Tyson Fury wants a new kind of fight.
Tyson Fury wants to fight a free fighter. EPA/AOP
Boxing star Tyson Fury34, wants to next face the former UFC heavyweight champion, Francis Ngannou36.
Fury suggested on Saturday that he wants to fight Ngannou in a cage, but with boxing rules.
Former UFC heavyweight Chael Sonnen does not warm to the thought.
– Tyson came up with perhaps the stupidest idea in sports history, Sonnen, who currently works as an expert in the sport, said According to the Daily Mail on his YouTube channel.
Fury and Ngannou have already talked about a meeting between the heavyweights of the two sports. The world heavyweight champion raised the idea again over the weekend.
-Francis Ngannou. I know your contract with the UFC expired. If you want to make big money, come and meet Gypsy King. Let’s make a big, big match. Who’s the toughest on the planet, Fury said on the Seconds Out podcast, referring to his nickname.
Fury also threw in a surprise name.
– Let’s take a tough judge, like Mike Tyson. Did I just sell an idea to the world?
Cold ride
Chael Sonnen, who won 31 fights and lost 17 in his career, criticized Tyson Fury. PDO
Sonnen wonders why heavyweight giants don’t box. Ngannou already suggested a boxing match between the two tough guys.
– For some reason, Tyson did not accept the invitation. They are going to make up their own rules.
The ex-fighter does not understand why Fury suggested a cage, boxing rules and gloves of a certain weight.
– They are going to fight in a cage. I do not know why. It’s disappointing to see boxers as beggars.
– Guys are hot currency in matches. They have physical attributes that other men can only dream of. They just don’t know how to manage on their own.
Francis Ngannou’s deal in the UFC ended. PDO
Tyson Fury has won 33 fights in his career, 24 of them by knockout. He competed the last time in December and crashed Derek Chisora by technical knockout.
The superstar is expected to face the Ukrainian next Oleksandr Usyk. All four of boxing’s major title belts are at stake in the match. Fury holds the WBC belt, and Usyk holds the WBO, WBA and IBF belts.
In his career, Ngannou won 17 matches and lost three times. Out of fourteen UFC fights, only two ended in defeat.