There is a lot of reports and talks surrounding a possible boxing match between Deontay Wilder and Francis Ngannou next up for both.
Wilder being the former WBC heavyweight champion of the world and Ngannou being a former UFC heavyweight champion.
Africa’s Ngannou has fought in pro boxing twice before, losing to Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua.
Wilder from the US had a successful comeback recently after some time away, winning by knockout.
Analyst and pundit in the UK, Gareth A Davies, who has covered boxing, MMA and the UFC at a higher level than most (other than Kevin Iole in the US on both sports) knows more about boxing and MMA than most.
Both Iole and Davies are in very unique positions at the moment in the US and UK, as both boxing and UFC/MMA grow closer than ever.
With fighters from both sports now competing professionally more in professional boxing specifically than ever.
And with the UFC and Dana White promoting big professional boxing events like Canelo vs Crawford next month.
UK Analyst Fuming With Deontay Wilder vs Francis Ngannou
The relevance of this and timing of this is all coming about right now at the moment.
Davies however has no time for the Wilder vs Ngannou fight calling it a ‘disgrace’ of a fight earlier on via Talk Sport.
Davies has covered MMA and boxing for large newspapers such as the respected Telegraph in the UK for some years.
There will be a big audience for the fight in boxing however if it is happen.
Wilder remains a big name in the sport and is a knockout artist, with Ngannou a big name in combat sports in America and worldwide due to the UFC.
The sheer novelty of it like Floyd Mayweather vs Conor McGregor will mean it will do huge numbers and eyeballs worldwide.
In terms of some wanting to see how pro boxers do with MMA/UFC fighters in boxing and so on.
This is a heavyweight professional boxing match they are talking about as well.
