Kamaru Usman understands it’s a wild take, however he believes Oleksandr Usyk needto battle Francis Ngannou next.
Usyk (22-0, 14 KOs) endedupbeing undisputed heavyweight champ when he beat Tyson Fury (34-1-1, 24 KOs) by split choice this past Saturday at Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Ngannou put up a worthy effort in his boxing launching versus Fury, however his knockdown wasn’t enough to grant him the win. However, his 2nd boxing trip versus Anthony Joshua didn’t go so well. Ngannou was knocked out by Joshua in March.
Usyk holds 2 wins over Joshua, and now Fury, however Usman believes Ngannou has a particular quality that would make things fascinating.
“Skills pay the expenses here,” Usman stated on his “Pound 4 Pound” podcast with Henry Cejudo. “(Usyk is) not precisely the greatest heavyweight. He’s not the greatest puncher. But it’s his abilities that pay the expenses. I would love – and I understand it’s insane, and I understand everybody is going to shot to state something about it – however I would love to see him battle a guy like Franci