Yep matter of fact I’m not even sure I want to continue it. CTE is just too hard to ignore, sometimes I come home with headaches and I know it means my brain is messed up
@@imhassane i barely sparred in my life did some sessions in my local mma gym , even i had headaches when home after training can't even imagine the pain that serious guys have......
@@hunterthompson6737 I'm going to say Francis will have migraines for several weeks after this. Probably he will just lie down and relax and until eventually it stands to subside.
@@rikimackey7984 They really need to readdress the count and level of concussions in boxing. I think as soon as someone is more than one knee down, that should be it; in a real fight it would be. The reason boxers die and have serious CTE issues is because the you can essentially be slowly knocked out by very padded gloves, given 10 seconds, and then go get knocked out again and again and again. Bareknuckle boxing is where it's at.
Remember what Ngannou said to him? The rules of boxing was to keep him safe and protect him, under any under circumstances/scenarios it isn't even a question if he'd win, but really how few seconds they would survive :P
@@jasperhunt3787That would ruin boxing and comebacks. They already lowered the round count from infinite, to 15 rounds, and now it’s 12. Boxing is just fine where it is. It’s the ref, doc, corner, and fighters job to know the amount of damage they have. If they don’t keep their fighter safe that’s on them.
@@YourKingJDGYeah, I'm always stuck trying to make boxing more like fighting, but it just cant be. What do you think if it's the standard Queensberry rules, but with say 6/8 ounce gloves? I'm just thinking of ways to alter it to reduces CTE, but a boxer can go their entire life not getting knocked out, and still have serious CTE issues because of the nature of the type of contact..
@@AshleySmyth1212 He's going to get rocked in the UFC. He might know some other martial arts but not good enough. He would have to be trained very good and well. Even then it's going to be rough. Not to say he's not good enough with training. How well is going to be pretty tough and if not impossible against some guys. MMA is like a chess match and so many pieces, moves. There are so many more ways things could go wrong. All you have to do is look at Sean Strickland get beat by others and you realize boxer in the ring, some other martial arts.
@@gamingthisera6339you are ignoring questions he asked you how would aj do in UFC against the elite Francis going beat the shit out of Joshua outside boxing ring you know that 😂
I definitely like this version of AJ, he’s matured, humbled, more realistic and isn’t selling a bs personality like he did in his past. What you see now is what you get and he’s better for it too
For this fight AJ is perhaps in close to the best condition i've seen him. Some excess body weight is OFF, he's lean and light and he looks like he took the training extremely seriously. So he probably didn't break discipline or relax it even a little bit in the preperation for this bout.
@@PCgamerChannel he threw Usyk's belts out the ring and hijacked the microphone because he lost. I'm still a fan of his because he's a countryman but that wasn't humble or mature
Zhang hates Francis because he knows the real Francis the real Francis is racist af! I was sitting like 3 people away from him at the Usman Vs Covington 2 fight & boy let me tell you Francis is NOT the person he pretends to be on camera! Starting to realize other athletes see it too!
@@mauricioduran6015 The only thing he showed was that Fury prepared the fight dwelling in a bar eating pizza hahaha. As soon as Ngannou encountered a world class boxer who took the match seriously, he kissed the floor 3 times in 3 rounds. He earned a lot of justified praise, but in my opinion is clearer than ever that boxing can't be mastered in a couple of months, even by a well trained MMA fighter.
AJ’s new team has transformed him, he looks better in every department…calm, measured, nimble and throwing punches with total conviction and power…I don’t think anyone in the HW division fancies facing him now!
@@10pmmemes88 finally someone with a brain LOL all these low lifes posting about how much money this MMA bum made like who cares ? Kardashians are billionaires
The governments will get half of $20 million, promoters/staff/hangers-on will get $4-5 million, leaving him with approximately $5 million. Marketing and promotions by companies are what bring in the long-term big money for a 35+ year old man with working-class skills (not a slight). As most in sport know, these funds have to carry him for the balance of his life and history has not been kind to sport figures. 2023: 'Usain Bolt is robbed of more than $12 million dollars. Only $12,000 remains of the money the athlete had deposited in an investment firm to guarantee his life after saying goodbye to the track'.
His first 2 matches have been up against the top tier boxers, he’s not bad at boxing but just been thrown against the best. I hope he continues both sports
@@hfmarwen189 Do you actually watch MMA? A lot of fights start and end with punches. For someone to grab AJ, they would have to get by his fists and his excellent footwork. Did you see what AJ did to Ngannou with boxing gloves? What do you think happens if Ngannou is hit with AJ wearing 4 ounce gloves
@@tqlla MMA striking takes place at very different ranges. The gloves are smaller and offers completely different defensive shells. Only one boxer has crossed over and made it to an elite level. Fighters have won mma fights with just leg kicks. Please do not equate a boxers skillset to an mma strikers skillset. its nonsensical.
As a man that until last Friday was not a fan of AJ, how he handled this fight was beyond perfect. From press conferences before the fight to the fight itself, to press conferences after the fight. As a boxer, I am really proud of him. Bravo Aj.
@@natesolo2001he was overconfident again, a bit cocky, arrogant, like before the Stipe I fight. Patient, humble Ngannou was the wae. Although I don't think it would've made much, if any, difference in this matchup at all..
Everyone insulting fighters behind their screen needs to watch this. It really angers me when 'fans' call fighters 'bums' or 'tomato cans' Boxers take risks every time they enter the ring.
@@Theemptythroneistaken Those punches were so brutal that I stopped getting excited and just wanted someone to step in and stop the fight. It wasn't a fight, it was a beating.
3:05 I DID NOT KNOW THIS!!! Dayum, I followed the whole build up of over the weeks leading up to the fight and missed this entirely. Look at AJ's face, he's like "Do I really want to actually kill someone?" That's deep. Zhang is a dark horse.
You probably missed it because the fight was on Friday. Regarding Ngannou's chin, we don't really know if his was uncrackable, every fight he had didn't received too much damage, even when he lost to Lewis on a very boring striking match.
@@DPL58 I watched the fight and as I said I followed the build up in the days running up to it. I just missed this particular meeting between AJ and Zhang. Also, I never raised any questions about Ngannou's chin. And I don't think him being dropped 3x by AJ means he has a glass chin. Those punches would drop anyone. No one is infallible.
Spot on. But not only that, he has also made noticeable improvements to his defense, speed... and his feinting is certainly a recent change. He still has one big weakness though. The man still refuses to clinch. So if he ever finds himself in a difficult position again in future, he is likely to lose that fight because he will be unskilled in the art of clinching. He is 6'6 240lbs... he could easily subdue a lot of the top fighters from just clinching alone. Ask Tyson Fury how important clinching is.
@@angrysocialjusticewarrior Yes. He's certainly got a lot of weight to put on people's legs. I think Joshua's mental block was bigger than his technical problems though. I've watched him get to around round 5-6 and just look like he didn't want to be there a few times. I honestly thought he would never get back that winning mentality back but he looked like he was there to win and prove a point. And he handled the media like a bunch of babies, he really didn't want to rise to their bullshit. I think the speed has always been there when he's not gassed but most of his career that's been a problem. His defence has been improving for about 4 years though, your right it looks like he's almost there with it now.
@BOYTOY_HEAVEN He was around 24 pounds lighter on his debut than 18 stone. He bulked up and was 18 stone 2 by the Takam fight. He was meant to go up for this fight as his opponent was sitting at 275 pounds. I guess we will see when he has a longer fight but I think he's finally got a decent balance.
Francis was concussed from the second knockdown. Unfortunately the ref let him continue and that last knockdown scrambled his brains even more and he was out cold. That was one of the most brutal knockouts I've ever seen. I hope he can recover from that.
He beat the count and we'd have to hear how corrupt boxing was if the referee didn't let the fight continue as well as "I wasn't that hurt, I was walking around, I was fine" from Francis.
@@SuperRobertoClemente Nothing here that isn't the truth. No one would be surprised if Francis beat Joshua (or anyone else on the planet) in the Octagon. So why is everyone shocked that a boxing specialist wins with boxing rules.
I came back to the comment section to see how everyone thought this was a new AJ. Now I am sure the same people are saying that Joshua just padded his record and pride with an mma fighter after this recent KO loss.
Ngannou won even though he lost. He cashed it in at the height of his popularity just like Connor Mcgregor. Getting knockout in a boxing match for 20 millions is better than slaving under the Ufc for peanuts.
Facts,I just hope he improves cuz I definitely don't want to see him get brutality hurt,but at least he does take it seriously unlike Connor and respects the sweet science,Dana white a POS tho,doubt Francis ever goes back to the UFC
I love your videos. I was once a boxing fan and haven’t really paid attention in the last decade outside of a few key fights. You’ve reinvigorated my interest. Thanks Jack!
That's the thing, when you're a novice it's a bad idea to step in there with a gifted puncher who is also elite. Ngannou messed up. He got hit a lot vs Fury and decided, with his limited defense, to go and fight AJ. Again, bad idea!
Usualy when a boxer looses, they step down on lesser opponents for some fights to improve and rebuild confidence, they don't go to the slaughter against an even more dangerous fighter, wtf were they thinking ?😅 Clearly underestimating boxing and payed the price.
Its a bad idea for a long career, but Ngannou got a huge payday and could retire and never fight again. He made 20M for that fight, whereas he stated that he made $600K from his last MMA fight.
@@dirtyandnasty9011 cte is typically related to repeated trauma to the head. Ngannou made 30x what he would make in his last mma fight. He has made 10x his career earnings in 2 boxing matches. He can retire now and save himself from any more head trauma.
Indeed. He doesn't seem to get enough of a mention with everyone hyped up about the KO. He will be a huge asset if AJ faces Fury, given is vast insider knowledge.
Boxing made ppl forget tht they have legs and stuf, do you think military practice boxing? They must grapple etc and yet ppl suddenly support boxing so much i think these are npcs. Anthony is just a tool for their profit the way i see it
Anthony Joshua acting like Tim Duncan after that knockout. Just another day at the office. Not a AJ fan but that ko and the class after it is very respectable. I like boxing more than mma im glad this emded all that.
What do you mean ended all that? Will be plenty more mma fighters looking for boxing pay days in future and let's see AJ fight ngannou in the octagon/street
This is how it should be. An MMA fighter has no business in boxing against real boxers. So does a boxer has no business fighting in MMA circuit. They do this l because people who don't understand these sports want to see it.
Absolutely, 100% agree. James Toney went to mma and got choked at ufc 118 at 3:19 mark was not a great fight. Connors and Franncis fights are side shows. It’s like wanting to watch Tom Brady in a World Cup rugby game amusing but ultimately not enjoying.
I'm an MMA guy through and through. I have many issues with boxing, from the business side to the sheer amount of belts etc. But I was very glad when a true boxer beat Francis. I'm sick of this crossover BS. A boxer will pretty much always beat an MMA guy in boxing, and if a boxer goes to MMA (which for the most part theyve been too smart to do) they'll get demolished there. I train MMA and have fought a few times, my buddy is an excellent boxer whos fought a few times. He'd win in boxing, I'd win in MMA. I think MMA guys are more inclined to box because we see it as a simplified version of our sport, but when we go over we realise that boxers have mastered fighting with just their hands. I train 4 hours a day 5 days a week but I'm training boxing, kicking, wrestling, clinching and BJJ. My buddy trains just boxing for the same amount of time. He is obviously going to have better boxing, even though I practice boxing too. And in the same vein, I'd tear through him in wrestling, because he doesnt train it at all. Its like an NFL player going to Rugby. Similar(ish) sports but not the same. Stay in your own lane boys.
As both a boxing and MMA fan I was sad that ngannou lost, but my MMA friends insistance that "ngannou can't be knocked out" made it quite enjoyable in a weird way. Boxing isn't MMA
@@viktormuerte In general yes, but for the heavyweight division I disagree. AJ could very well get the better of someone like Derrick Lewis or Tuivasa who are mostly one dimensional fighters.
Great analysis mate - subscribed just on this alone. You stated facts without really mocking Ngannou but appreciating the sweet science and keeping it real. At same time appreciating AJ's maturity, the top team in his corner and his re-invention. So glad AJ has managed this I had actually unfairly dismissed him as i had stopped following his painful recovery process. Much respect to him and thanks for this education.
I think we should respect Ngannou he came into a different sport and fought the best, if Joshua or fury came to the ufc and fought jones and Ngannous their first fights we’d be praising their bravery, so respect
I would praise their bravery and laugh at their stupidity to be honest. Ngannou had tons of courage but that idea of fighting the best instantly was stupid, he totaly underestimated boxing in general. Knowing how to throw punches and knocking out some average (at best) boxers in UFC doesn't make you the level of someone who trained boxing skills alone for 25 years, it was crazy to think he could compete. (I still don't know how Fury managed that terrible performance 😂) "I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times."
@@dirtyandnasty9011no he wanted to fight the best the entire idea of him boxing fury happened cause he wasn’t getting paid enough so they wanted him to fight fury as his big money fight Personally I’d do the same 2 fights make around 40 million couple of concussions, and only spend like 30 seconds in the ring in both fights
Before switching coaches ,AJ was so arrogant and underestimated his opponents in the ring. That AJ would have gotten KO’d for not respecting his opponent. But this AJ was just locked in.
Lmao, AJ became the exact same Mythical fighther that Ngannou used to be - "Patient". Patient Ngannou was probably the scariest fighter you could ever encounter in MMA, and now Patient AJ has become the same thing in boxing. No bullrushing his opponents and dropping his hands, no going ballistic after he gets a good strike - just getting the technique right and waiting for the perfect moment to strike. It's like he absorbed Ngannou's super-power, made it his own, and beat Ngannou with his own weapon. Truly poetic. And man, I really cannot bring myself to dislike AJ. Despite one of the greatest upsets in HW history against Ruiz, despite making an absolute clown out of himself againt Usyk, I cannot help but give him all the respect he deserves. He keeps working like crazy, he keeps fighting, he keeps evolving, he learns from his losses and constantly improves. He's a champion, with or without the belt around his waist.
Joshua reminded of Lennox Lewis the way he was pawing with the jab and throwing textbook straight rights and body straights. He toyed with him the way Lewis did too. I'm not saying he's anywhere near the lewis level but he's a good fighter.
Ngannou in a boxing match against heavy weight champion its like Kimbo Slice get into Octagon after knocking out some dude in a backyard fight. We all know whats going to happen.
@@AshleySmyth1212 AJ in UFC will probably share the same fate as Ngannou in boxing. Thats why it doesnt make sense for people to think that Ngannou had a chance of wining a fight against a seasoned boxing champion just because he's a 'good striker' in MMA. Its totally different sport.
Yeah, but Kimbo had 5 - 6 fights before he was knocked out. Ngannou did not have as good a running as Kimbo in the UFC. And Kimbo still had some good performances afterwards. For Ngannou none of those things are certain in his boxing career.
Great video. That comes from one of the biggest UFC fans around, having watched every single Fight Night and every event since UFC 76. Boxing is in a very bad place now, and at the very least, this fight serves as a little reminder, showing us that there ARE levels to the game of boxing after all. Greetings from Norway 🇸🇯
Dude, I can't get over how good these videos are. Awesome stuff! AJ did a great job! Sad to see Ngannou out like that but you don't play boxing. I wonder what his next move will be.
@@indiandictator4537 Let AJ strap up his fists for boxing and everything changes. Boxers don't wear gloves to protect their fists, they strap up and wear boxing gloves to strike harder than Human hands can naturally strike before breaking them. Nganou is lucky to still be walking, he came very close to having his neck broken. It's a thousand minutes of sparring per fight for 1 minute in the fight, it takes heavyweights 10-20 years of sparring to build up conditioning in their necks to survive at the top end of the game.
@AzizSherverzian isn't it crazy how athletes don't perform well in sports they haven't trained their whole lives for? Fortunately, we won't have to see AJ try his hand at MMA because there's zero incentive for him to do so.
i used to watch lee whylies analysis videos , all the time im a huge fan . i was shocked when it comes out that hes been hired by ajs camp and really happy for the guy, he clearly loves the sport and i hope he makes a world champ out of whoever he works with.
Just discovered your channel this morning, great video! I'll definitely be watching more in the future. AJ's learned a ton from his losses, and to see him grow as a boxer from those losses, has been incredible. Losing to Usyk reignited his passion for the sport, and truly there's no better trainer for him than Ben Davison. Ben Davison isnt a yes man, says it how it is, very matter of fact and always creates a solid game plan for his boxers. Cant wait to see how everything unfolds throughout the year!
He was just getting paid. All of those UFC fights and didn't make that much money. So he's going to say or do whatever he needs to do to bring attention to get himself into other boxing matches where he gets a hefty payday.
AJ got humbled... and took it personally. I love his new focus. Lowkey, maybe the best recovery to a boxing career since Iron Mike. Pound for Pound, for how detrimental or embarrassing their situations were. Thank you for your hard work on this channel.
This is what happens when money and not common sense dictates. He never put in the work to qualify as a Heavy Weight contender. He went on reputation from the UFC. Helped by the hype of Dana and Joe as the hardest puncher. The fact that he bypassed genuine ranked contenders for the title shows the corruption of boxing and that if there is a major backer with unlimited money such as the Saudi's than this is what you get.
Also gotta realize that Ngannou 's freakish power is also based off him knocking people out with 4oz gloves. If any of those heavyweight boxers hit someone with 4oz gloves the result would be similar. Conor McGregot was also delusional when he fought Floyd Mayweather claiming that he would be able to break through Floyd's guard with his punch 😂
people that didn't see a ring in real life have the most in depth reasoning why someone lost a dude who was never knocked down with MMA gloves has been sent to the shadow realm by the fluffy boxing ones, hilarious the amount of cope is insane that's why most HW boxers can't connect two sentences together, because the gloves don't hurt (Foreman being the only exception)
@@taters9722 It's not just the gloves, it's the strapping under them. Boxers strap up so they can deliver punches that would break their own hands. In early prize fighting (the pre-cursor to boxing) head shots were not allowed as they were bare knuckle, boxing means hands have to be protected with the side effect that the boxers can throw punches at multiple times the power that nature allows. Nganou is lucky to be alive, his neck does not have the conditioning to go in with a power puncher HW, let alone one of the biggest punchers of them all. He had better pray that £20 million was worth it, that he hasn't just significantly shortened his life expectancy. Think it through OK, that's the hardest 3 strikes he's ever received in his life, FACT. If that fight had have somehow continued on we would have seen another McCallum type incident.
@@darthwiiziusHe does seem fine. He was still coherent like before, sat for the press conference and didn't have any after effects. He needs to rest for a year though to heal his head lol.
@darthwiizius dude wraps don't boost punching power. I fought in the amateurs. It's not that deep. Yes boxers punch harder but its nothing tondonwith the wraps orngloves.
You would think a MMA fighter would have better awareness since they dont have to look for Kicks, elbows ect. But this just proves how different boxing is.
Woah I read your subs and thought it said 8.17 Million but then realized its 8.18k! Aint no way! Dude your videos are on point! You're on your way to the tippy top!
@@dagfinissocool those that follow the heavyweight division know Fury can’t punch….I said before the fight that Ngannou was going to get punched like he’s never been punched before….MMA goons laughed at me….they ain’t laughing now.
@@dagfinissocool Most boxing fans could tell that Fury wasn't taking it seriously enough. Fury wouldn't make that mistake again, not that Francis is getting a rematch anyways.
@@mrspecialk1234 I think Wilder might say that Fury can punch. Sure, not a one-punch knockout artist on the level of AJ or Wilder himself, but he's done the job before.
@@supercededman To be fair if you're 20 odd stone and 6 foot 9 like you're gonna generate some force by swinging your fists automatically. It's a whole other technique though to do what an AJ, Wilder, Foreman, Lewis or Mike Tyson do, that can only be taught to the very rare few that have no hesitation when they throw, this allows them to throw smoothly and straight through the target as if it's not there.
Very good content! The Saudis will arrange Wilder vs Kabayel, they have enough from Francis for the moment. Rightly so, even if I like him and his bigger than life story.
I'm watching this video after Joshua got KO'ed by DuBois and Ngannou winning his 2nd MMA belt. :p Overall great analysis, I think Ngannou has to learn a lot when it comes to boxing; a lot of fight analysts say he's relying solely on his power, he still have sometime and maybe we will watch him fighting one of the top 10 again. As for Joshua, you will always expect a comeback from him after taking the L, that's why he's a well respected boxer.
That was the least of his problems. Nngano was checking and stepping to his lead to try control the outside position, so technically doing the right thing there in open stance tactics. Joshua just too explosive and was setting him up with that jab, had em biting on feints. Also ngannu rear guard too wide his centre line was exposed
And no cheap shotting of defenseless opponents on the ground either, if boxing allowed that AJ would have actually killed him, he came closer than people realise with the KO punch itself. I keep hearing people banging on about kicks, but this guy has never been hurt by a kick so I call BS on that assertion. This was the hardest beating Francis has ever had in his career, full stop, end of story, a fact.
@@darthwiizius I don't think Francis has been head kicked flush by someone with elite kicks such as Crocop or someone like that. No human can take a full flush head kick and remain conscious. Remember how Vitali Klitschko was knocked clean out by Pele Reid and then looked as if he was getting breakfast in bed? . Vitali was thereafter knocked out by Van Roosemallen ,also via a single kick.
@@relevantbrother8964 You should never take a kick to the head, easy to defend. That said a friend's son won his kickboxing World championship with a KO kick, but then he had already lit him up prior with his fists.
@@relevantbrother8964 Yes, I mentioned it in my last comment. My friend's son won his World championship kickboxing bout by finishing off his American opponent (who was the favourite BTW) with a kick after lighting him up with his fists.
Francis has been showing heavy signs of brain damage post fight! I'm no doctor, but it looks like he has CTE! It's really sad to see that side of combat sports! May God watch over him and his family!
boxing harder? um i think it's the other way around, mma is harder, and im saying that as a boxing fan. Fact francis ngnannou is fighting two top ranked fighter shows he did well. How can u say it's hard for him? he could probably do well against 10th ranked fighter maybe.
Bro exactly this comes from someone who boxes mma is way more difficult. Ground game wrestling and bjj alone is just as complicated as striking in boxing plus striking range is way different because of leg kicks and worrying about takedown or clinch
No actually MMA is not harder. In MMA there are multiple ways to win a fight, your opponent has better hands? Okay, start kicking, he's checking those? Ok, start elbowing. ok, he's getting out of the way of those? Start grappling. In boxing, if your opponent has better hands than you that's pretty much it. That's exactly why UFC/MMA has a new fucking champion every fight (except for the few Like Izzy, GSP etc) In boxing, how often do the belts move around assuming someone isn't holding them up? The skill celling in boxing is FAR higher at the world class levels due to the fact it's one element of fighting. Boxing is harder.
Wrestling alone is harder than boxing (while some wrestlers hate being punched in the face...another fact), but in general, it is more taxing on the body. And wrestling is just a part of MMA.
Zhang on code. No boxer should've supported Ngannou, especially the ones being stepped over by him, who've been grafting in the gym and calling for a Joshua payday and been ignored. Although i think Joshua took it a little *too* literally
@@FactsandReelsForall Zhang doesn’t have the power. If overeem couldn’t do it, Stipe couldn’t do it, Zhang can’t either. Joshua is just about the best boxer, provided he could beat Usyk, in the division. So stop with all these crazy talks when Ngannou is literally rated above them.
boxing was not joke, its showing how super talent you are as a boxer when you take this sport very serious, it's all based on what you were training a lot hard in the camp, looked physical dedication and test power, it's all how experience works and im very proud of Francis and AJ to put on great show what real performance is about.
Everybody claims that Nganu was a tomato can from the start whilst trying to forget that this exact tomato dropped Fury like another tomato can and was robbed by a judges to save face of boxing.
It was impressive that Francis got a knockdown and won 3 of 10 rounds but he also had a style advantage, if Francis lost against a guy that he had the style advantage then we get results like this when he faces someone who has a style advantage over him. That being said I would probably give Fury a better chance against Usyk than AJ because Fury uses his size more than his fundamentals
Fury is a can crusher, only good win was 40 year old Klitschko and even then he ducked a rematch and was stripped of his belts, he pretended mental health problems and lost all his belts in order to avoid a re-match
Funny how this video comes out now and not after the Fury fight.....real quiet then my man. Boxing fans holding on for life to a win over an MMA fighter with no record. There shouldn't even be any videos like this. This was the expected outcome. I would pay a billion if Joshua made it half a round with Francis in the cage. This is copium at its finest and its just sad....
Fight fans have short term memory loss, Fury gets thrown under the bus for an off night when he actually won so obviously Francis isn’t going to get off losing in 2 rounds
He's brand new to boxing an already fighting the best in the world. He needs to cook some more in the gym, fight some journeyman or something. Ngannou has loads of potential, he's just biting off more than he can chew.
I hope we see Ngannou again, because I honestly believe he can be a beast of a boxer. Reguardless, he still had an impressive fight with fury and had balls to enter the ring with Joshua.
Words cannot describe how proud of Joshua I am. Those losses he took really made him go into the trenches of his mind, all alone and by himself. He deserves whatever success comes his way. That's practically the only reason there is to love fighting or martial arts; it will always humble you.
Dude boxing is great but there's a reason why the baddest man on the planet is the MMA (UFC) heavyweight champion, not the boxing heavyweight champion... MMA would always own boxing for that...
@@harsha1989able sorry yall it’s two different sports, it’s like telling Tom Brady to play in the NBA. He would get schooled, and Boxers would get schooled in the UFC and MMA fighters always get schooled in boxing. In this case your baddest got put in a dream state by a mediocre boxing champion.
Love him or hate him, Joshua has earned boxing fans respect for eternity. He saved boxing's dignity.
no he hasn't. He just won a fight. Have you forgot on how he embarrassed himself after the Usyk fight?
@@shimMakepeace Nothing embarrassing in losing against a better boxer.
@@shimMakepeaceyou didnt get the point
Hes talking about Aj's meltdown in the ring.. that shit was embarrassing for everyone watching I can't imagine how Eddie was feeling🤣
AJ now sends a message to MMA guys to stay at bay before they get hurt!
Most of us have had that, "is this really for me," thought after a good boxing sparring session. Lol
Yep matter of fact I’m not even sure I want to continue it. CTE is just too hard to ignore, sometimes I come home with headaches and I know it means my brain is messed up
@@imhassane i barely sparred in my life did some sessions in my local mma gym , even i had headaches when home after training can't even imagine the pain that serious guys have......
@@imhassane I don't think he want Wilder anymore lol.
Lol I fought amateur and won golden gloves but when that guy hit me in the finals I thought why I'm I even in here 😊
@@hunterthompson6737 I'm going to say Francis will have migraines for several weeks after this. Probably he will just lie down and relax and until eventually it stands to subside.
3:00 "Kill him" that might be the hardest thing ever said in real life boxing world.
Heaps of boxers have died in the ring.
@@rikimackey7984 They really need to readdress the count and level of concussions in boxing. I think as soon as someone is more than one knee down, that should be it; in a real fight it would be. The reason boxers die and have serious CTE issues is because the you can essentially be slowly knocked out by very padded gloves, given 10 seconds, and then go get knocked out again and again and again.
Bareknuckle boxing is where it's at.
Remember what Ngannou said to him? The rules of boxing was to keep him safe and protect him, under any under circumstances/scenarios it isn't even a question if he'd win, but really how few seconds they would survive :P
@@jasperhunt3787That would ruin boxing and comebacks. They already lowered the round count from infinite, to 15 rounds, and now it’s 12. Boxing is just fine where it is. It’s the ref, doc, corner, and fighters job to know the amount of damage they have. If they don’t keep their fighter safe that’s on them.
@@YourKingJDGYeah, I'm always stuck trying to make boxing more like fighting, but it just cant be.
What do you think if it's the standard Queensberry rules, but with say 6/8 ounce gloves?
I'm just thinking of ways to alter it to reduces CTE, but a boxer can go their entire life not getting knocked out, and still have serious CTE issues because of the nature of the type of contact..
Boxing is one of the easiest sports to get into and hardest to master.
How would AJ do in the UFC against the elite ?
@@AshleySmyth1212 why would they?, elite mma fighter earn money fewer than elite boxer
1000%
@@AshleySmyth1212 He's going to get rocked in the UFC. He might know some other martial arts but not good enough. He would have to be trained very good and well. Even then it's going to be rough. Not to say he's not good enough with training. How well is going to be pretty tough and if not impossible against some guys. MMA is like a chess match and so many pieces, moves. There are so many more ways things could go wrong. All you have to do is look at Sean Strickland get beat by others and you realize boxer in the ring, some other martial arts.
@@gamingthisera6339you are ignoring questions he asked you how would aj do in UFC against the elite
Francis going beat the shit out of Joshua outside boxing ring you know that 😂
I definitely like this version of AJ, he’s matured, humbled, more realistic and isn’t selling a bs personality like he did in his past. What you see now is what you get and he’s better for it too
I hope so, it's only been two years since his tantrum after Usyk, I hope he continues on his arc.
For this fight AJ is perhaps in close to the best condition i've seen him. Some excess body weight is OFF, he's lean and light and he looks like he took the training extremely seriously. So he probably didn't break discipline or relax it even a little bit in the preperation for this bout.
Hes always been muture and humble actually thats why I liked him back in the day and not wilder who is the polar opposite.
@@PCgamerChannel he threw Usyk's belts out the ring and hijacked the microphone because he lost. I'm still a fan of his because he's a countryman but that wasn't humble or mature
The Wilder handled losses and Joshua handled losses have been night and day
Zhilei Zhang going ''Kill him.'' was cold as fuck.
It was I couldn't help but laugh at Aj's reaction 😂
He showed everyone what boxing really is, ofcourse he was upset enough to say that.
@@mauricioduran6015 how exactly? he got knocked the fuck out 😂he didn't show anything
Zhang hates Francis because he knows the real Francis the real Francis is racist af! I was sitting like 3 people away from him at the Usman Vs Covington 2 fight & boy let me tell you Francis is NOT the person he pretends to be on camera! Starting to realize other athletes see it too!
@@mauricioduran6015 The only thing he showed was that Fury prepared the fight dwelling in a bar eating pizza hahaha. As soon as Ngannou encountered a world class boxer who took the match seriously, he kissed the floor 3 times in 3 rounds. He earned a lot of justified praise, but in my opinion is clearer than ever that boxing can't be mastered in a couple of months, even by a well trained MMA fighter.
AJ’s new team has transformed him, he looks better in every department…calm, measured, nimble and throwing punches with total conviction and power…I don’t think anyone in the HW division fancies facing him now!
LOL
He went from $10m for Fury match to $20 for AJ. I think he did pretty good for 2 matches vs where he had been.
Who cares how much money another man makes. I couldn't care less if he was homeless or a billionaire - he has 0 effct on my life.
@@10pmmemes88why comment then?
@@10pmmemes88 finally someone with a brain LOL all these low lifes posting about how much money this MMA bum made like who cares ? Kardashians are billionaires
@@10pmmemes88thank you finally someone with a brain
@10pmmemes88 so pointless lol
Ngannou got $20 million. I think he's okay
Got money lost his prestige
Depends if he gets CTE from that or not. I don't think it's worth it. I prefer driving a daddy car and speaking correctly.
Money can't reverse CTE. Let's hope he doesn't.
The governments will get half of $20 million, promoters/staff/hangers-on will get $4-5 million, leaving him with approximately $5 million. Marketing and promotions by companies are what bring in the long-term big money for a 35+ year old man with working-class skills (not a slight). As most in sport know, these funds have to carry him for the balance of his life and history has not been kind to sport figures.
2023: 'Usain Bolt is robbed of more than $12 million dollars. Only $12,000 remains of the money the athlete had deposited in an investment firm to guarantee his life after saying goodbye to the track'.
@@holliswilliams8426UFC fighters also get CTE. They just do it for a cheaper price.😂
His first 2 matches have been up against the top tier boxers, he’s not bad at boxing but just been thrown against the best. I hope he continues both sports
I want to see aj or fury in mma fight against ngannou will it will never happens
@@hfmarwen189 Maybe Francis should have 'tapped out ' 😂😂😂
@@Jimmy009-st8mm you can mock my opinion but you know deep down if any boxer go to mma its over
@@hfmarwen189 Do you actually watch MMA? A lot of fights start and end with punches. For someone to grab AJ, they would have to get by his fists and his excellent footwork.
Did you see what AJ did to Ngannou with boxing gloves? What do you think happens if Ngannou is hit with AJ wearing 4 ounce gloves
@@tqlla MMA striking takes place at very different ranges. The gloves are smaller and offers completely different defensive shells. Only one boxer has crossed over and made it to an elite level. Fighters have won mma fights with just leg kicks. Please do not equate a boxers skillset to an mma strikers skillset. its nonsensical.
As a man that until last Friday was not a fan of AJ, how he handled this fight was beyond perfect. From press conferences before the fight to the fight itself, to press conferences after the fight. As a boxer, I am really proud of him. Bravo Aj.
its called growing up
Calling Ngannou a glass cannon after getting KO'd once is an absolutely insane thing to say
I think he was overconfident going into this fight and grossly underestimated Joshua’s punching power.
@@natesolo2001 he got knocked down the first time in his carrer and after that his psyche was already done.
Why????
I wouldn't call him a glass cannon either, but he didn't even take Joshua's best shots.
@@natesolo2001he was overconfident again, a bit cocky, arrogant, like before the Stipe I fight. Patient, humble Ngannou was the wae. Although I don't think it would've made much, if any, difference in this matchup at all..
Everyone insulting fighters behind their screen needs to watch this.
It really angers me when 'fans' call fighters 'bums' or 'tomato cans'
Boxers take risks every time they enter the ring.
what a punch from Joshua.
What a set of punches from AJ! Imo those 3 punches were 3 of the hardest to ever be seen in boxing.
Joshua had to remind everyone who he is because y'all must've forgot.
@@Theemptythroneistaken Those punches were so brutal that I stopped getting excited and just wanted someone to step in and stop the fight. It wasn't a fight, it was a beating.
Fear not the man that knows 10.000 kicks
Fear the man that practised 1 kick 10.000 times
Bruce Leee
Joshua will go down as one of hardest punchers ever. May not be best but he can crack.
3:05 I DID NOT KNOW THIS!!! Dayum, I followed the whole build up of over the weeks leading up to the fight and missed this entirely. Look at AJ's face, he's like "Do I really want to actually kill someone?" That's deep. Zhang is a dark horse.
My thoughts precisely the way Zhang said "Kill him!" sent me shivers. After the final knockout I said Ngannou has been murdered 😂😂
Haha scary shit
Big Bang 😂✊
You probably missed it because the fight was on Friday. Regarding Ngannou's chin, we don't really know if his was uncrackable, every fight he had didn't received too much damage, even when he lost to Lewis on a very boring striking match.
@@DPL58 I watched the fight and as I said I followed the build up in the days running up to it. I just missed this particular meeting between AJ and Zhang.
Also, I never raised any questions about Ngannou's chin. And I don't think him being dropped 3x by AJ means he has a glass chin. Those punches would drop anyone. No one is infallible.
AJ has just finally found his head and the right balance of cardio and muscle.
Spot on. But not only that, he has also made noticeable improvements to his defense, speed... and his feinting is certainly a recent change.
He still has one big weakness though. The man still refuses to clinch. So if he ever finds himself in a difficult position again in future, he is likely to lose that fight because he will be unskilled in the art of clinching. He is 6'6 240lbs... he could easily subdue a lot of the top fighters from just clinching alone. Ask Tyson Fury how important clinching is.
@@angrysocialjusticewarrior brother is the final boss of clinching
@@angrysocialjusticewarrior Yes. He's certainly got a lot of weight to put on people's legs. I think Joshua's mental block was bigger than his technical problems though. I've watched him get to around round 5-6 and just look like he didn't want to be there a few times. I honestly thought he would never get back that winning mentality back but he looked like he was there to win and prove a point. And he handled the media like a bunch of babies, he really didn't want to rise to their bullshit.
I think the speed has always been there when he's not gassed but most of his career that's been a problem. His defence has been improving for about 4 years though, your right it looks like he's almost there with it now.
@BOYTOY_HEAVEN He was around 24 pounds lighter on his debut than 18 stone. He bulked up and was 18 stone 2 by the Takam fight. He was meant to go up for this fight as his opponent was sitting at 275 pounds. I guess we will see when he has a longer fight but I think he's finally got a decent balance.
@@angrysocialjusticewarrior Clinching is illegal in boxing. Go & watch wrestling if you want to see clinching.
Francis was concussed from the second knockdown. Unfortunately the ref let him continue and that last knockdown scrambled his brains even more and he was out cold. That was one of the most brutal knockouts I've ever seen. I hope he can recover from that.
the ref was probably told to let him continue, the fight was literally called Knockout Chaos, so guess what people want to see
Ref had to let him continue, he was up and ready, would have been a crazy early stoppage! Regardless of the fact what happened next was inevitable.
He beat the count and we'd have to hear how corrupt boxing was if the referee didn't let the fight continue as well as "I wasn't that hurt, I was walking around, I was fine" from Francis.
@@psychedelicchimps Proof you can't please the low intelligence masses who understand nothing of whatever they decide to watch that day.
😂😂😂😂😂
People should respect Francis
Like Jack Murdock-- talking trash about Ngannou from a saaaaaaaaafe distance on his couch. Tsk.
Why, i'd get in there for 20 million
Francis was a big mouth BUM. He looked down on boxing, now we look DOWN on him. He needs his Wakandan Citizenship Revoked.
I'm undefeated in 30 years. Mind you I haven't had a fight yet.
@@SuperRobertoClemente Nothing here that isn't the truth. No one would be surprised if Francis beat Joshua (or anyone else on the planet) in the Octagon. So why is everyone shocked that a boxing specialist wins with boxing rules.
I came back to the comment section to see how everyone thought this was a new AJ. Now I am sure the same people are saying that Joshua just padded his record and pride with an mma fighter after this recent KO loss.
Ngannou won even though he lost. He cashed it in at the height of his popularity just like Connor Mcgregor. Getting knockout in a boxing match for 20 millions is better than slaving under the Ufc for peanuts.
Facts,I just hope he improves cuz I definitely don't want to see him get brutality hurt,but at least he does take it seriously unlike Connor and respects the sweet science,Dana white a POS tho,doubt Francis ever goes back to the UFC
Why do you care? He was a millionaire b4 this.. He doesnt know you nor does he give a sh1t about you..
100% facts. An unbelievable payout.
@@kennethmullenixngannou too big for the ufc lmao
Good. It's always about money of course. Well take that money and that L BACK TO UFC
I love your videos. I was once a boxing fan and haven’t really paid attention in the last decade outside of a few key fights. You’ve reinvigorated my interest. Thanks Jack!
That's the thing, when you're a novice it's a bad idea to step in there with a gifted puncher who is also elite. Ngannou messed up. He got hit a lot vs Fury and decided, with his limited defense, to go and fight AJ. Again, bad idea!
No good idea but not in a boxing way obviously but the pay!?
Usualy when a boxer looses, they step down on lesser opponents for some fights to improve and rebuild confidence, they don't go to the slaughter against an even more dangerous fighter, wtf were they thinking ?😅
Clearly underestimating boxing and payed the price.
Its a bad idea for a long career, but Ngannou got a huge payday and could retire and never fight again. He made 20M for that fight, whereas he stated that he made $600K from his last MMA fight.
@@tqlla Depends if he gets CTE or not imo.
@@dirtyandnasty9011 cte is typically related to repeated trauma to the head. Ngannou made 30x what he would make in his last mma fight.
He has made 10x his career earnings in 2 boxing matches. He can retire now and save himself from any more head trauma.
Maybe we should start giving Ben Davison some credit.
Indeed. He doesn't seem to get enough of a mention with everyone hyped up about the KO. He will be a huge asset if AJ faces Fury, given is vast insider knowledge.
Fury has been saying it for years. Davison is as good as it gets.
It was just a thing of beauty. I'm really proud of AJ. He is a master of the sweet science now. He has earned it.
He earned it long before this fight.
Joshua resume is better than any current heavyweight weight.
@@sergiobowers6930 aint noway you forgot about usyk
Boxing made ppl forget tht they have legs and stuf, do you think military practice boxing? They must grapple etc and yet ppl suddenly support boxing so much i think these are npcs. Anthony is just a tool for their profit the way i see it
@@coronagaming3942tf is bro yapping about
@@ShOcKTeh i mean im just a youtube viewer not the one controlling the show
Anthony Joshua acting like Tim Duncan after that knockout. Just another day at the office. Not a AJ fan but that ko and the class after it is very respectable. I like boxing more than mma im glad this emded all that.
"Anthony Joshua acting like Tim Duncan after that knockout." - LOL.. underrated comment!
lol when i watched live my thoughts where "Wow, Joshua just had a Barry Sanders reaction to that win." lol
What do you mean ended all that? Will be plenty more mma fighters looking for boxing pay days in future and let's see AJ fight ngannou in the octagon/street
If you’re not a fan of AJ, you’re not a real boxing fan.
What are you, a Fury fan?🙄
@thrashattack2185 whatever I'm not here to argue have fun wallowing in your misery.
It was an absolute demolition job brutal man
AJ just put out some respect to his name.
This is how it should be. An MMA fighter has no business in boxing against real boxers. So does a boxer has no business fighting in MMA circuit. They do this l because people who don't understand these sports want to see it.
Absolutely, 100% agree. James Toney went to mma and got choked at ufc 118 at 3:19 mark was not a great fight. Connors and Franncis fights are side shows. It’s like wanting to watch Tom Brady in a World Cup rugby game amusing but ultimately not enjoying.
Facts 100%
AJ's look at 3:08 post BIG BANG is ... incredible - like WTF dude
😂
I have to now
This the AJ we all needed. A motivated, skilled, and focused boxer. Film study, intelligent training, and gameplanning.
I'm an MMA guy through and through. I have many issues with boxing, from the business side to the sheer amount of belts etc. But I was very glad when a true boxer beat Francis. I'm sick of this crossover BS. A boxer will pretty much always beat an MMA guy in boxing, and if a boxer goes to MMA (which for the most part theyve been too smart to do) they'll get demolished there. I train MMA and have fought a few times, my buddy is an excellent boxer whos fought a few times. He'd win in boxing, I'd win in MMA. I think MMA guys are more inclined to box because we see it as a simplified version of our sport, but when we go over we realise that boxers have mastered fighting with just their hands. I train 4 hours a day 5 days a week but I'm training boxing, kicking, wrestling, clinching and BJJ. My buddy trains just boxing for the same amount of time. He is obviously going to have better boxing, even though I practice boxing too. And in the same vein, I'd tear through him in wrestling, because he doesnt train it at all.
Its like an NFL player going to Rugby. Similar(ish) sports but not the same.
Stay in your own lane boys.
As both a boxing and MMA fan I was sad that ngannou lost, but my MMA friends insistance that "ngannou can't be knocked out" made it quite enjoyable in a weird way.
Boxing isn't MMA
Your mma friends are clearly casuals, anybody can be knocked out. But in mma no heavyweight boxer has a chance against Francis.
@pahowitzer446 no boxer has a chance against a top 15 MMA guy, not just Ngannou.
@@viktormuerte fair enough!!!! My money would always be on the MMA fighter!!!
@@viktormuerte In general yes, but for the heavyweight division I disagree. AJ could very well get the better of someone like Derrick Lewis or Tuivasa who are mostly one dimensional fighters.
ANYONE can be knocked out. No human can take that punch he took on the second knockdown.
he made millions , and from where he has started thats amazing .
ok, now let the men talking about sport.
Finally AJ getting the support and praise he deserves
Great analysis mate - subscribed just on this alone. You stated facts without really mocking Ngannou but appreciating the sweet science and keeping it real. At same time appreciating AJ's maturity, the top team in his corner and his re-invention. So glad AJ has managed this I had actually unfairly dismissed him as i had stopped following his painful recovery process. Much respect to him and thanks for this education.
I think we should respect Ngannou he came into a different sport and fought the best, if Joshua or fury came to the ufc and fought jones and Ngannous their first fights we’d be praising their bravery, so respect
I would praise their bravery and laugh at their stupidity to be honest.
Ngannou had tons of courage but that idea of fighting the best instantly was stupid, he totaly underestimated boxing in general. Knowing how to throw punches and knocking out some average (at best) boxers in UFC doesn't make you the level of someone who trained boxing skills alone for 25 years, it was crazy to think he could compete.
(I still don't know how Fury managed that terrible performance 😂)
"I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times."
@@dirtyandnasty9011Was he dumb he made almost $50 mil from like 2 hours of actual work. This was probably the best decision of his life
What he did was amazing no doubt about it but it's still BS he went up immediately to the elite champs in his first two fights
@@dirtyandnasty9011no he wanted to fight the best the entire idea of him boxing fury happened cause he wasn’t getting paid enough so they wanted him to fight fury as his big money fight
Personally I’d do the same 2 fights make around 40 million couple of concussions, and only spend like 30 seconds in the ring in both fights
Before switching coaches ,AJ was so arrogant and underestimated his opponents in the ring. That AJ would have gotten KO’d for not respecting his opponent. But this AJ was just locked in.
I loved that"Kill him" and that boxer to boxer look of AJ,Ngannou had it comin' with that smug arrogance.
I love AJ man always comes back hungrier, that walk away after that knock out is also cold
Great video! Really well edited and researched. Good addition to the boxing UA-cam space! Thanks!
Joshua was on a mission...and he revealed the klitschko version of joshua with destructive power and timing once again.
Lmao, AJ became the exact same Mythical fighther that Ngannou used to be - "Patient".
Patient Ngannou was probably the scariest fighter you could ever encounter in MMA, and now Patient AJ has become the same thing in boxing. No bullrushing his opponents and dropping his hands, no going ballistic after he gets a good strike - just getting the technique right and waiting for the perfect moment to strike. It's like he absorbed Ngannou's super-power, made it his own, and beat Ngannou with his own weapon. Truly poetic.
And man, I really cannot bring myself to dislike AJ. Despite one of the greatest upsets in HW history against Ruiz, despite making an absolute clown out of himself againt Usyk, I cannot help but give him all the respect he deserves. He keeps working like crazy, he keeps fighting, he keeps evolving, he learns from his losses and constantly improves. He's a champion, with or without the belt around his waist.
Joshua reminded of Lennox Lewis the way he was pawing with the jab and throwing textbook straight rights and body straights. He toyed with him the way Lewis did too. I'm not saying he's anywhere near the lewis level but he's a good fighter.
All credit to AJ, most folk against him, most folk saying he'll lose. Beautiful finish, respect
Hey Jack Murdock Boxing. You are so precise in your words and narrations. You expressed it well the way you should do it.
Ngannou in a boxing match against heavy weight champion its like Kimbo Slice get into Octagon after knocking out some dude in a backyard fight. We all know whats going to happen.
How would AJ do in the UFC?
@@AshleySmyth1212 AJ in UFC will probably share the same fate as Ngannou in boxing. Thats why it doesnt make sense for people to think that Ngannou had a chance of wining a fight against a seasoned boxing champion just because he's a 'good striker' in MMA. Its totally different sport.
@@SkywalkerExpress Because Fury failed to make the case in their first fight...
Yeah, but Kimbo had 5 - 6 fights before he was knocked out. Ngannou did not have as good a running as Kimbo in the UFC. And Kimbo still had some good performances afterwards. For Ngannou none of those things are certain in his boxing career.
Kimbo slice never fought for ufc lineal HW champion 😂😂😂😂🤡🤡🤡🤡
Terrible comparison but must be nice to step on Ngannou while he’s down though 👍
Classy
Great video. That comes from one of the biggest UFC fans around, having watched every single Fight Night and every event since UFC 76.
Boxing is in a very bad place now, and at the very least, this fight serves as a little reminder, showing us that there ARE levels to the game of boxing after all. Greetings from Norway 🇸🇯
@@Inaluogh 👍👍👍
Dude, I can't get over how good these videos are. Awesome stuff!
AJ did a great job! Sad to see Ngannou out like that but you don't play boxing. I wonder what his next move will be.
You don't play mma either. James Toney vs Randy Couture. How would AJ do in the UFC ?
@@AshleySmyth12121 leg kick aj will do chicken dance 😂
@@indiandictator4537
Let AJ strap up his fists for boxing and everything changes. Boxers don't wear gloves to protect their fists, they strap up and wear boxing gloves to strike harder than Human hands can naturally strike before breaking them. Nganou is lucky to still be walking, he came very close to having his neck broken. It's a thousand minutes of sparring per fight for 1 minute in the fight, it takes heavyweights 10-20 years of sparring to build up conditioning in their necks to survive at the top end of the game.
@AzizSherverzian isn't it crazy how athletes don't perform well in sports they haven't trained their whole lives for? Fortunately, we won't have to see AJ try his hand at MMA because there's zero incentive for him to do so.
@indiandictator4537 yeah, and 1 straight right from a boxer was all it took to dismantle the legendary Predator.
i used to watch lee whylies analysis videos , all the time im a huge fan . i was shocked when it comes out that hes been hired by ajs camp and really happy for the guy, he clearly loves the sport and i hope he makes a world champ out of whoever he works with.
Dude you killed it. This video, for any boxing fan, is 🔥.
No one is talking about how good this video is. You just earned a sub ma guy!
I didn't actually realise how butthurt boxing fanboys were about Fury Ngannou until now
When you realise you don’t belong in a ring as much as AJ doesn’t belong in a cage. Different sports people
Just discovered your channel this morning, great video! I'll definitely be watching more in the future.
AJ's learned a ton from his losses, and to see him grow as a boxer from those losses, has been incredible. Losing to Usyk reignited his passion for the sport, and truly there's no better trainer for him than Ben Davison. Ben Davison isnt a yes man, says it how it is, very matter of fact and always creates a solid game plan for his boxers. Cant wait to see how everything unfolds throughout the year!
That "kill him" clip was hilarious due to aj just quickly peeping a camera out the corner of his eye 😂
Good analysis
Agree
Nganou got massively cocky let’s be real.
He was just getting paid. All of those UFC fights and didn't make that much money. So he's going to say or do whatever he needs to do to bring attention to get himself into other boxing matches where he gets a hefty payday.
No head movement from Francis, and it cost him. I'm sure the pressure was not on his side. Congratulations Joshua!
AJ got humbled... and took it personally. I love his new focus. Lowkey, maybe the best recovery to a boxing career since Iron Mike. Pound for Pound, for how detrimental or embarrassing their situations were. Thank you for your hard work on this channel.
Well done. Of all the multiple videos i have viewed since the fight this is by far the best and most intelligent analysis 👏👏👏
This is what happens when money and not common sense dictates. He never put in the work to qualify as a Heavy Weight contender. He went on reputation from the UFC. Helped by the hype of Dana and Joe as the hardest puncher. The fact that he bypassed genuine ranked contenders for the title shows the corruption of boxing and that if there is a major backer with unlimited money such as the Saudi's than this is what you get.
well said. Ngannou may be a nice guy but it is too soon to fight AJ
Yeah no shit that's what happens in the boxing show of things, if you want a clean meritocracy go to olympic boxing
@@leonardo9259 yeah no shit, that's because there is no money in Olympics.
aj -325 vs 0-1 boxer the easiest bet of the decade
This is a hard case of, being humbled. Not that Francis wasn't humble, he just can't get into this media without working hard for it.
he was talking a lot of nonsense sbout knocking joshua out - I'd say he was humbled (and I like ngannou)
Great vid, especially liked the chart. Took me a while to get past the first second though, had to replay that a hundred times or so, what a hit.
Yep this is my new favourite boxing channel
Ngannou stock plunges from a 5 month high....
Also gotta realize that Ngannou 's freakish power is also based off him knocking people out with 4oz gloves. If any of those heavyweight boxers hit someone with 4oz gloves the result would be similar. Conor McGregot was also delusional when he fought Floyd Mayweather claiming that he would be able to break through Floyd's guard with his punch 😂
The gloves done change the power that much. They did tests and the mma style gloves vs boxing gloves didn't make much diff.
people that didn't see a ring in real life have the most in depth reasoning why someone lost
a dude who was never knocked down with MMA gloves has been sent to the shadow realm by the fluffy boxing ones, hilarious the amount of cope is insane
that's why most HW boxers can't connect two sentences together, because the gloves don't hurt (Foreman being the only exception)
@@taters9722
It's not just the gloves, it's the strapping under them. Boxers strap up so they can deliver punches that would break their own hands. In early prize fighting (the pre-cursor to boxing) head shots were not allowed as they were bare knuckle, boxing means hands have to be protected with the side effect that the boxers can throw punches at multiple times the power that nature allows. Nganou is lucky to be alive, his neck does not have the conditioning to go in with a power puncher HW, let alone one of the biggest punchers of them all. He had better pray that £20 million was worth it, that he hasn't just significantly shortened his life expectancy. Think it through OK, that's the hardest 3 strikes he's ever received in his life, FACT. If that fight had have somehow continued on we would have seen another McCallum type incident.
@@darthwiiziusHe does seem fine. He was still coherent like before, sat for the press conference and didn't have any after effects. He needs to rest for a year though to heal his head lol.
@darthwiizius dude wraps don't boost punching power.
I fought in the amateurs. It's not that deep.
Yes boxers punch harder but its nothing tondonwith the wraps orngloves.
He think he was going to knockout AJ but sadly he ended up sleeping in the ring
You would think a MMA fighter would have better awareness since they dont have to look for Kicks, elbows ect. But this just proves how different boxing is.
Woah I read your subs and thought it said 8.17 Million but then realized its 8.18k! Aint no way! Dude your videos are on point! You're on your way to the tippy top!
he got humbled he wont be the same no more lolol i still cant believe people thought francis had a chance lmfao.
he got split decision against Fury that may have had something to do with how people frelt
@@dagfinissocool those that follow the heavyweight division know Fury can’t punch….I said before the fight that Ngannou was going to get punched like he’s never been punched before….MMA goons laughed at me….they ain’t laughing now.
@@dagfinissocool Most boxing fans could tell that Fury wasn't taking it seriously enough. Fury wouldn't make that mistake again, not that Francis is getting a rematch anyways.
@@mrspecialk1234 I think Wilder might say that Fury can punch. Sure, not a one-punch knockout artist on the level of AJ or Wilder himself, but he's done the job before.
@@supercededman
To be fair if you're 20 odd stone and 6 foot 9 like you're gonna generate some force by swinging your fists automatically. It's a whole other technique though to do what an AJ, Wilder, Foreman, Lewis or Mike Tyson do, that can only be taught to the very rare few that have no hesitation when they throw, this allows them to throw smoothly and straight through the target as if it's not there.
The look that's been on AJ's eyes since the second Usyk loss....is chilling 🥶
Very good content!
The Saudis will arrange Wilder vs Kabayel, they have enough from Francis for the moment. Rightly so, even if I like him and his bigger than life story.
Awesome video break down brother. I really enjoyed it.
UFC fan boys have to admit boxing is king of fighting sports
I'm watching this video after Joshua got KO'ed by DuBois and Ngannou winning his 2nd MMA belt. :p
Overall great analysis, I think Ngannou has to learn a lot when it comes to boxing; a lot of fight analysts say he's relying solely on his power, he still have sometime and maybe we will watch him fighting one of the top 10 again.
As for Joshua, you will always expect a comeback from him after taking the L, that's why he's a well respected boxer.
What ended the fight was when Nagano allowed Joshua to step outside his lead foot when he went southpaw and he got caught with that right hand
That was the least of his problems. Nngano was checking and stepping to his lead to try control the outside position, so technically doing the right thing there in open stance tactics. Joshua just too explosive and was setting him up with that jab, had em biting on feints. Also ngannu rear guard too wide his centre line was exposed
What Ended the fight was that Ngannou slept and couldn't wake up after the count of 10😂, he needed an oxygen to gain back consciousness
what ended the fight is that Francis doesn't have any defence at this level and was just a sitting duck for huge power punches to the head
When you realize you don’t have wrestling to fall back when things go south.
And no cheap shotting of defenseless opponents on the ground either, if boxing allowed that AJ would have actually killed him, he came closer than people realise with the KO punch itself. I keep hearing people banging on about kicks, but this guy has never been hurt by a kick so I call BS on that assertion. This was the hardest beating Francis has ever had in his career, full stop, end of story, a fact.
@@darthwiizius I don't think Francis has been head kicked flush by someone with elite kicks such as Crocop or someone like that. No human can take a full flush head kick and remain conscious.
Remember how Vitali Klitschko was knocked clean out by Pele Reid and then looked as if he was getting breakfast in bed? .
Vitali was thereafter knocked out by Van Roosemallen ,also via a single kick.
@@relevantbrother8964
You should never take a kick to the head, easy to defend. That said a friend's son won his kickboxing World championship with a KO kick, but then he had already lit him up prior with his fists.
@@darthwiizius have you ever seen a pro fighter get head kicked?
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Yes, I mentioned it in my last comment. My friend's son won his World championship kickboxing bout by finishing off his American opponent (who was the favourite BTW) with a kick after lighting him up with his fists.
Francis has been showing heavy signs of brain damage post fight! I'm no doctor, but it looks like he has CTE! It's really sad to see that side of combat sports! May God watch over him and his family!
funny and great video Jack! Subscribed bell
boxing harder? um i think it's the other way around, mma is harder, and im saying that as a boxing fan. Fact francis ngnannou is fighting two top ranked fighter shows he did well. How can u say it's hard for him? he could probably do well against 10th ranked fighter maybe.
Yeah this didn’t prove boxing is the harder sport, it only proved boxing isn’t a pushover like he made it look with Fury.
Bro exactly this comes from someone who boxes mma is way more difficult. Ground game wrestling and bjj alone is just as complicated as striking in boxing plus striking range is way different because of leg kicks and worrying about takedown or clinch
No actually MMA is not harder. In MMA there are multiple ways to win a fight, your opponent has better hands? Okay, start kicking, he's checking those? Ok, start elbowing. ok, he's getting out of the way of those? Start grappling. In boxing, if your opponent has better hands than you that's pretty much it. That's exactly why UFC/MMA has a new fucking champion every fight (except for the few Like Izzy, GSP etc) In boxing, how often do the belts move around assuming someone isn't holding them up? The skill celling in boxing is FAR higher at the world class levels due to the fact it's one element of fighting. Boxing is harder.
@@MOG0311 they have a new champion every fight coz the best always fight the best instead of padding records with cans
Wrestling alone is harder than boxing (while some wrestlers hate being punched in the face...another fact), but in general, it is more taxing on the body. And wrestling is just a part of MMA.
Zhang on code. No boxer should've supported Ngannou, especially the ones being stepped over by him, who've been grafting in the gym and calling for a Joshua payday and been ignored. Although i think Joshua took it a little *too* literally
Zhang would get dusted by ngannou, anyway. Joshua needs to fight fury or usyk again. He’s above all the other comp.
Lol 😂😂 Zhang would kill Ngannou u casual @@YourKingJDG
@@FactsandReelsForall Zhang just got dusted by parker. He’s old and slow
@@YourKingJDG Ngannou is slower than a grandma. Zhang would knock him out in a round don't get it twisted.
@@FactsandReelsForall Zhang doesn’t have the power. If overeem couldn’t do it, Stipe couldn’t do it, Zhang can’t either. Joshua is just about the best boxer, provided he could beat Usyk, in the division. So stop with all these crazy talks when Ngannou is literally rated above them.
Very disrespectful take on Ngannou. Anyone getting in the ring deserves respect, even if you consider him delusional.
boxing was not joke, its showing how super talent you are as a boxer when you take this sport very serious, it's all based on what you were training a lot hard in the camp, looked physical dedication and test power, it's all how experience works and im very proud of Francis and AJ to put on great show what real performance is about.
5:20 Thank you greatly for this data perspective.
Everybody claims that Nganu was a tomato can from the start whilst trying to forget that this exact tomato dropped Fury like another tomato can and was robbed by a judges to save face of boxing.
It was impressive that Francis got a knockdown and won 3 of 10 rounds but he also had a style advantage, if Francis lost against a guy that he had the style advantage then we get results like this when he faces someone who has a style advantage over him. That being said I would probably give Fury a better chance against Usyk than AJ because Fury uses his size more than his fundamentals
Fury is a can crusher, only good win was 40 year old Klitschko and even then he ducked a rematch and was stripped of his belts, he pretended mental health problems and lost all his belts in order to avoid a re-match
@@holliswilliams8426 Ignorant, that’s all I have to say about your opinion of his career.
Ngannou didn't win most of the rounds, and fury clearly went in thinking of it as business rather than a serious fight. He just fucked uh.
MMA dudes are trying to say he took a dive 😂😂😂🤦🏾♂
wtf...they need to take that second knockdown punch, then they will understand
They are MMA casuals, not real MMA fans...
Yes he did
Funny how this video comes out now and not after the Fury fight.....real quiet then my man. Boxing fans holding on for life to a win over an MMA fighter with no record. There shouldn't even be any videos like this. This was the expected outcome. I would pay a billion if Joshua made it half a round with Francis in the cage. This is copium at its finest and its just sad....
Fight fans have short term memory loss, Fury gets thrown under the bus for an off night when he actually won so obviously Francis isn’t going to get off losing in 2 rounds
The way Anthony went about the victory like it wasn’t a big deal was great he showed that there’s levels in boxing too!
He's brand new to boxing an already fighting the best in the world. He needs to cook some more in the gym, fight some journeyman or something. Ngannou has loads of potential, he's just biting off more than he can chew.
I didn’t now Anthony Joshua could punch so hard. The power was insane!
aj power is underrated, he put many fighers to sleep in the past
You don’t watch heavyweight boxing?
No hate for Francis he almost beat Fury on his first ever boxing match.
Joshua will never beat Usyk!!
Never say never. It shows you don't understand boxing.Joshua gets better by the day. No one is a permanent champion
It's not impossible
I hope we see Ngannou again, because I honestly believe he can be a beast of a boxer. Reguardless, he still had an impressive fight with fury and had balls to enter the ring with Joshua.
Dodged John Jones to be in a completely different sport.
This video is solemn and beautiful. You, my friend, have earned a subscriber. Who will one day (hopefully) be the subject in one of your videos.
Damn
I didn’t expect Ngannou to get destroyed like that
“You don’t play boxing”
I did
@@Unsealed_Prodsdon't play mma
@@indiandictator4537Don’t play 6 limited combat sports. Wrestling, judo, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, boxing, Muay Thai, and kickboxing.
Words cannot describe how proud of Joshua I am. Those losses he took really made him go into the trenches of his mind, all alone and by himself. He deserves whatever success comes his way. That's practically the only reason there is to love fighting or martial arts; it will always humble you.
6 months later and thanks to Dynamite Dubois, we don't even have to see AJ get schooled by Usyk. Ha ha!!!!
Sweet Science not two dudes rolling around on the floor with each other.
Exactly with another dudes nuts in ya face 😂😂😂
Nor can the sweet science guys survive a guillotine choke without dying unless saved by the ref.
Dude boxing is great but there's a reason why the baddest man on the planet is the MMA (UFC) heavyweight champion, not the boxing heavyweight champion...
MMA would always own boxing for that...
@@relevantbrother8964keep sniffing crotches lad
@@harsha1989able sorry yall it’s two different sports, it’s like telling Tom Brady to play in the NBA. He would get schooled, and Boxers would get schooled in the UFC and MMA fighters always get schooled in boxing. In this case your baddest got put in a dream state by a mediocre boxing champion.
Joe rogan crying in the corner 😂😂😂😂