The star of the Portugal National Team was just one of the many figures present at the Boulevard Hall in R9ad, Saudi Arabia
The highly anticipated heavyweight bout between champion Tyson Fury and former UFC champion Francis Ngannou brought a plethora of stars to the Boulevard Hall in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
In the days before the fight, current and retired boxing figures began to arrive, including former champions Manny Pacquiao, Mike Tyson, Oscar de la Hoya, Erik ‘Terrible’ Morales and Marco Antonio Barrera, to name a few, but monarchs also attended. current ones such as Dmitry Bivol, Artur Beterbiev and Oleksandr Usyk.
From the world of martial arts came Conor McGregor, Israel Adesanya and Chuck Lidell, while soccer figures such as Cristiano Ronaldo, Luis Figo, Rio Ferdinand and the Brazilian legend Ronaldo were also present.
Cristiano Ronaldo is one of the many stars who attended the fight between Tyson Fury and Francis Ngannou. Justin Setterfield/Getty Images
But the fight between Tyson Fury and Francis Ngannou not only brought together legends of the sport, but also from the artistic world such as Kanye West and Eminem, and rapper Lil Baby had a presentation before the fight.
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Tyson Fury is currently the World Boxing Council heavyweight champion and did not put his title on the line for the fight against debutant Francis Ngannou.
After 10 rounds, Tyson Fury was declared the winner by split decision despite having visited the canvas in the first rounds.
Tyson Fury’s record in professional boxing is 34-0-1 with 245 knockouts, the only time he left the ring without a victory was against Deontay Wilder when they drew in December 2018.
Francis Ngannou, former UFC heavyweight champion and currently signed with the Professional Fighters League (PFL), in his career as an martial artist has a 17-3 record with 12 knockouts, including wins over Stipe Miocic, Junior dos Santos and Caín Velásquez, all on the fast track.
2023-10-29 03:07:25
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