FRANCIS NGANNOU is a harder hitter than Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury – if punch machine numbers are anything to go by.
Ngannou had fans fearing for AJ ahead of their March 8 showdown in Saudi Arabia after effortlessly hitting the top score of 999.
Instagram / @ francisngannouFans feared for Anthony Joshua after his punch machine score[/caption]
InstagramJoshua clocked a score just under Ngannou[/caption]
InstagramTyson Fury and AJ both used their weaker left hand[/caption]
DAZN posted a video in 2023 which showed Joshua clocking 965 – but it was with his weaker left hand.
And Fury also has a similar machine in his gym and once ranked a score of 993 – but he too refused to use his stronger right hook.
The three efforts were compiled in a video by Boxing Science but fans were not convinced it proves anything.
One said: “They should do it on the same punching machine to get a accurate result.
“All matches would be slightly different. All there readings were not that far apart.”
Another added: “Unless they’re all calibrated perfectly, the number mean nothing. All different machines. Pointless.”
One agreed: “Think they all need to hit the same machine.”
Ngannou’s ferocious fists were on full display when he dropped Fury on his boxing debut in October despite losing a controversial split-decision.
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His frightening power was once tested and found to be the equivalent to 96 horse power.
That means it carries the same ferocity as a 12lb sledgehammer being swung at full force or being hit by a moving Ford Escort.
Former kickboxer Dewey Cooper has been the man tasked with honing Ngannou’s hands since joining the camp in 2017.
But along with coach John Mbumba, their roles became even more important last year when Ngannou put on hold his MMA career to cross over to boxing.
But Cooper admits neither him or Mbumba can take credit for his devastating power.
Instead, he puts it down to Ngannou’s years spent working in sand mines in Cameroon for £1.50 a day from the age of ten.
Cooper told SunSport: “As far as his punching power, no that was something that he naturally had.
“He dug sand mines as a kid all the way up to his early 20s.
“Of course, his DNA, his Cameroonian heritage and that hard manual labour as a kid all the way up, I feel was the main attribute to that ungodly power.”
ReutersNgannou with boxing coach Dewey Cooper[/caption]