Mike Tyson Open To Helping Francis Ngannou Prepare For Tyson Fury

Mike Tyson is open to the idea of helping Francis Ngannou prepare and train for his upcoming boxing match against Tyson Fury.

Ngannou and Fury are set to box on October 28th in Saudi Arabia in a highly-anticipated fight. In the lead-up to the fight, both Ngannou and Fury have vowed to get a KO win.

To no surprise, Tyson Fury is the massive betting favorite and many expect him to run through Francis Ngannou. Yet, in the lead-up to the fight, Ngannou said he would like to train and talk to Mike Tyson and Lennox Lewis about the matchup and how he can be best at boxing.

“I think getting some advice or some training from Mike Tyson would be good,” Ngannou said on TMZ Sports. “I also think of somebody like Lennox Lewis who could be good. I love his boxing style, very basic but very sharp and efficient. One-two [punches], all that stuff, classic but very good.”

After Ngannou’s comments, Mike Tyson spoke to the media and said he would like to help Francis Ngannou for his upcoming boxing match and believes he can help Ngannou quite a bit.

“I’d like to do that, that’d be cool,” Tyson told ES News. “I’d like that, yeah. I’d like that. “Fury, he punches long. So, when he punches long, you got those short punches inside. When he throws around, watch—you gotta be ready. Boom, hard punch to the body.”

Whether or not Ngannou and Tyson will actually meet up in person is to be seen. But, perhaps the two will speak on the phone to talk about a gameplan and talk about what Ngannou needs to do in order to have success.

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