{"id":331201,"date":"2019-11-07T07:01:34","date_gmt":"2019-11-07T15:01:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=331201"},"modified":"2019-11-07T07:01:34","modified_gmt":"2019-11-07T15:01:34","slug":"tyson-fury-responds-to-francis-ngannous-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/tyson-fury-responds-to-francis-ngannous-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Tyson Fury responds to Francis Ngannou&#8217;s challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last night, Francis Ngannou announced that boxing legend Mike Tyson had <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/francis-ngannou-says-mike-tyson-has-agreed-to-train-him-for-tyson-fury-boxing-match\/\">agreed to train him<\/a> for a potential boxing showdown with Tyson Fury.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Spoke with Mike Tyson and he agreed to train me for when I fight <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Tyson_Fury?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Tyson_Fury<\/a> in the Ring. Don\u2019t be scared Fury. You called me out and now you&#39;ll have to live with it. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WakandaForever?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WakandaForever<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UNCROWNEDKING?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UNCROWNEDKING<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Francis Ngannou (@francis_ngannou) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/francis_ngannou\/status\/1192203516506324992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 6, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Spoke with Mike Tyson and he agreed to train me for when I fight [Tyson Fury] in the Ring. Don\u2019t be scared Fury. You called me out and now you&#8217;ll have to live with it. #WakandaForever #UNCROWNEDKING&#8221;<\/em> &#8211; Francis Ngannou on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/francis_ngannou\/status\/119220351650632499\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It did not take long for Fury to respond to this callout from the ferocious Cameroonian-Frenchman. The English boxing start assured that he&#8217;ll get his hands on MMA&#8217;s top big men just as soon as he&#8217;s done with his boxing career.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/Tyson_Fury\/status\/1192220550443274240<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Ill deal with you and all the other Mma heavyweights when I\u2019m done with my boxing fights, It won\u2019t be long to wait! Then I\u2019ll show u how we roll.&#8221; &#8211;\u00a0<\/em>Tyson Fury on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Tyson_Fury\/status\/1192220550443274240\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Tyson Fury has fought twice this year, defeating Tom Schwarz and Otto Wallin by TKO and decision respectively. Prior to that, he battled Deontay Wilder to a controversial draw in late 2018. He is expected to <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/boxing-news\/tyson-fury\/tyson-fury-sends-message-to-big-bum-dosser-deontay-wilder\/\">rematch Wilder<\/a> in the new year, provided Wilder gets by Luis Ortiz later this month.<\/p>\n<p>Francis Ngannou, meanwhile, is currently without a fight, but has been chomping at the bit for some action. After a rough start to 2018, he&#8217;s rebounded with three-straight wins in late 2018 and early 2019: first-round stoppages over top contender Curtis Blaydes and former champs Cain Velasquez and Junior dos Santos. He&#8217;s widely viewed as the next man in line for a heavyweight title shot after Stipe Miocic and Daniel Cormier settle their score in the new year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPENN.COM<\/i><\/span><\/a><i> on 11\/7\/2019.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last night, Francis Ngannou announced that boxing legend Mike Tyson had agreed to train him for a potential boxing showdown with Tyson Fury. Spoke with Mike Tyson and he agreed to train me for when I fight @Tyson_Fury in the Ring. Don\u2019t be scared Fury. 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