{"id":290269,"date":"2023-09-27T20:36:24","date_gmt":"2023-09-27T20:36:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=290269"},"modified":"2023-09-27T20:36:24","modified_gmt":"2023-09-27T20:36:24","slug":"francis-ngannou-claims-tyson-fury-is-trying-to-trick-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/boxing\/francis-ngannou-claims-tyson-fury-is-trying-to-trick-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Francis Ngannou claims Tyson Fury is trying to &apos;trick people&apos;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Francis Ngannou claims Tyson Fury is trying to &#8216;trick people&#8217; by calling himself a &#8216;fat pig&#8217; and grabbing his love handles on stage but insists he won&#8217;t fall for it:\u00a0&#8216;He&#8217;s the best f***ing boxer!&#8217;<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Francis Ngannou says Tyson Fury is trying to &#8216;trick&#8217; fans by calling himself &#8216;fat&#8217;<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><span>He says that the Gypsy King is the best f***ing boxer in the heavyweight\u00a0division<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>The former UFC star will go toe-to-toe with Fury in\u00a0Saudi Arabia on October 28<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Francis Ngannou says Tyson Fury is trying to &#8216;trick&#8217; people by calling himself &#8216;a fat pig&#8217; and pointing at his love handles during press events.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ngannou will go toe-to-toe with Fury in a highly anticipated crossover bout that will take place in Saudi Arabia, as part of Riyadh Season on October 28.<\/p>\n<p>The pair faced-off for the first time during their press conference in London earlier this month, with Fury ripping off his shirt during their stare down.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Fury decided to\u00a0poke fun at his own physique while on stage. He was seen grabbing\u00a0his iconic love handles and calling himself a &#8216;fat pig&#8217;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, Ngannou has seen right through Fury&#8217;s tactics and says he would be naive to judge the Gypsy King just on his body.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/27\/15\/75897327-12567027-image-a-1_1695826583582.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Francis Ngannou says Tyson Fury is trying to &#8216;trick&#8217; people by calling himself &#8216;a fat pig&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/27\/15\/75897337-12567027-image-a-2_1695826603895.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The pair faced-off for the first time during their press conference in London earlier this month, with Fury ripping off his shirt during their stare down (pictured above)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/27\/19\/75897689-12567027-Fury_decided_to_poke_fun_at_his_own_physique_while_on_stage_He_w-a-86_1695838908581.jpg\" height=\"425\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Fury decided to poke fun at his own physique while on stage. He was seen grabbing his iconic love handles and calling himself a &#8216;fat pig&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Speaking about Fury&#8217;s comments on stage, the MMA star said: &#8216;I don&#8217;t think he was nervous. I think he was playing mind games.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I think he was playing mind games by saying look I am a fat pig. No you&#8217;re not. You&#8217;re the f***ing best boxer so you are not.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Ngannou went on to add: &#8216;It was just impressive to see [his stomach closer]. It wasn&#8217;t very cool though, wasn&#8217;t very nice right? But, you can&#8217;t let him fool you.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/27\/19\/75903043-12567027-image-a-87_1695839057183.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Ngannou spoke exclusively to Mail Sport to preview his history-making bout against Fury<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I think that was the purpose. He was trying to let his body maybe fool you but if you only look at his body, then he tricks you.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The crossover bout in Saudi Arabia will see Ngannou step through the ropes for the first time as a professional boxer.<\/p>\n<p>Ngannou is confident he can cause an upset against the WBC heavyweight champion despite it being his first sanctioned bout.<\/p>\n<p>It will take place in Saudi Arabia in\u00a0 late October with the former UFC star hoping to be the first man to defeat Fury in a boxing ring.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/boxing\/article-12567027\/Francis-Ngannou-Tyson-Fury-trick-people-calling-fat.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Francis Ngannou claims Tyson Fury is trying to &#8216;trick people&#8217; by calling himself a &#8216;fat pig&#8217; and grabbing his love handles on stage but insists <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/boxing\/francis-ngannou-claims-tyson-fury-is-trying-to-trick-people\/\" title=\"Francis Ngannou claims Tyson Fury is trying to &amp;apos;trick people&amp;apos;\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":290268,"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>Francis Ngannou claims Tyson Fury is trying to &amp;apos;trick people&amp;apos; 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