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Matthew Wells and Mike Bohn

Francis Ngannou ‘absolutely not’ done with boxing after KO loss to Anthony Joshua

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia – Francis Ngannou appears to be taking his crushing knockout loss to Anthony Joshua in stride.

Ngannou (0-2) entered the massive showdown against Joshua (28-3) in the featured bout of Knockout Chaos at Kingdom Arena with high confidence on the heels of his performance against WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury. Although Ngannou recorded a split decision loss in October, he went the distance and scored a knockdown.

However, things were vastly different against Joshua. Ngannou was knocked down three times, the last of which put him out cold in Round 2.

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