Francis Ngannou has claimed that Tyson Fury has cheated in his past meetings against Deontay Wilder.
Fury and Ngannou are set to meet in a crossover fight in Saudi Arabia on October 28, and as anticipation builds, so are the war of words between the two heavyweights.
The WBC world heavyweight champion was accused of cheating by Deontay Wilder when they fought for a second time in February 2021 with the American claiming that Fury's gloves were loaded and tampered with in a fight which saw Wilder stopped in the seventh.
Now Ngannou believes there maybe some substance to those cheating claims and explained his reasoning on The Joe Rogan Experience.
“He’s very tricky with his glove. I think he cheats. We are talking about it with the team, and they’re like, ‘Oh, there’s the UK commission with the gloves. I’m like, ‘Bro, we’re going to get there, we need every glove to be checked.', " Ngannou said.
"If you want us to fight bare hands, bare-knuckle, let’s go bare-knuckle. But don’t give me 10-ounce gloves and wear 8-ounce or 6-ounce gloves because he has no protection. No. “
"But his opponent complains about his gloves. It might not be [true], but we have to check that. I think we have nothing to lose by double-checking, because it’s been more than once that people talk about his gloves, and even his opponents.”