Shawn Porter Says Francis Ngannou Could Be Heavyweight Boxer After Fury Fight

Shawn “Showtime” Porter was impressed by Francis Ngannou‘s boxing debut towards Tyson Fury final week … telling TMZ Sports activities he may see the previous UFC legend having a profitable boxing profession within the heavyweight division.

ICYMI, Ngannou misplaced by cut up choice to Fury (34-0-1, 24 KOs) on Oct. 28 in Saudi Arabia … and regardless that it was his first boxing match ever, Francis placed on an excellent efficiency, together with a knockdown within the third spherical.

“Unfortunately, even though Ngannou showed himself, again, to be very strong, showed himself to be prepared for this fight, he also showed he does not have enough boxing mechanics to win enough rounds to beat Tyson Fury,” Porter mentioned.

Shawn — who received 31 fights within the welter/middleweight division — believes Ngannou’s execution may make him a good heavyweight boxer sooner or later … as soon as he will get a few fights underneath his belt and a few familiarity with the game.

“His lack of experience showed because there were rounds where he essentially did zero to win those rounds,” Porter mentioned.

“If he’s able to find a pace, he’s gonna get some heavyweight fighters some trouble because he’s big enough to fight there, he showed he’s strong enough to fight there and the guy is athletic. He got skills!”

Even Ngannous’s age (37) would not cease Porter from believing he might be powerful in boxing … saying fighters do not even get to their prime till their mid-30s and heavyweights age slower than different weight lessons.

Nevertheless, Porter — who grew to become a boxing analyst after retiring in 2021 — does level out that Fury did not combat arduous both … however he is not taking something away from Ngannou’s debut.

“He underperformed,” Porter mentioned about Fury. “He wasn’t prepared for this fight.”

Porter is not the one one who believes Fury did not come prepared … undefeated boxer Shakur Stevenson advised us the same thing, saying Tyson was “off that night.”