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Tonight, at Riyadh’s Kingdom Arena, Anthony Joshua and newbie boxer, Francis Ngannou will engage in an exciting showdown. As the countdown begins for their main-event fight, he put out a post on his social media that expressed his preparedness for the fight.

His fight against the former two-time world champion, ‘AJ’ is touted to be a glamorous, international event. The hype did not escape the attention of rapper Drake, who recently, showed his confidence in Ngannou. Roping in the same, the former UFC fighter invited his fans to join in as he hopes to win big tonight.

Francis Ngannou expects to “see you all tonight”

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Ahead of his important fight against the Londoner, the Cameroonian fighter expressed his readiness on social media. On X, formerly Twitter, Ngannou posted a goosebumps-inducing montage of clips from last night’s weigh-ins. While the video was an insight into how geared up both he and his opponent are, the music playing in the background will definitely get the fight fans pumped up for the fight.

Drake’s 2018 number, ‘God’s Plan’ formed the basis of his confrontation with AJ.  ‘The Predator’ emphasized in the caption, “It’s always God’s Plan…It’s fight day .. see you all tonight #JoshuaNgannou.”

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Earlier, Drake took to his Instagram to openly declare his pick for the main event. Via a screengrab on his stories, he revealed that he’s bet a whopping $615,000 on Ngannou to beat Joshua. If things go as per his expectations, ‘Drizzy’ would get an estimated payout of $1,906,500. The rapper remarked, “Betting on a scary man.”

While Drake has made his choice for the big fight, early predictions have dropped in, and it looks like a fight that shall make its place in history.

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AJ vs. Francis Ngannou: Who’s trailing in the predictions?

For a lot of folks, the ‘Knockout Chaos’ card is as close as it could get for a 50-50 fight. While AJ takes the cake for being an experienced fighter in the boxing format, Ngannou too leads the front purely based on his well-known hard-hitting capabilities. After all, it is he, who almost handed Tyson Fury his first loss, last year. Well, early predictions too are coinciding with these factors.

The consensus predicts that the fight will not end on points but a fighter will prevail via knockout. Per numbers from a leading betting platform, Bet 365, AJ assumes the position of the favourite at -300. Ngannou on the other hand will compete as the underdog at +240.

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Ngannou will need to bring his A-game on to flip these predictions and will need to take into account that his opponent is coming off a strong winning streak. Will he be able to do that? Let us know who you think will win tonight in the comments section below.