{"id":293197,"date":"2023-10-28T04:14:45","date_gmt":"2023-10-28T04:14:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=293197"},"modified":"2023-10-28T04:14:45","modified_gmt":"2023-10-28T04:14:45","slug":"conor-mcgregor-confirms-he-will-attend-tyson-fury-francis-ngannou","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/boxing\/conor-mcgregor-confirms-he-will-attend-tyson-fury-francis-ngannou\/","title":{"rendered":"Conor McGregor confirms he WILL attend Tyson Fury-Francis Ngannou"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Conor McGregor confirms he WILL attend Tyson Fury&#8217;s huge crossover clash with Francis Ngannou in Saudi Arabia, as the UFC icon insists &#8216;anything can happen&#8217; in the heavyweight showdown<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Conor McGregor has confirmed he will be at ringside to watch Fury-Ngannou<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>He is travelling to Saudi Arabia on Friday morning ahead of Saturday&#8217;s bout<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>LISTEN: Exclusive Tyson Fury interview on THE HOOK &#8211; our new boxing podcast<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Conor McGregor has confirmed he is travelling to Saudi Arabia this morning to watch Tyson Fury face Francis Ngannou in their highly-anticipated heavyweight fight this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>McGregor is no stranger to crossover boxing bouts after taking on Floyd Mayweather inside the squared circle back in 2017, and he is now Saudi-bound to see if Ngannou can pull off a huge upset in his first ever boxing match.<\/p>\n<p>The 35-year-old revealed he is &#8216;excited&#8217; to get out to the Middle East, and believes Ngannou has a chance of getting his hand raised.<\/p>\n<p>Taking to X on Thursday evening, McGregor told fans: &#8216;Just getting on to announce I will be heading to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia early AM tomorrow for the big heavyweight blockbuster fight between boxer Tyson Fury and mixed martial artist Francis Ngannou &#8211; crossover boxing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;MMA ventures over to boxing once again, and this time in the Kingdom and this time with the heavyweights.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/27\/08\/77069975-12679219-image-a-73_1698392436229.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Conor McGregor is travelling to Saudi Arabia this morning ahead of Tyson Fury&#8217;s fight with Francis Ngannou<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/27\/08\/77069977-12679219-image-a-74_1698392489245.jpg\" height=\"473\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Fury (left) is a huge favourite to beat Ngannou (right), but McGregor thinks &#8216;anything can happen&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;So excited to be there, can&#8217;t wait to touch down in Saudi Arabia, see what the country has to offer, and I appreciate the invite sincerely. I&#8217;m looking forward to it so much.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I&#8217;d like to talk about the bout. Great bout, interesting bout. Francis Ngannou for me is more of a kickboxer\/boxer than he is a mixed martial artist, in my opinion. You start throwing in grappling with Francis, it&#8217;s never good for him.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He has a striker&#8217;s mentality. He has a tall ask with Tyson Fury, but any man can land a shot. I&#8217;m excited to see it unfold. Tyson looks great in the build-up, fast, light, elusive. It could be a seriously stellar performance from Tyson Fury here.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;What&#8217;s the variables in this? The Mike Tyson variable is very interesting in Francis Ngannou&#8217;s corner. Francis has power, Francis has big power. With that power, anything can happen. I don&#8217;t think Tyson&#8217;s going to want to let Francis test his power on him.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Former UFC heavyweight champion Ngannou is known for his remarkable power, having claimed 12 of his 17 wins in MMA via knockout.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/27\/08\/77070265-12679219-image-a-75_1698392657959.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>John Fury took centre stage at Thursday&#8217;s press conference as he called for a fight with Mike Tyson<\/p>\n<p>But he has his work cut out against Fury, who has won his last four fights inside the distance and is unbeaten in 34 contests as a professional.<\/p>\n<p>Fury and Ngannou went face-to-face at their final press conference on Thursday, with both men looking in good shape ahead of Saturday&#8217;s fight.<\/p>\n<p>However, it was Fury&#8217;s dad John who stole the show as he called out Ngannou&#8217;s trainer Mike Tyson for a fight and took his shirt off when Fury and Ngannou had their face-off.<\/p>\n<p>After a high-profile build-up, there is now just Friday&#8217;s weigh-in still to go, before Fury and Ngannou finally settle their differences in the ring, and McGregor will be at ringside to watch it all unfold.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/boxing\/article-12679219\/Conor-McGregor-confirms-attend-Tyson-Furys-huge-crossover-clash-Francis-Ngannou-Saudi-Arabia-UFC-icon-insists-happen-heavyweight-showdown.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Conor McGregor confirms he WILL attend Tyson Fury&#8217;s huge crossover clash with Francis Ngannou in Saudi Arabia, as the UFC icon insists &#8216;anything can happen&#8217; 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