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10. This week’s announcement that Tyson Fury would face ex-UFC heavyweight champ Francis Ngannou on Oct. 28 in Saudi Arabia stirred a lot of strong feelings on social media, mostly from boxing fans irritated that Fury, the lineal heavyweight champion, was going to devote his one fight this year to what will be a one-sided event with a mixed martial artist.
I get that. Fury is boxing’s top heavyweight. Ngannou, a heavy-handed MMA star, has no chance of beating him. I repeat: No chance. Just like Mayweather-McGregor, which was equally as goofy, Fury-Ngannou will be noncompetitive. Any time a top boxer takes on a top mixed martial artist under boxing rules, the boxer will win. Every single time.