“I’m surviving, but I’ll never be the same. I don’t think I’ll ever be the same,” voiced Francis Ngannou as he broke down talking about his deceased son, Kobe. The former heavyweight champion of the world was struck by the lightening of bad news back in April, Ngannou took to his socials to reveal the sad demise of his 15-month-old son, Kobe. The entire MMA community was stunned by the revelation as the French-Cameroon star never really gave any clue about his son’s illness. It was such a heartbreaking event for Ngannou that he considered retirement.

“It’s not that I have come close to retiring. It’s just that in this circumstance you think, you have different thoughts,” said Ngannou. Retirement is not in the fighter’s books now, as he is about to come back to the MMA stage almost three years after competing in boxing. This time, Ngannou’s sole motivation is his son.

Francis Ngannou breaks down as he talks about his son, Kobe

F͏ran͏͏cis Ngannou͏’͏s͏ career took ͏a different t͏urn when h͏e lef͏t th͏͏e UFC. ‘The Preda͏tor’ f͏͏ought͏ twice in ͏boxing a͏gain͏st top͏ opponents such͏͏͏ a͏s Tyso͏n͏ Fury and Ant͏hon͏y Jos͏hua. ͏D͏espite losin͏g bo͏t͏h͏ b͏o͏u͏ts, N͏g͏annou ͏e͏n͏sure͏d͏ ͏that he ea͏͏rned a͏ cons͏iderabl͏e a͏mount of we͏a͏l͏th.According to certain reports, he has made a massive $20 million in both of his boxing bouts. Well, how much truth is in this statement? In his latest conversation with “The Diary Of a CEO”, Ngannou stated that the rumors were nothing but a facade, “It’s not true.” Ngannou confessed that he did earn a lot of money.

Now that he is done with his Boxing endeavors, a huge challenge is ahead of him in the shape of Renan Ferreira. The former UFC heavyweight champion of the world will be clashing against Ferreira on Oct. 19 at PFL Pay-Per-View. In an interview with Sky Sports Boxing, Ngannou confessed that he is fighting only for his son, Kobe, “I need some activities. I need to stay active, to be in a zone that I belong to. Maybe that also will help or change, I also need to keep it going to fight for my boy. For Kobe.

He further added, “The past three months haven’t been the easiest I think it has been by far the hardest shape in life since I lost my son. For some time, I felt like I didn’t even have to do this or questioning about if I should do it or fight again or something, but I know that my son had something good in his memory and I wanted to do something good in his memory. To use this not to be the reason for me to quit, but maybe to be a motivation and also to fight for him.”

Finding the motivation to get inside the squared ring after losing your own flesh and blood is a tough task on its own, however, for Ngannou it is a redemption arc. Earning a healthy chunk of wealth is nothing for Ngannou if his son is not there to share it.

‘Predator’ opens up about massive payday after two boxing bouts

F͏r͏ancis Ngannou͏ is at the top of his career. The fig͏hter ͏has battled two of ͏the best ͏heavyweight box͏ers in the world, nearly def͏eat͏ing Tyson Fury, and ͏has secu͏red su͏bstant͏ial w͏ealth ͏fo͏r himself and his family. Ho͏wever, none ͏of this seems to matter to him now͏ after he lost his beloved son to a medical e͏mergency.

“1,000 can’t change life, depending on where we are standing from. You’re speaking from my side or from your side, or from other side. You give 10 million to somebody, it’s just another 10 million and it won’t change anything in his life. You give 1,000 to somebody, it changes his life. He saves his life, he would take that 1,000, maybe send his kid to school or maybe buy them some medicine, saving them from illness or something. So, life-changing money is not the amount,” said Ngannou.

Hence, when the host of “The Diary of a CEO” mentioned that Ngannou has earned a life-changing amount of money, he most definitely highlighted what the term “life-changing” truly means. The perception of reality has truly changed for Francis Ngannou since April.