{"id":17758,"date":"2024-11-11T10:28:30","date_gmt":"2024-11-11T10:28:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/?p=17758"},"modified":"2024-11-11T10:28:30","modified_gmt":"2024-11-11T10:28:30","slug":"deontay-wilder-talks-about-francis-ngannou-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/deontay-wilder-talks-about-francis-ngannou-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Deontay Wilder Ready To Begin Negotiations Over Potential Bout Against Francis Ngannou"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Deontay Wilder has revealed that he is ready to begin negotiations over a potential bout against Cameroonian MMA star, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/francis-ngannou-net-worth-career-earnings-endorsements\/\">Francis Ngannou<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Deontay Wilder Open To Potential Francis Ngannou Bout<\/h2>\n<p>The Bronze Bomber has endured a difficult few years in the world of boxing, suffering two defeats to Tyson Fury, losing via decision to Joseph Parker and being stopped by Zhilei Zhang most recently.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to his draw with the Gypsy King in December 2018, Wilder boasted a record of 28-0 with 27 of these victories coming via KO.<\/p>\n<p>However, the 39-year-old now holds a record of 43-4 and boxing fans are questioning whether he will ever return to the ring again.<\/p>\n<p>In a recent video on TMZ YouTube, the Bronze Bomber put some of these concerns to bed as he claimed to have offers from several different countries and spoke about a possible fight with Francis Ngannou.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Deontay Wilder Ready To Begin Talks W\/ Francis Ngannou About Super Fight | TMZ Sports\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/28Vyi1x4o6o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Wilder said (Via<em> TMZ<\/em>): <em>&#8220;Yeah, that&#8217;s a conversation that I&#8217;m still looking to get into the mix with and talk about.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Bronze Bomber was then asked about the competitiveness between himself and Ngannou, after many boxing fans have counted the Cameroonian out following his defeat to Anthony Joshua.<\/p>\n<p>Wilder said (Via <em>TMZ<\/em>): <em>&#8220;I mean any fighter is competitive, you got two hands and two feet and a heart, with the will to win then you got a competition &#8211; you got a fight on your hands.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;That&#8217;s why when you get in the ring you have to respect every man that steps in there, because you never know what they might bring into a fight.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Ngannou is coming off a huge victory in the sport of MMA with PFL, becoming the Heavyweight champion with a first round KO victory over Renana Ferreira.<\/p>\n<p>His venture into boxing has been a mixed experience so far, going toe-to-toe with Tyson Fury in his professional debut but then losing to Anthony Joshua via devastating KO.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deontay Wilder has revealed that he is ready to begin negotiations over a potential bout against Cameroonian MMA star, Francis Ngannou. 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