Francis Ngannou Willing To Wait Until After Usyk Fight For Tyson Fury Rematch

Francis Ngannou is not sending combined alerts … he needs a rematch with Tyson Fury subsequent, and if which means ready a couple of months till The Gypsy King fights Oleksandr Usyk, he tells TMZ Sports activities that is precisely what he’ll do!

The 37-year-old fight sports activities famous person joined Michael Babcock on the “TMZ Sports activities” present (airs weeknights on FS1) … the place the blokes talked about Francis’ future within the ring now that he is the most popular commodity within the sport.

“I’d be keen to attend [for Fury to fight Usyk]. I do know that they will battle, they’d a contract already, so they’re going to battle someday in February as an alternative of December 23, which is my fault,” Ngannou mentioned smiling … “I should not have reduce him. He would’ve fought December 23, and perhaps we’d’ve run it again early subsequent yr.”

In fact, Francis is referring to the reduce he opened up on Tyson’s head … an enormous purpose he will not be capable of flip round and battle in lower than 2 months. The reduce has to heal.

So, a battle with Fury, barring the Usyk bout fully falling aside, is not going to occur till, at earliest, mid-2024.

Within the meantime, Anthony Joshua, by his promoter Eddie Hearn, has mentioned he is right down to battle The Predator in Saudi Arabia on December 28. We requested Ngannou if he was .

“To start with, it is too quickly. Secondly, my focus, as boxing is anxious, is a rematch with Tyson. That is a very powerful factor for me proper now, the whole lot else for boxing comes after.”

Along with AJ, Deontay Wilder and Joseph Parker are names which were thrown out as doable future opponents for Ngannou.

All this does not essentially imply Francis will not battle earlier than Fury … he simply will not field. Bear in mind, Ngannou is signed to PFL (as a fighter and Chairman of PFL Africa).

Final week we spoke to PFL CEO Peter Murray … who previewed among the promotion’s plans for his or her famous person fighter.

There’s additionally far more with Francis … from whether or not he believes Fury educated for him to how his life has modified because the epic efficiency.