“At Least He’s Honest About How Pointless It All Is”: Novak Djokovic Roped in as Tyson Fury Sends Final Warning Hours Before Francis Ngannou Fight

It is here! One of the biggest cross-over fights of the year will take its course in all its glory tonight at the Boulevard Hall of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. WBC Heavyweight champion, Tyson Fury will test his acumen against MMA fame, Francis Ngannou in a fight that has been the scourge of criticism ever since its inception. Fury, revered as one of the best fighters today fights someone who has never undertaken a boxing fight before.

It’s been almost a year since the heavyweight giant stepped into the ring since his knockout victory against Derek Chisora last December. Tonight he takes his crusade into the ring yet again. But the question remains if this fight is his leap to global domination or if is it the fall of everything he’s built so far. Despite whatever the outcome that may befall him tonight, his game? He will fight with everything he’s got or so he says.

Tyson Fury acknowledges the disparity this fight reeks

For a fighter with the experience and prowess like that of ‘Gypsy King’, the boxing realm anticipates a bout against a fighter of a similar caliber like Oleksandr Usyk. A fight as such still on the horizon, Fury has not been able to dodge the wrath of the community that has come his way. His boxing record of 34 fights with zero losses lavishly outgrows the boxing record of ‘The Predator’ which is none. After maintaining a poised silence on this disparity till now, Gypsy King has publicly acknowledged it before fight night.

He said, “I’m gonna make it nice and short. It’s like a table tennis champion facing Novak Djokovic in the Wimbledon final.” The befitting comparison comes at a time when the combat community emerges in extreme respect for Ngannou who has headlined at the UFC for 10 years now and further takes his combat career in a new format- boxing. Furthermore, against a much more adept fighter, Tyson Fury.

A fan came in a scathing attack toward the boxing champion is seeing what the fight entails. There are no titles on the line. So, where does the bigger picture lie for the fight?

This fight stands poised at the start of a discourse that divulges what cross-sport fights mean to the sport. A fan explored the same.

A user hoped for a result tonight that goes against what Tyson Fury promised. They also roped in his younger brother Tommy Fury who has faced the ire of the boxing community for his disappointing performance against KSI recently.

Another fan heavily criticized the boxer community for hardly showing the gumption to venture into the MMA realm.

A fan encapsulated the entirety of the narrative that has come around Fury and his boxing career with this fight. “a showman”. Is that what he’ll be known as now?

It’s not just his experience that places him as the favorite for the fight. At last night’s weigh-in, Tyson Fury outweighed his opponent by almost 5 pounds. With the odds in his favor, he inches with suave toward victory. But what this victory brings him, remains a pertaining question that needs to be explored. Watch this space as we dive deeper into tonight’s matchup.

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