Author: MMA Junkie

Jon Jones praised what he saw from Francis Ngannou in his boxing match with Tyson Fury. Making his in-ring debut this past Saturday, Ngannou lost to Fury, but the former UFC heavyweight champion far exceeded expectations against the man widely considered the greatest heavyweight boxer of his generation. Ngannou dropped Fury in the third with a hard left hook, the only knockdown of the fight, and then held his own for 10 rounds as Fury escaped with a split decision win. The fact that one judge awarded the fight to Ngannou is a huge achievement that doesn’t seem lost on…

Tyson Fury and everyone else devoted to boxing should be embarrassed. The unbeaten heavyweight champion of the world went down and had to rally to eke out a split decision victory over an opponent, former UFC champion Francis Ngannou, who was making his professional boxing debut. As someone said on X: “MMA won tonight.” And boxing lost. First, Ngannou deserves unreserved credit. The Cameroonian pointed out repeatedly that he started his combat sports career as a boxer and insisted he would perform better against Fury than many expected him to. He did. The knockdown in Round 3, the result of…