With the Tyson Fury vs. Francis Ngannou fight just a few days away, everyone in the combat sports world are having their say about the possible outcome of the upcoming bout.
Ngannou is making his professional boxing debut against the WBC heavyweight champion, but the MMA star — known for his striking — is not being taken lightly by those in the boxing community.
That includes Roy Jones Jr., as the pound-for-pound legend stressed that Ngannou's power is a great leveller against "The Gypsy King" despite his lack of experience in a boxing ring.
“You have to love Fury versus Ngannou," Jones told Sporting Post.
"Everybody else is doing it (crossover boxing), why can't he?
"It's an interesting fight. If Ngannou hits you it could be fatal.
"He can punch and if he catches you right he can be a problem.
"He hasn't had any pro boxing experience, but he does have fighting experience and he knows how to punch - so fighting experience, he knows how to punch, and Dewey Cooper and Mike Tyson are training him - they are going to put him in position to land that one shot he needs.
"And in boxing, guess what, it only takes one.”
Jones pointed to Ngannou's training camp with Tyson as a good strategy for the rookie boxer, as there isn't enough time to fully refine Ngannou's skill in the ring ahead of the fight.
However, there is a way to focus his power into a dangerous weapon, Jones said.
“Mike Tyson has turned Francis Ngannou into a wrecking machine, that's what he needs to be and why he probably brought Tyson in, you can't stand outside and box Tyson Fury, he's going to kill you, so you got to go in there and try and wreck him and if you don't you're going to lose," he said.
"In a 12-round boxing match, there's no way you can beat Fury. He knows too much and that's what he does, so you have got to turn into a Mike Tyson-style wrecking ball.”