{"id":295385,"date":"2023-10-30T01:13:47","date_gmt":"2023-10-30T01:13:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/?p=295385"},"modified":"2023-10-30T01:13:47","modified_gmt":"2023-10-30T01:13:47","slug":"lewis-questions-whether-fury-had-a-full-camp-ahead-of-ngannou-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/boxing\/lewis-questions-whether-fury-had-a-full-camp-ahead-of-ngannou-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Lewis questions whether Fury had a full camp ahead of Ngannou fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Lennox Lewis questions whether Tyson Fury had a full camp ahead of Francis Ngannou fight as boxing world reacts to the Gypsy King&#8217;s underwhelming victory in Saudi Arabia<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Lennox Lewis questions Tyson Fury&#8217;s preparation for Francis Ngannou fight<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><b>Fury was awarded the victory against the former UFC fighter\u00a0in a split decision<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Tyson Fury vs Francis Ngannou LIVE: All the reaction and fallout from pundits and celebrities as &#8216;Gypsy King&#8217; secures controversial split decision victory over UFC star in Saudi Arabia<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Former heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis has questioned Tyson Fury&#8217;s preparation for his crossover fight against former UFC fighter Francis Ngannou.<\/p>\n<p>Fury was awarded the win by split decision in Saudi Arabia on Saturday but only after he had been knocked down in the third round by Ngannou.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Gypsy King&#8217;s WBC heavyweight belt was not on the line in Riyadh, and he struggled to get to grips with Ngannou in a sluggish performance.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The former UFC heavyweight champion was making his professional boxing debut, and more than matched Fury throughout the bout.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>One of the three judges scored the fight 95-94 in Ngannou&#8217;s favour, but the other two gave it to Fury at 96-93 and 95-94, maintaining his unbeaten record.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/29\/08\/77129017-0-Fury_just_did_enough_to_hold_onto_his_heavyweight_title_but_Ngan-a-1_1698569140478.jpg\" height=\"545\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Tyson Fury just did enough to come out on top but Francis Ngannou pushed him closer than many expected in Riyadh<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/29\/08\/77128811-0-Francis_Ngannou_sent_Tyson_Fury_to_the_canvas_with_a_thunderous_-a-2_1698569144213.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Ngannou sent Fury to the canvas with a thunderous left hook in round three but the judges still scored the fight in the Gypsy King&#8217;s favour in a split decision<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/29\/08\/77136199-0-image-a-3_1698569215417.jpg\" height=\"194\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Former world heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis took to X to question Fury&#8217;s preparation for the bout<\/p>\n<p>However, Fury&#8217;s underwhelming performance was enough to get the world of boxing talking.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Lewis, who is a three-time heavyweight champion, took to X (formerly Twitter) to criticise Fury&#8217;s approach to the fight.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He posted: &#8216;Just by looking at those love handles, i thought to myself, no way Fury had a full camp\u2026 I&#8217;m thinking he maybe got in 4-6 weeks\u2026 This definitely wasn&#8217;t same Fury who beat [Deontay] Wilder.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Current super middleweight world champion Canelo Alvarez also had his say, simply posting a wide-eye emoji after the fight was awarded to Fury.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Chris Eubank Jr went a step further by suggesting he felt that Ngannou had done enough to win the fight.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He posted on X: &#8216;Watching from ringside I thought Ngannou won the fight.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It was close but he was the aggressor, landed heavier shots &amp; scored a knockdown. Fury deserved to lose after having so much trouble against a man who has never boxed before\u2026<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Too much time filming Netflix specials not enough time in the gym I\u2019m guessing. Unlucky Francis.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;That definitely wasn&#8217;t in the script,&#8217; Fury told TNT Sports after the fight.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He&#8217;s an awkward man and a good puncher and I respect him a lot. He&#8217;s given me one of my toughest fights of the last 10 years.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/29\/08\/77136197-0-image-a-4_1698569234435.jpg\" height=\"153\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Super middleweight world champion Canelo Alvarez also seemed to be taken aback by Fury&#8217;s underwhelming performance<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/29\/08\/77136599-0-image-a-6_1698569504469.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Fury was visibly rocked after being knocked to the floor by the former UFC heavyweight champion<\/p>\n<p>Fury&#8217;s victory means he can now focus on an upcoming bout with fellow heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk &#8211; who holds the WBA, WBO and IBF titles &#8211; which was agreed earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>Usyk, who was in the crowd in Riyadh, also questioned whether Fury took the bout with Ngannou seriously.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Anthony Joshua&#8217;s promoter Eddie Hearn has suggested that the unconvincing nature of Fury&#8217;s win against Ngannou shows he is not yet ready to take on the Ukrainian.<\/p>\n<p>Hearn said: &#8216;I\u2019m absolutely lost for words. Fury looked like he\u2019d never laced up a pair of gloves before. I thought Ngannou won by two rounds\u2026 Forget Fury vs Usyk, no-one\u2019s interested, just give us Fury vs Anthony Joshua. AJ will knock Fury out inside six rounds.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Fury&#8217;s own promoter Frank Warren was quick to praise Ngannou, suggesting that he stacked up well compared to some of Fury&#8217;s recent opponents.<\/p>\n<p>He told BBC 5 Live: &#8216;Normally MMA guys are a bit more square on but he [Ngannou] actually shapes up really well.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He gave Tyson the toughest fight that he&#8217;s had out of his last three fights.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I thought he made more of a fight of it than Dillian [Whyte] and Derek Chisora.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;As I was looking at it [the fight], I was thinking about a few guys and what sort of problems he could give them.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/boxing\/article-12685147\/Lennox-Lewis-Tyson-Fury-Francis-Ngannou-boxing-Gypsy-King-victory-Saudi-Arabia.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lennox Lewis questions whether Tyson Fury had a full camp ahead of Francis Ngannou fight as boxing world reacts to the Gypsy King&#8217;s underwhelming victory in Saudi Arabia Lennox Lewis questions Tyson Fury&#8217;s preparation for Francis Ngannou fight Fury was awarded the victory against the former UFC fighter\u00a0in a split decision Tyson Fury vs Francis&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":295384,"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 - 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