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"The MMA world believe Ngannou beats everyone," Hearn told BBC Radio 5 Live.
"When I met Ngannou he was trying to pitch me AJ against Ngannou in Africa. I spoke to AJ about it at the time and he said 'I want to try to win the world heavyweight championship now'.
"I said 'this guy was close to beating Tyson Fury so he surely has to be a credible fight'. The MMA world are telling me Ngannou beats AJ easily. I'm like 'please make the fight because that's not the case'."
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Eddie Hearn has been talking about the possibility of Francis vs AJ in Africa, which begs the question: why did we never get UFC Africa?
The boxing world is going NUTS over Francis, so I think if it happens, the chances are PFL make the move first - which is unthinkable when you consider UFC had Francis, Kamaru, AND Izzy.
"The MMA world believe Ngannou beats everyone," Hearn told BBC Radio 5 Live.
"When I met Ngannou he was trying to pitch me AJ against Ngannou in Africa. I spoke to AJ about it at the time and he said 'I want to try to win the world heavyweight championship now'.
"I said 'this guy was close to beating Tyson Fury so he surely has to be a credible fight'. The MMA world are telling me Ngannou beats AJ easily. I'm like 'please make the fight because that's not the case'."
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Eddie Hearn has been talking about the possibility of Francis vs AJ in Africa, which begs the question: why did we never get UFC Africa?
The boxing world is going NUTS over Francis, so I think if it happens, the chances are PFL make the move first - which is unthinkable when you consider UFC had Francis, Kamaru, AND Izzy.