Francis Ngannou’s trainer has warned Anthony Joshua there is no ‘master plan’ to beat the former UFC heavyweight champion, confident his fighter outclasses the Briton in every department.
Ngannou stunned the boxing world on his professional debut last October, flooring Tyson Fury with a monstrous left hand in the third round of their showdown in Saudi Arabia.
While he was on the wrong end of a controversial split decision that night, his performance solidified his new status as a legitimate threat in heavyweight boxing.
Despte that, the narrative that followed largely concluded Fury took his eye off the ball that night, a mistake Joshua will surely not make when the two collide back in Riyadh on Friday.
While long recognised as one of MMA’s elite names, Ngannou the boxer was an unknown quantity against Fury, a true wildcard who arrived with an aura of mystique around him. There is a perception that …