Kim Kardashian seems to have grabbed Francis Ngannou’s attention before his fight against Anthony Joshua.
The former UFC heavyweight champion is set to take on Anthony Joshua this weekend inside the squared circle. This would be Ngannou’s second pro-boxing fight. He made his debut last year against Tyson Fury and put on a performance that shocked many.
Ngannou secured the fight’s lone knockdown and many believed that he had done enough to secure a victory. However, he ended up losing the fight via a split decision. Now, Ngannou is motivated to secure his first victory inside the squared circle against former champion Anthony Joshua.
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Interestingly, it looks like Ngannou is a joyous mode ahead of the fight. ‘The Predator’ recently responded to Kim Kardashian’s post on X. The model took to the social media platform to post a picture of herself and captioned it:
“miss u”
While the post was certainly not directed at Francis Ngannou, the former UFC heavyweight champion responded to it with a hilarious reaction. Take a look at it below:
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Francis Ngannou claims Anthony Joshua was nervous during their promo shoot
Francis Ngannou has opened up about what he noticed about Anthony Joshua during their promo shoot for their upcoming heavyweight clash this weekend. ‘The Predator’ and Joshua had a brief interaction while shooting a promo.
Interestingly, Ngannou believes that ‘AJ’ was a bit nervous. He further revealed that he even tried to consolidate Joshua and asked him if he was okay. While speaking about it during a recent media interaction during their open work outs, Ngannou said:
“We were doing a promo and it was very chilled, very relaxed. I get to ask him if he’s okay because he looked nervous. I asked him if he was okay because I was okay, I have no problems. I was just talking around, laughing, you know, it was a promo. Nothing was going to happen there. I think we are both professional enough to know what we have to do to get to where we want to go.”
Catch Ngannou’s comments in the clip below:
That said, it’s safe to say that Ngannou is riding high on confidence going into the fight. It will be interesting to see if he can upset the odds and get a victory over the former boxing heavyweight champion.
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