Fighters used to dominating the competition clash on Saturday when former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou takes on WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury in a boxing main event scheduled for 10 rounds. The event anchors the main Fury vs. Ngannou fight card (2 p.m. ET) from Riyadh Arena in Saudi Arabia. Ngannou returns to combat sports after nearly a two-year layoff. His last bout was a unanimous decision win over Ciryl Gane at UFC 270 for the UFC heavyweight championship. He later vacated the title when his contract expired. Fury retained his WBC heavyweight crown with a 10-round TKO over Derek Chisora in December 2022.
Fury is a -2,000 betting favorite (risk $2,000 to win $100), while Ngannou returns a price of +1080 in the latest Tyson Fury vs. Francis Ngannou odds. The over/under for total rounds finished is 4.5, with the Under listed at +154 and the Over offered at -200. Before locking in any Francis Ngannou vs. Tyson Fury picks, make sure you see the boxing predictions and betting advice from SportsLine expert Peter Kahn.
Kahn is a true boxing insider who has his finger on the pulse of what's going on inside and outside of the ring. He has managed numerous world champions and currently manages 20 fighters through his company, Fight Game Advisors. Kahn won the 2022 Boxing Writers Association of America Cus D'Amato Manager of the Year award and was named to the 2023 Florida Boxing Hall of Fame.
Kahn is uncanny when it comes to picking fights. He is an astounding 44-13 on his last 57 SportsLine boxing picks, returning nearly $4,000 to $100 bettors. Anyone who has followed him has already seen massive returns.
Now, with Tyson Fury vs. Francis Ngannou approaching, Kahn has studied the matchup from every angle and released confident selections for the fight. You can only see his picks and analysis at SportsLine.
Tyson Fury vs. Francis Ngannou preview
Ngannou, who began his combat sports career in 2013, has known almost nothing but success. And that has come as a direct result of his boxing prowess. He has a 17-3 career record in UFC, with 12 wins coming by knockout. His first knockout came in April 2014, when he stopped Bilal Tahtahi in 3:58 of the first round. He steadily worked his way through the ranks, earning several Performance of the Night awards.
After a couple of setbacks in 2018, he came back to dominate. In November 2018, he earned a TKO win over Curtis Blaydes, the first of four first-round knockouts in a row. His fastest win during that stretch was a 20-second knockout of Jairzinho Rozenstruik in May 2020. In March 2021, he won the UFC heavyweight championship and Performance of the Night with a second round knockout of Stipe Miocic. He then defeated Gane in his last bout.
Fury, who began his professional career in 2008, won his first 27 fights before a controversial draw with Deontay Wilder ended the streak in December 2018. Fury wasted little time getting back into dominant form, posting a TKO win over Tom Schwarz in the second round of a scheduled 12-round bout in June 2019 for the WBO Inter-Continental heavyweight title. He followed that up with a 12-round unanimous decision in September 2019. None of his fights since then have gone their scheduled distance.
Fury won the WBC and vacant The Ring heavyweight titles in his first rematch with Wilder, earning a seventh-round TKO win in February 2020. In the third match with Wilder in October 2021, Fury landed an 11th-round knockout to retain his WBC and The Ring heavyweight crowns. He retained both titles again in April 2022 with a sixth-round TKO of Dillon Whyte. In his last match on Dec. 3, 2022, he retained his WBC heavyweight title with a 10th-round TKO of Derek Chisora, and ran his career record to 33-0-1. See who to back at SportsLine.
How to make Tyson Fury vs. Francis Ngannou picks
We can share that Kahn likes the fight to go Over 4.5 rounds. He's also made the call on a method-of-victory prop and a confident money-line pick. You can only see his picks at SportsLine.
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