{"id":342220,"date":"2023-10-27T23:10:39","date_gmt":"2023-10-27T23:10:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=342220"},"modified":"2023-10-28T01:02:41","modified_gmt":"2023-10-28T01:02:41","slug":"fury-taunts-ufc-convert-with-djokovic-sledge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=342220","title":{"rendered":"Fury taunts UFC convert with Djokovic sledge"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tyson Fury<\/a> compared himself to Novak Djokovic<\/a> after going face-to-face with Francis Ngannou<\/a> at their weigh-in ahead of Sunday morning's (AEDT) fight.<\/p>\n

The towering Brit dismissed the punching threat posed by Ngannou, a former UFC star who will make his professional boxing debut Saturday at age 37.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s like a table tennis champion facing Djokovic in the Wimbledon final \u2014 totally different,\u201d the WBC heavyweight champion said.<\/p>\n

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The 35-year-old Fury weighed-in at 277.7 pounds while his Cameroonian opponent was 272.1 pounds after both men stepped on the scale in street clothes.<\/p>\n

Moments later, Fury pushed his forehead into Ngannou, who responded with a chest-bump to give himself some space.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI have played this game so long. This can\u2019t get to me. It\u2019s part of the game,\u201d Ngannou said of Fury's antics.<\/p>\n

Both fighters predicted a quick conclusion.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re going to take a couple of minutes at the beginning, but I think this fight will end very quick,\u201d Ngannou said.<\/p>\n

Fury, the self-described \u201cGypsy King,\u201d will earn a reported $50 million pay day for the fight in the Saudi Arabian capital.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a 10-round fight and will count as an official bout, according to the WBC. Fury\u2019s belt will not be at stake, though, on the off-chance he is beaten.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m going to make it nice and short for him,\u201d Fury said.<\/p>\n

Fury said he'll take a week off afterward before discussing a fight with Oleksandr Usyk to unify all of the major heavyweight boxing titles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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