Joshua and Ngannou came face to face during the weigh-in ahead of today’s heavyweight boxing showdown in Saudi Arabia.
Following a fruitful 2023, Joshua’s confidence and energy levels are once again on the up. While beating the likes of Jermaine Franklin Jr, Robert Helenius and Otto Wallin isn’t exactly sweeping up a murderer’s row of killers, AJ’s killer instinct has returned following previous back-to-back losses that could’ve irreversibly damaged his mental make-up.
Looking forward to a successful second fight as a boxer, Ngannou said in the pre-fight conference: “I feel confident enough, based on my training, the hard work that I put in. I think on Friday night I’m going to have the reward for the work I put in. “He’s been boxing. His first dream was to be a boxer, which people forget. He was part of the Cameroonian team,” Joshua said.
“We get to see a result in real time; we get to see triumph or misery in real-time. Someone will leave the ring very sad – most likely psychologically broken – and I don’t feel that will be us, I feel it will be Anthony Joshua and I will feel that way until it’s not. You can’t defeat him until you beat him; you can’t defeat Francis until you beat Francis and I don’t think he has what it takes to defeat Francis.”Before flagging, please keep in mind that Disqus does not moderate communities.