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Francis Ngannou made his debut in the world of professional boxing by directly facing a difficult heavyweight opponent, Tyson Fury, at the end of 2023 / Photo: Fox Sports
Francis Ngannou made his debut in the world of professional boxing by facing Tyson Fury at the end of 2023. Ngannou himself is a Cameroonian and French professional mixed martial artist who won the UFC heavyweight championship after defeating Ciryl Gane on January 22 2022.
However, after that Ngannou chose to leave the UFC because he could not reach an agreement regarding a new contract on January 14 2023. From there he chose to start his boxing career and targeted a boxing match with Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury.
One of his opponents, Tyson Fury, is one of the leading boxers in the heavyweight class. In 2023, when he received a challenge from Ngannou, The Gypsy King recorded 33 wins, 24 of which were knockouts, without ever losing.
After the match between Tyson Fury and Francis Ngannou was held on November 28 2023 at Boulevard Hall, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, apparently The Gypsy King was still too tough for Ngannou.
Even though the French MMA fighter was able to knock Fury out in the third round, it wasn't enough. In the end, this 35 year old boxer was able to defeat Ngannou via split decision in the tenth round.
In this match, it was reported that both Tyson Fury and Francis Ngannou received fantastic fees in one match.
Francis Ngannou and Tyson Fury's fees
1. Francis Ngannou's pay
In the match against Tyson Fury last year, Francis Ngannou is known to have received a fee of £8 million or around Rp. 155 billion per match. This payment seemed to heal his wounds after several contact problems with the UFC.
That's 10 times more than the 37-year-old earned in his last UFC fight in 2022 before he left promoter Dana White.
Remembering that in his last fight at UFC, where he won the heavyweight title, he only got paid £600,000.
2. Bayaran Tyson Fury
Meanwhile, Tyson Fury reportedly received a much higher fee as the winner of the match. It is reported that this British boxer's payment reached USD 50 million or approximately IDR 795.53 billion.
However, there are also those who report that the British legend has pocketed £65 million or around Rp. 1.29 trillion for this fight.
That's the comparison of Francis Ngannou and Tyson Fury's pay in one match. From this comparison, it can be seen that Fury has a fee that is many times greater.
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