Ngannou and Fury will finally do battle on Saturday night in Saudi Arabia after months of build-up, with the UFC champion beginning to take issue with his boxing counterpart's brash approach
Francis Ngannou has told Tyson Fury his mind games won't work, and insisted he doesn't believe a word his rival says.
And while Fury's WBC title won't be on the line this Saturday, his lineal crown will be if Ngannou can become the first man to hand him a loss in the professional ring. With an undisputed clash against Oleksandr Usyk down the line, he has begun to work his infamous mind games, although his rival insists there is nothing he can do.
"I don't know about that," Ngannou replied. "We're going to find out on that day, I don't believe anything that you do now. I know you're a big character, not that I don't respect you." Fury noted that he predicted how he would fight against Deontay Wilder, whom he knocked out twice by coming forward despite the American being one of the hardest punchers in history.
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