The match against Tyson Fury showed a truth: Francis nunnou could play boxing. However, the possibility of him far away in this playground is not as simple as a knock-down Fury as the previous match. There are many evidence that Fury has not been very much at a nunnou.
When fighting nunnou, Fury did not bring his championship. Fury may not want to risk a rival that he doesn't have much information. But from another perspective, we can also understand the nunnou is not a fighter worthy for Fury to bet. He wanted to put his strength on a strong opponent like USYK.
Compared to Fury, Anthony Joshua is a completely different model. Joshua once won the Olympic Games, and he was very strong about the competition combined with moving. This may be the best gameplay to overcome the power of the nunnou. Joshua is 5cm taller than nunnou but lighter 10kg, so he can move faster.
The most obvious evidence for the ability to play about moving and Joshua's speed is the rematch between England and Andy Ruiz. Joshua's victory was stopped by Ruiz, and he even lost to Knock-out. 6 months later, Joshua remained Ruiz with a completely different way of fighting.
Before an Andy Ruiz was very faint and not afraid to punch to counterattack, Joshua did not “devour” the opponent as before. On the contrary, he took advantage of his height compared to Ruiz to keep the distance and move quickly. Joshua was criticized “fighting and running”, but that helped him win.
Joshua's match with nunnou is also different. Fury doesn't need to win at all costs, but Joshua needs. At the age of 35, the chances of Joshua played at the top not much, and he yearned for a victory to return to the belt race. This is also Joshua's fourth match within 11 months.
Before a comprehensive opponent like Joshua, Ngunnou almost had no chance to win by the point. The only way he could think of was to be firmly after the first 4 rounds, then erode the enemy's physical strength, and could think of a knockout victory in the final rounds.
The match between Anthony Joshua and Francis Ngannou took place around 6am on March 9, Vietnam.