Deontay Wilder says he “most definitely” is open to fighting former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou not just once, but twice.
Wilder, a former longtime WBC heavyweight champ, said in an interview with TRILL BOXING TALK that he and Ngannou talked about fighting each other when they met at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas last September just a few weeks before his knockout win over Robert Helenius. Wilder said that UFC president Dana White also was involved in those conversations, sparking his interest in facing Ngannou in both boxing and mixed martial arts.
“I even thought about this idea, though: I was like, all right, let’s make it a two-fight deal,” Wilder said. “Everybody always comes to boxing, but let’s do this: You come to my sh*t, I come to yours. You know what I’m saying? You feel me? You come to my house, I come to yours. … I’m a true warrior.”
