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Those of you who wanna see Francis Ngannou box Tyson Fury — the world’s best heavyweight fighter — ear muffs … ’cause Dana White tells TMZ Sports it’s just silly talk.
“Nobody is beating my door down for this fight. And I love Tyson Fury, I’m friends with Tyson. He’s one of the greatest boxers of all time. One of the greatest heavyweight boxers of all time going in against one of my MMA guys. We saw this movie before. We know how this story ends,” the UFC president plainly told us.
There’s been some discussion around Francis and Tyson boxing in the past … but it really heated up once Ngannou went into the ring following Fury’s brutal 6th round knockout of fellow British heavyweight star Dillian Whyte.
The champs in their respective sports exchanged some friendly talk … and hinted they’d face each other in a hybrid boxing match (say MMA gloves, boxing rules).
But, Dana doesn’t believe the interest in Ngannou-Fury is anywhere near where it was for McGregor and Mayweather.
“The difference was the Conor-Floyd thing became bigger than — everywhere I went people were talking about it. All the media was talking about it, fans wanted to see it.”
FWIW, according to stats online, Conor and Floyd is the 2nd most bought pay-per-view fight ever … with 4.2 million buys at $100 a pop.
The UFC honcho talks about everything from Peña still believing she’s the underdog to the Lioness, to Julianna’s desire to fight on the same card as her buddy Jon Jones — something Dana says isn’t happening.
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