Francis Ngannou has been backed to leave the UFC to pursue lucrative boxing fights against Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua.
Ngannou is currently the UFC's heavyweight champion but has fought out his current deal with the promotion. He is currently locked in talks with the company president Dana White over issues such as pay and a boxing clause in any new contract.
And heavyweight counterpart Curtis Blaydes believes Ngannou is capable of securing victory against boxing's leading names and has confirmed he would explore the same options in his shoes. “If I’m him, I’m just going to box,” Blaydes said on The MMA Hour. “They make a lot of money, and he would make a lot of money against [Anthony] Joshua or Tyson [Fury] or Deontay [Wilder]. He would be rich. So if I’m him, I would let my knee heal up and get ready to box.
