Former UFC fighter Francis Ngannou has been ranked No. 10 in the heavyweight division by the WBC on Wednesday after his split decision loss to champion Tyson Fury in his pro boxing debut last month.
Tyson Fury will have to put on a much better performance next February against Oleksandr Usyk than he did against UFC fighter Francis Ngannou. The British boxer who has a very interesting career and life story behind him in Riyadh celebrated with a split decision of the judges after 10 rounds.
There’s lots of action on the schedule in November, but the big bouts come at the end of the month. David Benavidez will take on Demetrius Andrade in one of Showtime’s final PPV events that could land the winner a fight with Alvarez.
Tyson Fury nearly got beat, definitely got both shocked and embarrassed in Riyadh, but did just enough to beat Francis Ngannou by split decision over 10 rounds, having to get off the canvas in the third round.
For almost 4 decades, “Showtime Championship Boxing” has televised some of the biggest fights in the sport, but Showtime will end boxing programming at the end of 2023, the network’s parent company Paramount Global announced in a statement Tuesday.
Here are the most recent pound-for-pound rankings. Given that several of them will fight again before the year is out, things could change. That top group, though, looks extremely good.
It was a walk in the park for Canelo Alvarez on Saturday night at the T-Mobile arena in Vegas.
The undisputed super middleweight champion faced off against the undisputed super welterweight champion Jermell Charlo. Alvarez dominated Charlo who seemed to have a simple game plan in the fight. Collect a ginormous paycheck and avoid getting knocked out. I guess Charlo accomplished what he set out to.