🏝️ Desert Storm

Welcome to this week’s edition of The Fight With Teddy Atlas Newsletter, your one stop shop for all things combat sports related, brought to you by Teddy and The Fight team.

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• A combat sports news digest with all the headlines you need to know from Boxing and Mixed Martial Arts.

• Highlights from the podcast and across the fight world.

• Fight times and information you need to know ahead of time.

• How to’s and tips for Boxing from Teddy himself.

Fight News From Around The 🌍

Ryan Garcia calls for a Gervonta Davis rematch but without a rehydration clause.

Max Holloway calls out Justin Gaethje for a BMF title fight.

Tom Aspinall vs Sergei Pavlovich booked as replacement for Jon Jones vs Stipe Miocic with interim title on the line.

Eddie Hearn doesn’t believe Usyk would be ready for a December 23rd date against Tyson Fury.

Battle Of The Baddest

Whatever your thoughts are on the crossover between boxing and mixed martial arts, no one can doubt the scale of tomorrow’s heavyweight clash between the two most dangerous fighters in their respective sports.

WBC and Lineal Heavyweight champion Tyson Fury will face the former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou in a boxing bout in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in what is the biggest combat crossover event since Floyd Mayweather took on Conor McGregor in August 2017.

Undoubtedly, the more seasoned and experienced boxer Fury is the favourite, and rightly so. He’s undefeated as a professional, having regained the unified heavyweight championship of the world following almost 3 years out of the sport.

There are very few that doubt his pedigree as the best heavyweight in the sport, and arguably the best heavyweight of his generation.

Francis Ngannou is no doubt an admirer of The Gypsy King’s achievements. A self-confessed boxing fanatic, his dream before MMA was to become a professional boxer.

Fate had other plans, and the KO artist from Cameroon soon found himself labelled as the most dangerous man on the planet, leading to a title shot in 2018 against then-UFC heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic.

He came up short but rebuilt and conquered the championship 3 years later against the same man, knocking him out in devastating fashion in 2 rounds.

He’s since parted with the UFC and carved his own path, but he never lost his championship in the octagon, leaving the organisation as the top fighter in his weight class.

It’s a tough ask for someone making their professional boxing debut to defeat the consensus number 1 heavyweight in the world.

But if you want to talk about “punchers chances”, it’s hard to argue that anyone has ever possessed as much of one as Ngannou does on Saturday night (except for maybe Deontay Wilder).

Whatever happens, it’ll be bound to entertain, and we’ll know for certain who the baddest man on the planet is come Sunday morning.

Also on the card:

• Joseph Parker vs Simon Kean

• Martin Bakole vs Carlos Takam

• Fabio Wardley vs David Adeleye

Teddy’s Take

Teddy, who is out in Saudi Arabia for the fight tomorrow, gave his thoughts on Ngannou’s chances of scoring an upset on this week’s episode.

Fight ⏰ for this weekend

Boxing: Fury vs Ngannou (Saturday 28th/Sunday 29th)

• 🇺🇸 Full Card: 1pm Eastern/10am Pacific | Main Event: 5pm Eastern/2pm Pacific

• 🇬🇧 Full Card: 6pm | Main Event: 10pm

• 🇦🇺 Full Card: 4am Eastern/ 2am Western | Main event: 8am Eastern/ 6am Western

Boxing: Serrano vs Ramos (Saturday 28th/Sunday 29th)

• 🇺🇸 Full Card: 9pm Eastern/ 6pm Pacific | Main Event: 11pm Eastern/ 8pm Pacific

• 🇬🇧 Full Card: 2am | Main Event: 4am

• 🇦🇺 Full Card: 11am Eastern/ 9am Western | Main event: 1pm Eastern/ 11am Western

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