By Guillaume K. | Sports journalist
The path taken by Francis Ngannou to become a combat sports superstar is inspiring. In a recent interview, he reflected on his difficult childhood, and how he was treated by his classmates.
Francis Ngannou’s life deserves to be made into a movie, as it is so exciting and inspiring. Driven by a dream, the Cameroonian took the risk of leaving his native country to join France, where he imagined his life would be more beautiful. He crossed Africa at the risk of his life, then the Mediterranean, before being confronted with the harsh law of the streets of Paris…
No matter, the only thing that mattered to him was a chance to get into combat sports. The Predator wanted to become a boxing champion, but Fernand Lopez had the good intuition to introduce him to MMA. With his raw power, he quickly made a name for himself in the world, until he became world champion in the UFC, the largest organization in this microcosm.
Francis Ngannou cashes in on his childhood friends in Cameroon
He may have reached the top, and even more so since he started boxing, Francis Ngannou refuses to forget where he comes from and what he went through in his youth. So in an interview with the YouTube channel “Investir au pays”, he recalled his winding academic journey. He was clearly very alone in the face of the cruelty of others.
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Even at the beginning I didn’t have many friends in my life. I grew up being very lonely. At the age of 6 my parents divorced. So even during primary school, I did one year in one school, the next year in another, then I did 6 months elsewhere. Since I was always isolated, I was the laughing stock of the neighborhood. I was the child who didn’t have any friends. I was chased out of class because I didn’t always have a pen or a notebook to take notes.
I was the one who was excluded because he hadn’t paid his tuition, the one who didn’t go buy his bread at the bakery during recess because he didn’t have any money. It was hard to make friends. Unconsciously, I accepted this situation and grew up being lonely. In this position, I was able to understand our society. But today my situation has changed, and I know who is who in my life. Who is my friend, who is an acquaintance.
Francis Ngannou did not have an easy childhood and he was unable to make friends, due to his family instability and lack of money. He developed a lone wolf character during this time, which was undoubtedly an asset in his quest for success. Today at the top, he knows better than anyone who he can trust and who he cannot.
If they knew that Francis Ngannou would become a global superstar and a multi-millionaire, his classmates at The times might not have shaken him up in this way. But in a way, they also helped his career by creating this character.
