FRANCIS NGANNOU is reeling from a blow exterior the ring virtually as large as his second-round KO from Anthony Joshua inside it.
The MMA legend has plunged down the WBC rankings from tenth to twenty fifth.
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The French-Cameroonian, 37, shocked struggle followers along with his boxing debut – a controversial defeat on a cut up resolution towards Tyson Fury final October.
However his ensuing excessive WBC rating was despatched plummeting by a one-sided defeat towards Joshua this month.
Ngannou wanted oxygen afterwards and, extra worryingly, revealed he had no reminiscence of being knocked out.
It is all left his boxing profession unsure, even sparking discuss of the previous UFC heavyweight champion returning to MMA.
Ngannou has now additionally been teased on social media after belatedly arising with an uncommon excuse for his humbling towards AJ.
Some followers even in contrast him to Deontay Wilder, who got here up with a bewildering array of purpose for dropping to Fury.
Ngannou claimed he was the sufferer of a “trick” – as he was taken to the world in Riyadh for his Joshua encounter too early.
He advised The MMA Hour: “We obtained a schedule, an e-mail, after which for some purpose I used to be there at the very least one hour earlier than. However for the struggle, at the very least two hours beforehand.
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“They do this type of trick to get you drained. I used to be like cool, I used to be like, ‘Bro, it is okay.’
“I did not understand how vital that was, till the struggle day that I needed to get there two hours earlier than.”
