Mike Tyson returns to boxing at age 57, this time in Francis Ngannou’s corner. It will be this Saturday in Saudi Arabia Tyson Fury and Francis Ngannou will star this Saturday in one of the confrontations that most attracts the attention of fans of the noble art of boxing.
If the fight in itself already had great expectations, now with the news that Mike Tyson is present in the fight, even indirectly, it attracts the attention of the entire boxing world, especially the most nostalgic.
Tyson, who retired in 2005, remains the youngest boxer in history to win a world heavyweight title, when on November 22, 1986 he won the WBC title against Trevor Berbick, at just 20 years old. 4 months and 22 days. Whoever was the best or one of the best boxers of all time, there will always be the debate between Tyson and Ali, he finished his career with a record of 50-6 and with 44 victories by K.O.
The return of ‘Iron Mike’ to the ring is due to the involvement he has had with the Cameroonian boxer, Francis Ngannou, which has led him to be in the corner this Saturday alongside his MMA coaches Eric Nicksick and Dewey Cooper, and who was his boxing coach in France.
Even with his strength and great physical power, Francis Ngannou is a mixed martial arts fighter, which means that boxing is among his skills, but it is not the only one. A UFC fighter must master boxing, kickboxing, tae kwon do, Olympic wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu and judo, so combat may be foreign to him. One of the closest antecedents is the fight between Conor McGregor (UFC) and Floyd Mayweather (Boxing), which Mayweather would end up winning.
Speaking about this Saturday’s fight, the former heavyweight champion commented: “How many times do you really have the opportunity to be involved in an immortal event like this? How many times in my life can I do something like this? Some of this magnitude. Of course I say yes to being part of this,” Tyson explained to the Daily Mail.
And this highly anticipated fight between Fury and Ngannou features the current World Boxing Council (WBC) heavyweight champion facing the former UFC heavyweight champion in a clash that will take place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. .
