbally agreed to fight Ngannou right after knocking out Dillian White. Meanwhile, Anthony his Joshua has his second straight loss to Oleksandr Usik and Francis his Ngannou can be considered a tune up opponent.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch: UFC star underestimates &#8216;average&#8217; Francis Ngannou before Predator announces boxing plans &#8211; &#8216;F***. He&#8217;s not that good&#8217;<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_572175\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-572175\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-attachment-id=\"572175\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.insidesport.in\/francis-ngannou-they-wanted-to-f-me-ufc-heavyweight-champion-reveals-getting-emotional-after-beating-ciryl-gane\/whatsapp-image-2022-11-29-at-15-37-38\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.insidesport.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-11-29-at-15.37.38.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"939,586\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Watch: UFC star underestimates \u2018Average\u2019 Francis Ngannou before The Predator announces boxing plans- \u2018F***. He is not that good\u2019\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Watch: UFC star underestimates \u2018Average\u2019 Francis Ngannou before The Predator announces boxing plans- \u2018F***. He is not that good\u2019&lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.insidesport.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-11-29-at-15.37.38.jpeg?w=300\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.insidesport.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-11-29-at-15.37.38.jpeg?w=809\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-572175\" src=\"https:\/\/www.insidesport.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-11-29-at-15.37.38.jpeg\" alt=\"Watch: UFC star underestimates 'average' Francis Ngannou before Predator announces boxing plans - 'F***. He's not that good'\" width=\"809\" height=\"505\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.insidesport.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-11-29-at-15.37.38.jpeg 939w, https:\/\/www.insidesport.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-11-29-at-15.37.38.jpeg?resize=300,187 300w, https:\/\/www.insidesport.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-11-29-at-15.37.38.jpeg?resize=768,479 768w, https:\/\/www.insidesport.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-11-29-at-15.37.38.jpeg?resize=270,169 270w, https:\/\/www.insidesport.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-11-29-at-15.37.38.jpeg?resize=570,356 570w, https:\/\/www.insidesport.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-11-29-at-15.37.38.jpeg?resize=690,431 690w, https:\/\/www.insidesport.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-11-29-at-15.37.38.jpeg?resize=135,84 135w, https:\/\/www.insidesport.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-11-29-at-15.37.38.jpeg?resize=285,178 285w, https:\/\/www.insidesport.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-11-29-at-15.37.38.jpeg?resize=345,215 345w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 809px) 100vw, 809px\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-572175\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Watch: UFC star underestimates &#8216;average&#8217; Francis Ngannou before The Predator reveals boxing plans &#8211; &#8216;F***. He&#8217;s not that good&#8217;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Aside from the boxing world, PFL MMA, BKFC, and Bellator MMA are also keeping the door open for Francis Ngannou. Francis Ngannou should have stayed in the UFC for a few more years, but his next journey will be fruitful.<\/p>\n<p><b>FOLLOW INSIDESPORT ON GOOGLE NEWS<\/b><b>  \/ UFC news updates from InsideSport.IN<\/b><\/p>\n<p><h3 class=\"jp-relatedposts-headline\"><em>Related<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/__i\/rss\/rd\/articles\/CBMikgFodHRwczovL3d3dy5pbnNpZGVzcG9ydC5pbi93YXRjaC11ZmMtc3Rhci11bmRlcmVzdGltYXRlcy1hdmVyYWdlLWZyYW5jaXMtbmdhbm5vdS1iZWZvcmUtdGhlLXByZWRhdG9yLWFubm91bmNlcy1ib3hpbmctcGxhbnMtZi1oZS1pcy1ub3QtdGhhdC1nb29kL9IBAA?oc=5\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Francis Ngannou Boxing: UFC News: Francis Ngannou took to YouTube to address some of the circumstances surrounding his exit from the UFC shortly after<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8792,"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-8791","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\/NINTCHDBPICT000574304854.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8791","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=8791"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8791\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}