Boxer Deontay Wilder Has Been Training MMA For Potential Fight Vs Francis Ngannou

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Boxer Deontay Wilder might be considering an MMA fight vs former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou.

Over the weekend, Ngannou shocked the combat sports world when he nearly beat boxing champ Tyson Fury in a boxing match.

After the fight, Ngannou went on Ariel Helwani’s MMA Hour show and dropped a bomb when he received Wilder has been training MMA for the past few months and has been considering an MMA fight in the future.

“That is something that can potentially happen, Deontay Wilder for a couple of months, for a little while now, has been training MMA…that’s something that makes sense.”

Wilder hasn’t fought in over a year after negotiations to fight Anthony Joshua fell through in recent months.

Ngannou is still holding out hope that he can box Fury again in March but still hasn’t made a final decision on his own future.