Nate Diaz has suggested that Tyson Fury face former UFC heavyweight Ben Rothwell instead of current champion Francis Ngannou after launching his own boxing promotion.
Fury and Ngannou have both expressed interest in a hybrid boxing match where the pair meet in a cage, wearing 4oz MMA gloves, but under traditional boxing rules. They went head-to-head in the ring back in April after Fury defeated Dillian Whyte at Wembley Stadium, and now that the UFC champion is out of his contract, there's nothing that can stop him getting the fight.
But Diaz feels that the better match-up for Fury would be bare-knuckle boxer and former UFC heavyweight Rothwell, for whom he appears to have plans with his Real Fight promotion. The massive fighter left the UFC and joined BKFC last year, where he defeated Bobby O'Bannon in his debut.
