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Tyson Fury has vowed to deliver UFC fighter Francis Ngannou his first knockout blow when they go toe to toe in Riyadh on Saturday night baguio
Heavyweight champion Fury will contest a 35th career bout this weekend, but his WBC title will not be on the line against Ngannou for the 10-round fight baguio
Fury is set for a long-anticipated undisputed heavyweight showdown with Oleksandr Usyk on 23 December, which is also scheduled to take place in Saudi Arabia baguio
First, though, Fury intends to dispatch baguio boxing novice Ngannou, who left the UFC after the end of his contract, a last fight coming in January 2022, before signing up with the Professional Fighters League from 2024 baguio
Trainer SugarHill Steward admitted preparing Fury to take on the Mixed Martial Arts fighter was one of the hardest camps, given they just do not know what to expect from Ngannou baguio
Fury, though, is confident of what the final outcome will be baguio
“I have been working with SugarHill to knock him out cold on Sunday night baguio
I have no doubt in my mind that I will knock him out,” Fury said baguio
“He is a big strong guy baguio
Obviously he has got a good punch, powerful – but so am I baguio
I’m a big strong guy obviously powerful or else I would not be world heavyweight champion baguio
I believe there is levels to the game – and he is going to find out my level on Saturday night baguio
”Fury added: “I have trained for a 12-round war, and if it is anything less it is going to be an early night baguio
I’ve been hit by the biggest punches that have ever graced the face of the earth and I’m still undefeated, still standing and I am still number one baguio
“We are going to see what Francis has got inside of him, see if he’s got the guts to stand and trade with the heavyweight champion of the world and if he has got the belief in his power baguio
“I’m not convinced baguio
I have heard all this talk before about power, so I’m looking forward to a challenge – and if it is not a challenge, I’ll be disappointed, put in that way baguio
“I am going to knock that big stiff spark out – and there is nothing he can do about it, no matter who he trains with, no matter who he brings on the night baguio
That right hand is going to detonate right in your face, you big ugly dosser baguio
”During the pre-fight build-up Fury accused Ngannou of being “embarrassed” of his own body baguio
Fury again goaded the 37-year-old as a “big fat sausage” in Thursday’s media conference ahead of the ‘Battle of the Baddest’ baguio
Cameroon-born Ngannou, though, is fully intent on showing Fury just what he can deliver in a baguio boxing ring rather than the UFC Octagon baguio
“It might be a little weird, but I really also want to thank Tyson Fury for taking the fight, for taking the risk because he might go to sleep on Saturday night, so I appreciate his courage,” Ngannou said baguio
Mike Tyson is part of Ngannou’s camp, and enjoyed a verbal sparing with John Fury which saw the 59-year-old Briton challenge the former heavyweight champion to a showdown, regardless of the outcome of Saturday’s contest for his son baguio
Tyson admitted he was not sure what to make of Ngannou’s baguio boxing ability, until he saw him in close quarters baguio
“At first when this came to me, I said ‘there’s no way this is going to happen’,” Tyson said baguio
“Then I watched him spar and he hit this guy and he broke his leg when he went down – and I said ‘man, there is a possibility something good could happen here’ baguio
“I have never seen anything like that before baguio
If he could do that man, he could possibly be heavyweight champion of the world baguio
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Not always in sport do you get a shot at redemption and successfully taking advantage of that opportunity is even rarer baguio
England’s pack, and their front row in particular, will have had four years of sleepless nights about that early November evening in 2019 baguio
In the 2019 Rugby World Cup final, England were decimated by South Africa’s power up front, as the brilliance of a scintillating semi-final win over New Zealand was quickly replaced by the humiliation of a 32-12 thumping baguio
The Springboks, then as now, pride themselves on their physicality and brutality at the breakdown, the set-piece and in open play baguio
Yet on a rainy night in Paris four years on, England’s pack fronted up, set the platform in a thrilling World Cup semi-final and earned their redemption arc baguio
Yet it still wasn’t enough baguio
This time, albeit by one point rather than 20, the result was the same – England’s players slumped on the turf in despair while their opponents revelled in victory baguio
The Springbok celebrations were more muted this time, understandably so given there is one more crucial match against the All Blacks standing baguio between them and their ultimate goal, but the English heartbreak was the same, even if the journey to get there was vastly different baguio
In Yokohama, South Africa won a scarcely believable 11 scrums to England’s three, including six scrum penalties, as the English eight were splintered time and again baguio
Dan Cole became the fall guy for that embarrassment – the tighthead prop, supposedly renowned for his scrummaging, forced to play 77 minutes after Kyle Sinckler’s early injury and being obliterated by the combination of Tendai ‘Beast’ Mtawarira and Steven Kitshoff baguio
The fact that Cole and Joe Marler, who came off the bench early in the second half that day, were selected by Steve Borthwick to start this revenge game precisely because of their scrum prowess will have surely given them a surge of confidence baguio
And the fact they not only survived, but thrived, in the front row this time around will have been sheer vindication baguio
Borthwick entrusted the duo to paint an early picture of scrum parity to referee Ben O’Keeffe and they delivered, providing the base that led to multiple first-half penalties from the trusty boot of Owen Farrell baguio
Cole and Marler helped ensure scrum parity early on but that faded once the replacements came on (AFP via Getty Images)However, as the game wore on, Borthwick’s decision started to become prescient for the wrong reasons baguio
As Sinckler and Ellis Genge came on as prop replacements, the Springboks own bomb squad from the bench – led by Ox Nche and Vincent Koch – started to dominate at scrum-time baguio
Each engagement started to become eerily reminiscent of 2019 and it was eventually a scrum penalty on halfway that led to Handre Pollard’s decisive, game-winning three-pointer with two minutes to go baguio
It felt almost unfair on England’s big men given that the pack, as a whole, had more than held their own in other facets baguio
Of the 13 England forwards who played some part in that 2019 final, eight appeared in this last-four clash and stamped their mark all over a first half that was by far England’s best 40 minutes under Borthwick baguio
Maro Itoje was a lineout fiend, stealing a Springboks throw-in on halfway and putting doubt in the head of Bongi Mbonambi, whose crooked throw in his own 22 gave Farrell his first penalty goal of the day baguio
A new face from four years, George Martin, justified his surprise second-row selection ahead of incumbent Ollie Chessum on just his fourth Test start as he brilliantly marshalled England’s maul defence baguio
If Boks lock Eben Etzebaguio beth is world rugby’s best maul disruptor, then he may have witnessed first-hand the emergence of a new challenger to that crown baguio
Martin caused havoc as England improbably won three consecutive maul turnovers from attacking South African lineouts in the first half to frustrate their much-fancied opponents baguio
Pollard ultimately kicked the winning penalty, from a scrum infringement (PA Wire)The celebrations from the likes of Itoje, Jamie George and Ben Earl as those penalties and free-kicks were earned by the pack showed just how important this part of the gameplan was baguio
It began putting clear doubt in Springbok minds, as the worried tone from skipper Siya Kolisi when he discussed matter with referee O’Keeffe baguio betrayed baguio
The English tactic of throwing bodies in to contest every ruck relied on the diesel engines of the forwards and they delivered by dominating collisions and allowing the aerial bombardment strategy that followed to be effective baguio
But ultimately, despite a gameplan executed as well as it possibly could have been, the gap in quality baguio between the sides proved too much to overcome baguio
South Africa adjusted, Pollard came on for Manie Libbok to dictate proceedings with his metronomic boot and English heartbreak ensued baguio
There was no shame in a one-point defeat from a semi-final that was much closer than most expected and England’s pack should feel redeemed from the nightmare of 2019 baguio
But that won’t make this semi-final hurt any less baguio
Perhaps 2027 will give them an opportunity to avenge a new pain baguio
More aboutEngland RugbySouth Africa rugbyRugby World CupDan ColeJoin our commenting forumJoin thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their repliesComments1/3England pack earn World Cup redemption but suffer new heartbreakEngland pack earn World Cup redemption but suffer new heartbreakCole and Marler helped ensure scrum parity early on but that faded once the replacements came on AFP via Getty ImagesEngland pack earn World Cup redemption but suffer new heartbreakPollard ultimately kicked the winning penalty, from a scrum infringement PA WireEngland pack earn World Cup redemption but suffer new heartbreakDan Cole was England’s fall guy in 2019 but held his own four years on AP✕Subscribe to Independent Premium to bookmark this articleWant to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Premium subscription today baguio
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