{"id":439569,"date":"2023-07-12T03:51:52","date_gmt":"2023-07-12T07:51:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=439569"},"modified":"2023-07-12T04:28:13","modified_gmt":"2023-07-12T08:28:13","slug":"fury-vs-ngannou-bout-on-october-28th","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/fury-vs-ngannou-bout-on-october-28th\/","title":{"rendered":"Fury vs. Ngannou bout on October 28th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tyson Fury, the boxing champ, and Francis Ngannou, the ex-UFC champ, will fight on October 28<sup>th<\/sup> in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n<p>Both fighters teased a clash last year after Tyson won his match with 6<sup>th<\/sup> round TKO against Dillian Whyte in London to remain WBC heavyweight champion.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BREAKING \ud83d\udea8: Tyson Fury will fight former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou under boxing rules in Saudi Arabia on October 28 \ud83e\udd4a\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\udde6 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Qx6182i9ZI\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/Qx6182i9ZI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sky Sports News (@SkySportsNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SkySportsNews\/status\/1678769678968320001?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 11, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;UFC champ Francis Ngannou is here today,&#8221; Tyson shared on the ring. &#8220;He&#8217;s on my hit list in an exhibition bout; however, we can fight in a cage, with gloves, without gloves, it doesn\u2019t matter, we can make it happen. I think everyone would enjoy it. Ngannou is a very big guy; I\u2019m an enormous guy too, so it will be a fight of the Titans for certain.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Gypsy King got back in the ring for a trilogy clash with Derek Chisora at the end of last year, and Fury won it in the 10<sup>th<\/sup> round.<\/p>\n<p>Tyson was close to fighting Oleksandr Usyk for the undisputed heavyweight title this year, but talks failed because both camps couldn\u2019t agree on the money.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury will box former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou on Oct. 28 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, sources tell <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MikeCoppinger?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@MikeCoppinger<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EhJ6J7n7sj\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/EhJ6J7n7sj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ESPN (@espn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/espn\/status\/1678755481433567234?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 11, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tyson Fury, the boxing champ, and Francis Ngannou, the ex-UFC champ, will fight on October 28th in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. 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