Francis Ngannou's coach maps out perfect year including Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury KOs and boxing 'miracle'

05/03/2024 12:00

Francis Ngannou is aiming to make boxing history in 2024.

'The Predator' almost sprung the biggest upset of all time when he floored WBC heavyweight world champion Tyson Fury in his squared circle debut last October.

Ngannou ultimately walked away from the matchup with a contentious split decision defeat, but he did enough to secure another big boxing payday against Anthony Joshua.

The Cameroonian will look to get his first win in the sport when he takes on Joshua in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on March 8.

A return to MMA has been talked about, and 6ft 8ins knockout artist Renan Ferreira has been named as Ngannou’s comeback opponent – but his coach insists boxing is the priority this year.

Dewey Cooper, who first hooked up with Ngannou at Floyd Mayweather's gym in 2017, says the goal become the undisputed heavyweight champion with two big KO wins.

First, Ngannou will look to stop Joshua this weekend, before aiming to face the winner of Oleksandr Usyk's four-belt unification fight with Fury, which is set for May 18.

"It would be an insane year if he stops Joshua, and Tyson Fury somehow, it's not a guarantee, but somehow, he defeats Usyk," Cooper told talkSPORT.com.

"Tyson Fury has all the belts. Francis and Tyson Fury in a rematch for all the belts, the undisputed heavyweight championship. Francis knocks out Tyson Fury and becomes the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world.

"All the belts in just three boxing fights. You can't write this. Insane!"

Cooper understands the task in front of his fighter, but Ngannou's ferocious KO power means he is potentially only two punches away from completing a sporting miracle.

Especially as boxing promoter Eddie Hearn recently claimed that the plan is to have the winners of Joshua vs Ngannou and Usyk vs Fury fight each other later this year.

Cooper added: "That's the possibility. If the universe works out in our favour, this story will never happen again, this would be a miracle in the making that people can only marvel at for centuries to come.

"Francis has the opportunity to do something that I'm telling you right now will never be repeated, but we are going to take it one step at a time."