{"id":295387,"date":"2023-10-30T01:24:08","date_gmt":"2023-10-30T01:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/?p=295387"},"modified":"2023-10-30T01:24:08","modified_gmt":"2023-10-30T01:24:08","slug":"eddie-hearn-claims-francis-ngannou-beat-tyson-fury-by-two-rounds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/boxing\/eddie-hearn-claims-francis-ngannou-beat-tyson-fury-by-two-rounds\/","title":{"rendered":"Eddie Hearn claims Francis Ngannou beat Tyson Fury &apos;by two rounds&apos;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Eddie Hearn claims Francis Ngannou beat Tyson Fury &#8216;by two rounds&#8217; and says heavyweight showdown with Oleksandr Usyk is DEAD after lacklustre display&#8230; as he boasts Anthony Joshua would easily knock out the Gypsy King<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Hearn was speaking after Fury beat ex-UFC star Ngannou by split decision\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>He called for Fury&#8217;s heavyweight showdown with Joshua to finally be made\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>LISTEN: Exclusive Tyson Fury interview on THE HOOK &#8211; our new boxing podcast\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Eddie Hearn believes Francis Ngannou beat Tyson Fury &#8216;by two rounds&#8217; and confidently predicted Anthony Joshua would now defeat the Gypsy King &#8216;inside six rounds&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Fury was sent to the canvas by former UFC fighter Ngannou, in his first professional boxing fight, before prevailing by split decision having gone the distance in Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n<p>One judge scored the contest 95-94 in favour of Ngannou, while the other two handed it to Fury 96-93 and 95-94.<\/p>\n<p>But Hearn, commenting on the crossover fight from Matchroom&#8217;s boxing show in Cancun, Mexico, gave a scathing assessment of Fury and claimed his December heavyweight showdown with Oleksandr Usyk is dead.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I am absolutely lost for words. Francis Ngannou has never boxed before and fair play to him, I didn&#8217;t think he was overly impressive, but Tyson Fury looked like he&#8217;d never laced up a pair of gloves before,&#8217; Hearn told Matchroom&#8217;s YouTube channel.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/29\/08\/77135813-12685047-image-a-23_1698566805945.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Tyson Fury was made to toil before beating ex-MMA fighter Francis Ngannou by split decision<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/29\/08\/77128811-12685047-Francis_Ngannou_sent_Tyson_Fury_to_the_canvas_with_a_thunderous_-a-24_1698566832592.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Francis Ngannou sent Tyson Fury to the canvas with a thunderous left hook in round three<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/29\/08\/77135817-12685047-Matchroom_supremo_Eddie_Hearn_was_scathing_of_Fury_s_performance-a-27_1698566916242.jpg\" height=\"340\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Matchroom supremo Eddie Hearn was scathing of Fury&#8217;s performance on Saturday night<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/youtube.com\/watch?v=mzGjlCHe4VY%3Frel%3D0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He got dropped in the third round, he never threw a punch and Ngannou never threw a punch after. I thought Ngannou won by two rounds. The boxing world has gone mad.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Forget Fury vs Usyk, no-one is interested. Just give us Fury against AJ. AJ will knock Tyson Fury out inside six rounds. Make the fight, otherwise we&#8217;ll never get it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Or, just rematch Ngannou because the guy deserves to have one of the greatest wins. I don&#8217;t know what I was watching, I don&#8217;t know what Tyson Fury was doing.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Joshua has twice lost to Usyk but still hasn&#8217;t faced Fury, who holds the WBC heavyweight belt. Hearn suggested Fury would struggle to beat his man and hinted Joshua would even take on Ngannou following his impressive boxing debut.<\/p>\n<p>He said: &#8216;AJ beats Tyson Fury every day of the week and we&#8217;ve seen it again tonight. I think his punch resistance may have gone, there wasn&#8217;t even a huge left hook.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;If they want to stitch Ngannou up and make the Fury vs Usyk fight, maybe AJ will fight him after he&#8217;s got the credibility of beating Tyson Fury. It will not go three rounds.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/29\/08\/77135815-12685047-image-a-32_1698566952991.jpg\" height=\"427\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Hearn is confident that Anthony Joshua would knock Fury out &#8216;inside six rounds&#8217; if they met<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/29\/08\/77135425-12685047-Tyson_Fury_and_Oleksandr_Usyk_shake_hands_in_the_ring_after_the_-a-33_1698567278079.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk shake hands in the ring after the Gypsy King&#8217;s unconvincing split decision win over Ngannou<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/29\/08\/77135443-12685047-The_cameras_caught_Usyk_s_shocked_reaction_when_Fury_was_knocked-a-34_1698567297037.jpg\" height=\"352\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The cameras caught Usyk&#8217;s shocked reaction when Fury was knocked down in the third round<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I&#8217;m buzzing because I believe we&#8217;ve still got the top dog. Usyk now is the No 1 in the division by a long way but I just hope we see Fury against AJ.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Listen, I think Tyson Fury&#8217;s great, ultra-talented and one of the best personalities in the game. His win against Klitschko was unbelievable. He beat Deontay Wilder &#8211; two serious wins.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;In the last year-and-a-half, he&#8217;s beaten Dillian Whyte, who is faded, Derek Chisora and he&#8217;s lost to Francis Ngannou. Our man AJ is coming for him.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/boxing\/article-12685047\/Eddie-Hearn-claims-Francis-Ngannou-beat-Tyson-Fury-two-rounds-says-heavyweight-showdown-Oleksandr-Usyk-DEAD-lacklustre-display-boasts-Anthony-Joshua-easily-knock-Gypsy-King.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eddie Hearn claims Francis Ngannou beat Tyson Fury &#8216;by two rounds&#8217; and says heavyweight showdown with Oleksandr Usyk is DEAD after lacklustre display&#8230; as he boasts Anthony Joshua would easily knock out the Gypsy King Hearn was speaking after Fury beat ex-UFC star Ngannou by split decision\u00a0 He called for Fury&#8217;s heavyweight showdown with Joshua&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":295386,"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>Eddie Hearn claims Francis Ngannou beat Tyson Fury &amp;apos;by two rounds&amp;apos; 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