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Wilder may look wild and scrubby, but the gap in skill - boxing wise - between a top HW boxer and Ngannou or any other UFC fighter is fucking huge. And how well David Haye did against Wilder is 100% irrelevant. Haye is a skilled world class boxer, Ngannou is not. Ngannou went into MMA because he's not good enough to be a boxer.
Defence and ringsmarts and stamina play a huge role in pro boxing, and people lacking in any 1 area get weeded out long before they get to world level.
Pillowfists McGregory against Floyd should have been all the proof you need that any MMA fighter is going to get clowned in boxing. Conor is a legit sharpshooter in MMA, yet looked hopeless against a 40 year old Floyd who looked like he just rolled off the couch and plodded forward without a care in the world. Could barely lay a glove on Floyd, and had no power by boxing standards.
I actually like Francis, and am not exactly big on WIlder - but any experienced HW boxer would be able to nullify Francis easily, make him gas, and take him out. The difference in experience, skill, and defense is just too much. It takes a lot more than power to reach the top in boxing.
god, that gif of Mcgregor doing his fancy step right into an attack angle. Could watch that forever.
Let's put it this way, if you were to tell me Francis had no chance, I would basically shrug, and give you a "Yeah"
All I'm saying is that Francis would have a better chance than McG against Floyd.