{"id":609518,"date":"2023-02-17T17:39:13","date_gmt":"2023-02-17T23:39:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.sellorbuyhomefast.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/17\/francis-ngannou-verbally-agrees-to-deontay-wilders-two-fight-challenge-i-hope-you-are-a-man-of-your-word\/"},"modified":"2023-02-17T17:39:13","modified_gmt":"2023-02-17T23:39:13","slug":"francis-ngannou-verbally-agrees-to-deontay-wilders-two-fight-challenge-i-hope-you-are-a-man-of-your-word","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/17\/francis-ngannou-verbally-agrees-to-deontay-wilders-two-fight-challenge-i-hope-you-are-a-man-of-your-word\/","title":{"rendered":"Francis Ngannou verbally agrees to Deontay Wilder\u2019s two-fight challenge: \u201cI hope you are a man of your word\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou has seemingly accepted Deontay Wilder\u2019s challenge.<\/p>\n

\u2018The Predator\u2019 exited the UFC last month after failing to reach an agreement for a new contract. As a result, he was stripped of his heavyweight gold, and Ngannou quickly began targeting a new home. For their part, the UFC quickly booked Jon Jones<\/a> vs. Ciryl Gane for the vacant title in March.<\/p>\n

That new home will likely come in the form of the boxing ring. Ngannou has teased that he would one-day compete in the sport, and now as a free agent, he will look to make it a reality. Over the last month, Eddie Hearn\u2019s Matchroom Boxing, Misfits Boxing<\/a>, and Tyson Fury have all shown interest in the former champion.<\/p>\n

However, Deontay Wilder is also interested<\/a> in facing the former UFC champion. During a recent apperance on \u2018Trill Boxing Talk\u2019, \u2018The Bronze Bomber\u2019 stated:<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m still interested in that fight; I would love to do that one in Africa. I know he\u2019s [Ngannou] doing his own thing, I\u2019m proud of him for following his heart, doing what he feels. I\u2019m very interested in it, let\u2019s do it man. Two big, black superheroes. I even thought about this idea: Let\u2019s make it a two-fight deal.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cEverybody always comes to boxing, let\u2019s do this: You come to my [sport], I\u2019ll come to yours. You come to my house, I\u2019ll come to yours. I\u2019m a true warrior. I\u2019m serious about that, too. I wanna do something different since everybody doing this crossover between combat sports.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

A week after Deontay Wilder\u2019s comments, Francis Ngannou has now responded. In a series of tweets<\/a>, the former UFC champion verbally accepted the deal, and stated that he hopes to see the boxer soon. However, Ngannou also seemed to hint that he\u2019s not confident Wilder will fight him in MMA.<\/p>\n

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Welcome to the free world @BronzeBomber<\/a>. I hope you are a man of your word. See you soon ???????????? #NgannouWilder<\/a> https:\/\/t.co\/eYmDbRK2Ug<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Francis Ngannou (@francis_ngannou) February 17, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u201cWelcome to the free world <\/span>@BronzeBomber.<\/span> I hope you are a man of your word. See you soon\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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I said only boxing so he can keep his limbs ???? like I said we will see if he\u2019s a man of his word https:\/\/t.co\/8CJT1FUXJ0<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Francis Ngannou (@francis_ngannou) February 17, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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\u201cI said only boxing so he can keep his limbs\u2026 <\/span>like I said we will see if he\u2019s a man of his word\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

What do you make of these comments? Sound off in the comment section below PENN Nation!<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\n Larisa Block<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou has seemingly accepted Deontay Wilder\u2019s challenge. \u2018The Predator\u2019 exited the UFC last month after failing to reach an agreement for a new contract. As a result, he was stripped of his heavyweight gold, and Ngannou quickly began targeting a new home. For their part, the UFC quickly booked Jon […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":609519,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[534,4212,36769],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-609518","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-financial","8":"category-francis","9":"category-ngannou"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/609518","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=609518"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/609518\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/609519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=609518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=609518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=609518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}