“There’s No Chance in Hell”: Joe Rogan Shuts Down Comedian Friend’s Misguided View About Tyson Fury vs. Francis Ngannou Fight

Francis Ngannou caused a considerable flutter across the boxing world with his pro debut. On October 28, last year, he fought none other than the reigning heavyweight champion, Tyson Fury. To everyone’s utter shock, the former UFC heavyweight champion scored a nasty knockdown against the professional boxer in the third round. Not only that, he prevented the Mancunian from enjoying any bragging rights by allowing him a win-by-split decision. Just imagine. A pro boxing novice loses a match to a veteran of so many heavyweight battles through a tiny difference in the scorecard!

But a guest on ‘The Joe Rogan Experience’ held a differing viewpoint. They suggested that the English heavyweight probably allowed the fight to go the distance. The then-WBC heavyweight champion perhaps had his own reasons not to force an early stoppage. But the remark only ended up drawing a sharp retort from Joe Rogan.

Give credit where it’s due—Joe Rogan

So Joe Rogan and the guests, Brian Simpson, Bryan Callen, and Brendan Schaub, were discussing the UFC’s heavyweight scene. Rogan shared that he would have loved to see Francis Ngannou in the line-up. He appreciates the fact that Ngannou made a ton of money with the Tyson Fury fight. But he didn’t like it a bit when he lost the second fight to Anthony Joshua in March of this year.

Brian Simpson said that in Tyson Fury, Francis Ngannou fought one of the best boxers in boxing. Joe Rogan agreed but promptly added, “One of the best, but a guy who’s been drinking and doing coke and barely paying attention and didn’t take you seriously. Yeah didn’t take you seriously, and you dropped him, but then.”

Bryan Callen also joined: “He also might have he also might have had an incentive to keep that fight going for a long time. I’m not saying anything, but yeah, I said it…Mike…Tyson Fury.” Now that was a shocker. Unsurprisingly, Joe Rogan dismissed the whole notion. Callen insisted, “He may have had.” Rogan called the Manila-born actor-podcaster ‘ridiculous’.

He completely refuted the idea that Tyson Fury would have ‘allowed’ the fight to last until the final rounds. He said, “You have no idea there’s not a chance in hell not a chance in hell there’s not a chance in hell that Tyson Fury carried him.”

‘The Gypsy King’ was scared of Francis Ngannou’s powerful punches. He paid the price in the third round. The Cameroonian-French fighter left hook made a connection on his face, and the English heavyweight went down. Rogan even brought up a similarity with the latest Oleksandr Usyk fight, stressing that the Mancunian was no longer the boxer that he used to be.

Tyson Fury, ‘The Magnanimous King’

It is interesting to note that many fans and critics, in fact, felt that Ngannou deserved the win on October 28. But what does the main protagonist have to say? When asked, Tyson Fury typically rejected the narrative that he was shaken up by the former UFC heavyweight champion. Instead, he felt that Ngannou should be thankful to him and ‘kiss his feet’. It was because of him that ‘The Predator’ received such a grand stage for his boxing debut.

He agreed that Francis Ngannou defied everyone’s previously held views with his dazzling performance. Otherwise, he said, “When I was fighting Ngannou, it was a ‘mismatch’, but it is what it is… Ngannou was ‘useless’.” So instead, the Cameroonian-French fighter should be grateful to him since he got a golden chance to make so much money in one instance. “I put him on the map, made him a multi-millionaire, and now I’m making him even more money. So he needs to thank me; he needs to get on his knees and kiss my feet for what I’ve done for him,” said Tyson Fury.

It’s not clear the basis for Bryan Callen’s statement. But otherwise, it would mean discrediting the skills of world-renowned fighter Francis Ngannou. More so, it was a sanctioned match. Hence, a knockout win would have added to Tyson Fury’s record had he scored one. So there isn’t any reason why he would have preferred to take a fight to the distance instead of closing it quickly.

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