Amid hyperlinks to a possible third journey to the squared circle within the new 12 months, Francis Ngannou has been touted as a possible risk to different heavyweight abilities within the ring, in accordance with Otto Wallin — who has fought common-foes, Tyson Fury, and Anthony Joshua up to now.
Ngannou, a former undisputed UFC heavyweight champion, made his debut underneath the PFL (Skilled Fighters League) banner again in October, profitable an excellent combat title in a dominant opening spherical floor strikes TKO win over Brazilian contender, Renan Ferreira.
Francis Ngannou
And twice combating in skilled boxing, Cameroonian placing ace, Ngannou pressured former undisputed WBC heavyweight kingpin, Fury the gap final 12 months — in a controversial cut up resolution loss, earlier than a surprising knockout loss to Joshua earlier this annum.
Otto Wallin weighs up Francis Ngannou’s probabilities of success in boxing return
Linked with a return to the ring by Saudi adviser, Turki Alalshikh this month forward of his return to competitors subsequent 12 months, Ngannou may realistically trigger some points for different heavyweight completion, as per Swedish contender, Wallin.
“I think that he (Francis Ngannou) did really good with [Tyson] Fury,” Otto Wallin instructed Sportskeeda MMA throughout a current interview. “I believe that he did a lot better than anyone may’ve imagined… at the least for myself and different individuals in boxing.
“He did really good there and Joshua, he was well prepared for him [Ngannou] and took him out obviously,” Wallin defined. “But I think Ngannou is a much better boxer than I expected. I think he can give people trouble. He’s a big strong guy… I think he can probably give people problems.”
Earlier this month as well, Dutch kickboxing ace, Rico Verhoeven additionally weighed up a possible future tremendous combat with Batie knockout ace, Ngannou — claiming talks for a possible conflict sooner or later have already been broached up to now.
