Two of the highest heavyweights on the planet stepped into the ring on Friday. Anthony Joshua, the adorned boxer and former heavyweight champion of the world, took on Francis Ngannou, the previous UFC heavyweight champion who has began to interrupt into the world of boxing following the expiration of his contract with the MMA promotion.
The combat passed off in Saudi Arabia, and whereas it ended up not taking particularly lengthy to crown a winner, at the very least these in attendance obtained to witness some fireworks on the very finish. After dominating the primary spherical and knocking Ngannou down because it got here to an finish, Joshua got here out within the second and determined to finish the night time early. He knocked Ngannou down with an enormous proper hand, and whereas he was capable of rise up, Ngannou was clearly a bit woozy. Joshua took benefit, as he threw one gigantic proper hand that knocked Ngannou out chilly and secured a win.
Previous to this combat, nobody had ever knocked out Ngannou within the UFC or on the planet of boxing. Whereas Ngannou had 20 fights within the UFC and left the promotion as its heavyweight champ, this was solely his second boxing match — he misplaced by way of break up choice to Tyson Fury in October.
As for Joshua, this marks his fourth win in a row after he misplaced back-to-back fights in opposition to Oleksandr Usyk. The primary price him the WBA (Tremendous), IBF, WBO, and IBO heavyweight titles, whereas the second put all 5 of these and the vacant The Ring titles on the road.
