{"id":1689,"date":"2023-07-13T18:59:51","date_gmt":"2023-07-13T17:59:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/?p=1689"},"modified":"2023-07-13T23:11:08","modified_gmt":"2023-07-13T22:11:08","slug":"francis-ngannou-to-get-huge-payday-to-fight-tyson-fury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/francis-ngannou-to-get-huge-payday-to-fight-tyson-fury\/","title":{"rendered":"Francis Ngannou to get huge payday to fight Tyson Fury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Francis Ngannou is going to fill his pockets for his boxing fight against Tyson Fury, his manager half-words reveals the astronomical sums.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_48607\"  width=\"696\" height=\"391\"  data-origwidth=\"696\" data-origheight=\"391\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qnq0hrQjMr8?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;modestbranding=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The \u201cPredator\u201d has been trying for a long time to get a boxing match against the \u201cGypsy King\u201d. In January, Francis Ngannou became the first champion in decades to leave the UFC. At the time, the heavyweight said getting a boxing fight was one of his main goals as a free agent. Although many people, including UFC commentator Daniel Cormier, doubted his claims, the deal went through. Earlier this week, Tyson Fury vs. Francis Ngannou was announced for October in Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Francis Ngannou won his bet<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In October, Francis Ngannou and Tyson Fury will face off for ten rounds in a boxing ring. Many are rejoicing that the former UFC fighter is receiving a huge salary, including Marquel Martin. The longtime heavyweight manager opened up about the fight during a recent interview on The MMA Hour.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_64401\"  width=\"696\" height=\"391\"  data-origwidth=\"696\" data-origheight=\"391\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ujPHoqATGoo?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;modestbranding=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The manager was asked about Francis Ngannou&#8217;s salary for his boxing fight against Tyson Fury. Martin said the purse from this fight would be more than his entire UFC career. And it&#8217;s not about to stop, according to the representative.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cOh my God, I mean. Hands down,\u201d Marquel Martin replied when asked if Ngannou\u2019s fight against Tyson Fury would be his highest paid fight.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_38484\"  width=\"696\" height=\"391\"  data-origwidth=\"696\" data-origheight=\"391\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SdXnEyPHFfs?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;modestbranding=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Francis Ngannou is going to fill his pockets for his boxing fight against Tyson Fury, his manager half-words reveals the astronomical sums. The \u201cPredator\u201d has been trying for a long time to get a boxing match against the \u201cGypsy King\u201d. In January, Francis Ngannou became the first champion in decades to leave the UFC. At [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1691,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1689","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1689"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1689"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1689\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1692,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1689\/revisions\/1692"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}