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Can Francis Ngannou beat Tyson Fury? Michael Bisping gives his verdict

Can Francis Ngannou beat Tyson Fury? Michael Bisping gives his verdictDAZN

Former UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping believes that Francis Ngannou has a 'puncher's chance' when it comes to beating Tyson Fury. 

Ngannou is set to meet the WBC world heavyweight champion in Saudi Arabia on October 28 in a fight which has been met with a lot of criticism. 

With this contest being Ngannou's professional boxing debut, he is a huge underdog against Fury who is considered the world's best heavyweight boxer. 

However, with immense punching power being one of Ngannou's strengths, Bisping believes this gives the Cameroon fighter a chance of victory, but he is worried about how Ngannou will fare if the fight reaches the latter stages. 

"He's 100 percent got a puncher's chance, and you never know, if Tyson Fury takes him lightly he might pay the ultimate price, Francis has got phenomenal power," Bisping told Betway

"Francis Ngannou has the ability to murder you in the boxing ring, so there's a real risk there. 

"If it goes to the later rounds Francis is going to get tired because it's not his sport, but in those first three rounds he's going to be ridiculously dangerous.

"Tyson moves so well, he's taller, he's fought better people, but Francis can knock out Tyson Fury, that's a fact. He has the power to knock him out and if he could bully him into the corner and let loose with a ferocious combination, you never know.” 

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