For as long as I can remember, I have loved boxing. I was a child and my father took me to what turned out to be the legendary Sugar Ray Robinson's final bout at what was then known as the Pittsburgh Civic Arena. I idolized Muhammad Ali. Every time a boxer was on the cover of Sports Illustrated, I'd cut the photo out and place it on my bedroom door.
ATLANTA, GA - JUNE 16: Francis Ngannou looks on during PFL 2023 week 5 at OTE Arena on June 16, 2023 in Atlanta, Georgia. For as long as I can remember, I have loved boxing. I was a child and my father took me to what turned out to be the legendary Sugar Ray Robinson’s final bout at what was then known as the Pittsburgh Civic Arena. I idolized Muhammad Ali. Every time a boxer was on the cover of Sports Illustrated, I’d cut the photo out and place it on my bedroom door.
Ngannou has a great backstory, and he dreamed one day of being another Mike Tyson. He was living on the streets of Paris, France, when he was introduced to Fernand Lopez, the coach at the MMA Factory. Ngannou told Lopez he was a fan of Tyson and wanted to learn to box. Lopez convinced him to try MMA and the rest is history.
Combat sports are dangerous at their best, when matches are made evenly and the best medical attention is given to the fighters, before, during and after the bout. That's unlikely to happen in this case. First, it's a mismatch of epic proportions, a world champion who is high on the pound-for-pound list meeting a guy with zero boxing matches, amateur or pro.
There is no danger in Federer playing golf with Woods, but that's not true when you pit a world champion boxer against someone with zero fights. The boxer would have little chance if the reverse were true and it was scheduled for an MMA bout, but no boxer has been dumb enough to take a fight against an elite MMA fighter. When talk arose about an MMA fight with UFC heavyweight champion Jon Jones, Fury made it clear that he’d only box Jones.
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