Tyson Fury’s path to this moment certainly wasn’t linear.
The WBC heavyweight champion of the world and pound-for-pound legend is set for a crossover boxing match against Francis Ngannou, who emerged as one of the biggest attractions and the heavyweight champion in UFC before he parted ways with the promotion, on Saturday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. It won’t count on Fury’s boxing record — he enters at 33-0-1 — and it will be Ngannou’s first boxing fight, though he has a 17-3 MMA record.Tyson Fury is currently the WBC heavyweight champion.
It was supposed to be Fury’s coming out party to the world, but he was viciously knocked down in the second round. “It’s not been easy. I’ll tell the truth, it hasn’t been easy. But it’s been perseverance and dedication and willing myself to keep going and knowing my worth. I hear a lot of famous people say ‘if you know your worth, go get it.’ I know my worth, and I went and got it. And I ended up being very successful at what I did.”
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