Deontay Wilder versus Francis Ngannou is an explosive match-up between two gigantic punchers, could be over in a flash.
Wilder was on a famous knockout run as WBC champion that saw him stop every man he faced – one on the second time of asking – until he came up against Tyson Fury.
In their first fight in 2018, the pair fought to a controversial draw but then Wilder was stopped in brutal fashion in the two ensuing rematches. Since then he has been a changed fighter who has lost to Joseph Parker on points and been stopped by Zhilei Zhang.
Ngannou is a former UFC champion who was a boxing novice when he entered the ring with WBC world champion Fury in October 2023.
He managed to knock Fury down but ultimately lost on points before then being stopped inside two rounds by Anthony Joshua earlier this year.
Speaking to Covers.com, Boxing legend Roy Jones Jr gave his view on a boxing contest between Wilder and Ngannou and sided with ‘The Bronze Bomber.’
“Wilder will beat Ngannou because he knows how to box, he knows what boxing is about, and you saw what Anthony Joshua did to Ngannou, well Wilder is known for having a much more devastating punch than Anthony Joshua. If Anthony Joshua hit him like that and did that to him, what’s going to happen when Deontay Wilder lands?”
He did however give Ngannou some credit too, and said he would of course win were the fight to take place under MMA rules.
“But I wouldn’t say it’s a mismatch because if Ngannou can keep the right hand off of him he will give Deontay Wilder hell, you understand me, so I’m not going to call it a mismatch. (But) it would be slaughter in the cage.
“People don’t realize that in boxing we don’t do wrestling we only do boxing and in the MMA world they do boxing, they do wrestling, they do Jiu-Jitsu, all kinds of stuff. We only know how to box.”
