Teddy Atlas stresses that Francis Ngannou needs a delivery system if he wants to land the knockout blow vs. Tyson Fury.
Ngannou meets undefeated WBC boxing champ Fury in a 10-round bout Oct. 28 in Saudi Arabia.
“Listen, you have got to be practical, you have got to be real about it,” Atlas said on ESPN’s “DC & RC.” “What does that mean? that means you’re not going to make him (Ngannou) a better boxer than a guy who’s been boxing since he’s a kid all his life in Tyson Fury, you’re not going to do that. But I tell you what it doesn’t mean, it doesn’t mean that you don’t teach him fundamentals. You give him basic fundamentals.
“Why? ‘His only chance is to land a big punch and he’s a big puncher, maybe he can do that!’ He can’t land the big punch, I don’t care if he punches like freaking Godzilla, it doesn’t matter unless he has a delivery system, enough fundamentals. We’re not fooling ourselves, he ain’t going to get to Fury’s level but enough fundamentals, enough tricks, give him a couple tricks in the bag, to land that big punch.”
Ngannou will have one of his idols, boxing legend Mike Tyson in his corner to try and help him achieve the tall order in what will be his professional boxing debut.
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