{"id":289862,"date":"2023-09-07T19:34:16","date_gmt":"2023-09-07T19:34:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/?p=289862"},"modified":"2023-09-07T19:34:16","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T19:34:16","slug":"ngannou-warns-that-it-will-be-good-night-for-fury-in-super-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/boxing\/ngannou-warns-that-it-will-be-good-night-for-fury-in-super-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Ngannou warns that it will be &apos;good night&apos; for Fury in super-fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Francis Ngannou warns that it will be &#8216;good night&#8217; for Tyson Fury if he lands a shot on the Gypsy King&#8217;s chin&#8230; but British star claims he feels &#8216;bulletproof&#8217; heading into their crossover bout<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Francis Ngannou has warned Tyson Fury about his sensational knockout power\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The MMA star suggested it will be &#8216;lights off&#8217; for the Gypsy King when they fight\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>LIVE: Follow Mail Sport&#8217;s live blog for all the updates from\u00a0Fury vs Ngannou<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Francis Ngannou has claimed that it will be &#8216;good night&#8217; for Tyson Fury if the British heavyweight allows a clean shot to land on his chin.<\/p>\n<p>The two combat stars finally faced off, on Thursday, ahead of their highly anticipated crossover boxing bout &#8211; which will take place in Riyadh on October 28th.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Many have suggested that Ngannou&#8217;s impressive knockout power, which has been displayed throughout his mixed martial arts career, could be the key to victory.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And, during their press conference, the Cameroonian reaffirmed that notion and insisted that it will be &#8216;lights out&#8217; for Fury.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;If it does land&#8230; good night. Lights off. What do you think will happen?&#8217;, Ngannou said.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/07\/19\/75182451-12493365-image-a-20_1694112813723.jpg\" height=\"445\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Francis Ngannou (pictured) has issued a warning to Tyson Fury ahead of their super-fight\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/07\/19\/75182433-12493365-image-a-12_1694112704702.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The combat stars will share the boxing ring in a bout being dubbed &#8216;Battle of the Baddest&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>He continued: &#8216;I mean, not to mention that this is a heavyweight fight. We know that anybody in the heavyweight division can knock anybody out. You don&#8217;t need to have a tremendous power.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Fury was then asked for his opinion on the matter, to which he said: &#8216;I can&#8217;t really comment until I&#8217;ve felt his power.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I don&#8217;t know what it&#8217;s going to be like. Is it going to be much different from every other heavyweight that I&#8217;ve fought? Probably not. Will it bounce off me? Probably so. Because I&#8217;m bulletproof&#8217;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Prior to the press conference starting, Fury was interviewed on the red carpet and boldly claimed that he would beat Ngannou in both boxing and MMA.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He told TNT Sports: &#8216;I\u2019d like to fight Ngannou in the cage, I think I can beat him for sure. He\u2019s not a good wrestler, he\u2019s known for striking and I\u2019m a better striker than him. In little gloves, I\u2019d knock him out in seconds.<\/p>\n<p>The two combat stars will share the boxing ring on October 28th in a bout that is being described as the &#8216;Battle of the Baddest&#8217;.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/07\/20\/75182669-12493365-image-a-21_1694113304874.jpg\" height=\"403\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The two stars faced off for the first time at the end of their press conference on Thursday<\/p>\n<p>Fury went on to suggest: &#8216;I\u2019d fight Jon Jones also in the cage, if the money was right.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The boxing star appears to have U-turned on his stance, after initially claiming that he would only fight Jones in boxing.<\/p>\n<p>In May,\u00a0Fury took to his Instagram page to clarify his thoughts on the matter.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He wrote: &#8216;If you guys want to fight me it&#8217;s got to be under boxing rules. I don&#8217;t roll round the floor, I stand up and punch.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/boxing\/article-12493365\/Francis-Ngannou-warns-good-night-Tyson-Fury-lands-shot-Gypsy-Kings-chin-British-star-claims-feels-bulletproof-heading-crossover-bout.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Francis Ngannou warns that it will be &#8216;good night&#8217; for Tyson Fury if he lands a shot on the Gypsy King&#8217;s chin&#8230; but British star claims he feels &#8216;bulletproof&#8217; heading into their crossover bout Francis Ngannou has warned Tyson Fury about his sensational knockout power\u00a0 The MMA star suggested it will be &#8216;lights off&#8217; for&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":289861,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ngannou warns that it will be &amp;apos;good night&amp;apos; 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