FRANCIS NGANNOU warned rivals Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury against making an MMA switch – while predicting their boxing fight.
Ngannou put his cage career on hold to cross over to boxing for a pair of bouts against AJ and Fury.
He was firstly beaten via controversial decision to Fury, 36, despite dropping the former WBC champion last October.
Ngannou, 37, was then brutally knocked out by Joshua, 34, in March and now returns to MMA after two boxing bouts.
AJ and Fury are still yet to resolve their blockbuster British feud in the ring as they head towards separate bouts.
Joshua faces Daniel Dubois on September 21 for the IBF title while Oleksandr Usyk rematches Fury on December 21 after his May victory.
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There is hope after that the long-awaited Battle of Britain between AJ and the Gypsy King can finally be made and Ngannou – having shared the ring with both men – cannot split them.
He said: “Two different styles. Everybody tries to win, I’d give it 50-50 just for that fight.”
What Ngannou is certain about, though, is that neither boxing star should ever trade the ring for the cage.
He said: “They don’t want that smoke. Nobody wants that. I mean, I wouldn’t want it either, I don’t blame them.
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“There is a lot of elements in MMA that’s way complicated for a boxer to cross over than for an MMA fighter to cross over to boxing.
“I’d need to see them do some practise.
“Maybe some of them have a wrestling skill that you don’t know or a grappling skill that you don’t know. You’d need to see.”
Ngannou makes his MMA return after two years out the cage on October 19 in Saudi Arabia against 6ft 8in Renan Ferreira in his Professional Fighters League debut.
Source: Boxing - thesun.co.uk
