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.