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In less than three weeks, Francis Ngannou trained by Mike Tyson will share the ring with Tyson Fury. Although Ngannou won the Heavyweight championship in UFC, a number of people believe that it is child’s play for the WBC Heavyweight champion, Fury to defeat the mixed martial artist. However, Mike Tyson is hopeful that with a strategy, Ngannou will put Fury in a fix.

Likewise, ahead of the bout on October 28th, trainer Tyson expressed his faith in Ngannou’s ability to outsmart Fury. In this context, besides mentioning how the Cameroonian-French fighter impressed his coach, Tyson argued that ‘The Predator’ will likely also KO ‘The Gypsy King’. Well, in his latest interaction with the Daily Mail, here is what the 57-year-old said.

Mike Tyson reveals Francis Ngannou is aiming for Tyson Fury’s jaw

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According to Tyson’s statements, the former UFC champion has already impressed ‘Kid Dynamite’ with his abilities. In Mike’s opinion, Ngannou has even exceeded his trainer’s expectations. “I am helping Ngannou. I am learning what he is able to do. He’s able to do so much more than I anticipated,” declared Tyson. According to the former heavyweight champion, Ngannou possesses “what it takes to knock out anything or anybody“. As per his belief, if ‘The Predator’ manages to find Tyson Fury’s jaw, he will definitely knock out ‘The Gypsy King’.

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Once he lands a punch on Tyson Fury’s jaw he is going to knock him out too. Nobody can survive that,” confidently announced Mike Tyson. In this context, the 57-year-old revealed his “philosophy for fighting people” and how he knocked out his opponents in the ring. In his opinion, Ngannou needs to only follow the measures ‘Kid Dynamite’ once took. Well, here is what he said.

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Tyson discloses his “simple” method

Speaking about knocking people out, Tyson, who’s had some of the most violent knockouts in boxing, laid emphasis on applying pressure on his opponents. In addition, he mentioned that he would try and influence his opponents to make mistakes. “My philosophy for fighting people and knocking them out was just put as much pressure on them as I could. It was just pressure, pressure, pressure,” Tyson said. “Make them make mistakes and then counter with a knockout. Simple as that,” he concluded. Given Tyson’s statements, it seems Ngannou would also try to apply pressure on ‘The Gypsy King’ to get a KO win.

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Since it is now clear that Francis Ngannou will aim for Tyson Fury’s jaw, we can only hope that ‘The Gypsy King’ will enter the ring with impressive conditioning too. As we have seen in his fights with Deontay Wilder, Fury can certainly endure hits. But, despite Tyson’s statements, do you think Ngannou is capable of knocking out the WBC Heavyweight champion? Share your thoughts with us in the comments below.

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