‘Joshua vs. Ngannou’ Live Results and Highlights
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The main event takes place today, Friday, March 8th from the Freedom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
It will feature Francis Ngannou vs. Anthony Joshua.
The former UFC heavyweight champion, Ngannou, will attempt to get his first win in the ring following his split decision loss to Tyson Fury last October.
Joshua (27-3 with 24 KO’s) has won his last three straight bouts after losing back-to-back fights to Oleksandr Usyk.
As for fight predictions, Amir Khan, the former unified light-welterweight world champion, weighed in telling ‘The Sun’:
“If (Joshua) gets the knockout or outboxes Ngannou and makes it look so easy, I think it will be a big statement in the world of boxing, especially the heavyweight division.”
“Joshua’s gonna know now how hard he gave a fight to Fury. So I’m sure he’s going to be on his A-game. He’s not going to make the same mistakes and he’s going to train very hard for this fight.”
Also weighing in was heavyweight contender, Zhilei Zhang:
“It’s Joshua’s fight to lose. The key will be his defence in this fight, but Joshua has enough experience to outbox Ngannou. It will be a good fight. They are both strong.”
Main event (DAZN, PPV.com at 6:30 p.m. ET):
Anthony Joshua def. Francis Ngannou via KO at 2:38 of Round 2
Anthony Joshua scores a knockdown on Francis Ngannou in Round 1 🥊 #JoshuaNgannou pic.twitter.com/22ZTfYcfTj
— bjpenndotcom (@bjpenndotcom) March 9, 2024
Anthony Joshua sleeps Francis Ngannou 😱 #JoshuaNgannou https://t.co/mmzJLcR8Dx
— bjpenndotcom (@bjpenndotcom) March 9, 2024
The ‘Joshua vs. Ngannou) undercard results are rolling in (DAZN, PPV.com live now):
Joseph Parker def. Zhilei Zhang by majority decision (113-113, 114-112, 115-111)
Zhilei Zhang knockdown Joseph Parker in round 3 #JoshuaNgannou pic.twitter.com/w5ULeeUDhw
— TakeruCigarra (@TakeruCigarra) March 8, 2024
Parker goes down for the second time! #JoshuaNgannou pic.twitter.com/zpF5JTXKed
— Steven Rae (@stevenrae_) March 8, 2024
Rey Vargas vs Nick Ball – Ruled a split draw (114-112 Vargas, 116-110 Ball, 113-113)
Israil Madrimov def. Magomed Kurbanov via TKO at 2:25 of Round 5
Israil Madrimov defeated Magomed Kurbanov by 5th round TKO to win the vacant WBA super welterweight title, succeeding Jermell Charlo.
pic.twitter.com/EXdsBNM9kL— 𝒟𝒾𝒶𝓇𝒾𝑜𝓈 (@DiariosJournals) March 8, 2024
Mark Chamberlain def. Gavin Gwynne via TKO in Round 4
Justis Huni def. Kevin Lerena via unanimous decision (96-94 x2, 98-92)
Louis Greene def. Jack McGann via first-round TKO (1:29)
Roman Fury def. Martin Svarc via unanimous decision (39-37)
Ziyad Almaayouf def. Christian Lopez Flores via unanimous decision (60-54)
Andrii Novytski def. Juan Torres via third-round TKO (2:43)
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