{"id":290319,"date":"2023-09-28T09:36:18","date_gmt":"2023-09-28T09:36:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=290319"},"modified":"2023-09-28T09:36:18","modified_gmt":"2023-09-28T09:36:18","slug":"ngannou-will-get-smashed-to-bits-against-tyson-fury-claims-john","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/boxing\/ngannou-will-get-smashed-to-bits-against-tyson-fury-claims-john\/","title":{"rendered":"Ngannou &apos;will get smashed to bits&apos; against Tyson Fury, claims John"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Francis Ngannou &#8216;will get smashed to bits&#8217; against Tyson Fury, claims John Fury&#8230; as he mocks the former MMA star after his &#8216;disgrace&#8217; of a public workout and insists he &#8216;won&#8217;t get out the first round&#8217; if he fights like that<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Tyson Fury is set to take on Francis Ngannou in a crossover bout on October 28<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>John Fury has slammed the former MMA star after his public workout this week<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Mail Sport&#8217;s new WhatsApp Channel: Get the breaking news and exclusives here\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>John Fury has mocked Francis Ngannou ahead of his highly-anticipated fight with Tyson Fury.<\/p>\n<p>The pair are set to go toe-to-toe in Saudi Arabia in a crossover bout on October 28, with Ngannou &#8211; a former heavyweight champion in UFC &#8211; stepping in to the boxing ring for the first time in his career.<\/p>\n<p>The pair faced-off during their press conference in London earlier this month, with Fury ripping off his shirt during their stare down.<\/p>\n<p>Ngannou is being coached by Mike Tyson for the fight and was put through his paces during a media workout this week.<\/p>\n<p>However, John Fury couldn&#8217;t believe what he was watching, and hit out at Ngannou&#8217;s slow punches, while he also rubbished his chances of causing an upset against the Gypsy King next month.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/28\/09\/75928949-12570163-image-a-1_1695890409394.jpg\" height=\"888\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>John Fury has mocked Francis Ngannou ahead of his highly-anticipated fight with Tyson Fury\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/28\/09\/75928953-12570163-image-a-2_1695890419898.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Ngannou was put through his paces by Mike Tyson during a media workout earlier this week<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Just seen Francis Ngannou and Mike Tyson and that so-called trainer who&#8217;s got the pads on the open workout,&#8217; he said in a video he shared.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I hope he&#8217;s kidding along and playing possum here. I hope that&#8217;s a joke and intended to be a laugh because if it&#8217;s not, he has not got a prayer.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He ain&#8217;t got a cat in hell&#8217;s chance. He won&#8217;t get out the first round. It&#8217;s probably going to be Tyson&#8217;s quickest knockout but it (the training video) has got to be kidology, fun and games.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Because if that&#8217;s what he&#8217;s got, well god help him. He&#8217;s going to get smashed to bits.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;That is all I&#8217;m saying mate, that&#8217;s embarrassing. If that&#8217;s all he can do in a public workout, don&#8217;t bother doing a public workout. It&#8217;s a disgrace.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on Wednesday, Ngannou insisted he was optimistic for the fight but would refuse to underestimate Fury, despite the Gypsy King poking fun at his own physique.<\/p>\n<p>During their showdown this month, Fury<span>\u00a0was seen grabbing\u00a0his love handles and calling himself a &#8216;fat pig&#8217;.\u00a0<\/span><\/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>https:\/\/youtube.com\/watch?v=YZKrXzS67Dk%3Frel%3D0<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/28\/09\/75928967-12570163-image-a-3_1695890457518.jpg\" height=\"422\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>John Fury insisted Tyson would &#8216;smash Ngannou to bits&#8217; if the media workout video was serious<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/28\/09\/75928965-12570163-image-a-4_1695890460904.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Ngannou said he won&#8217;t underestimate the Gypsy King, despite Fury mocking his own physique<\/p>\n<p>Speaking about Fury&#8217;s comments, 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>&#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>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/boxing\/article-12570163\/Francis-Ngannou-Tyson-Fury-John-Fury-MMA.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Francis Ngannou &#8216;will get smashed to bits&#8217; against Tyson Fury, claims John Fury&#8230; as he mocks the former MMA star after his &#8216;disgrace&#8217; of a <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/boxing\/ngannou-will-get-smashed-to-bits-against-tyson-fury-claims-john\/\" title=\"Ngannou &amp;apos;will get smashed to bits&amp;apos; against Tyson Fury, claims John\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":290318,"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 &amp;apos;will get smashed to bits&amp;apos; 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