{"id":294189,"date":"2023-10-24T09:25:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-24T09:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=294189"},"modified":"2023-10-24T09:25:00","modified_gmt":"2023-10-24T09:25:00","slug":"ronaldo-gifts-francis-ngannou-87000-watch-ahead-of-tyson-fury-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/boxing\/ronaldo-gifts-francis-ngannou-87000-watch-ahead-of-tyson-fury-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Ronaldo gifts Francis Ngannou \u00a387,000 watch ahead of Tyson Fury fight"},"content":{"rendered":"
Cristiano Ronaldo has gifted Francis Ngannou a watch worth \u00a387,000 ahead of the UFC legend’s cross-over bout with Tyson Fury in Saudi Arabia this weekend.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ngannou smiled as he showed off the Jacob and Co watch, which came in a CR7 stylised case.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He was presented with the gift, from the limited edition line called ‘Heart of Ronaldo’, outside a Jacob and Co outlet.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
‘Got to pick up my new watch ahead of fight week here in Riyadh,’ wrote Ngannou as he labelled Ronaldo his ‘brother’.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The two met in Riyadh in January after Ngannou was released from his UFC contract and he called the footballer ‘inspirational’ at the time.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Francis Ngannou showed off the luxury watch that Cristiano Ronaldo gifted him in a video\u00a0<\/p>\n
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The UFC legend was presented with the \u00a387,000 watch ahead of his fight with Tyson Fury<\/p>\n
Ronaldo is known to be a fan of combat sports and once admitted that he prefers watching boxing or UFC over football.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He has previously been pictured with many stars from that world, including Floyd Mayweather, Anthony Joshua, and Conor McGregor.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ngannou is preparing for a blockbuster contest against Fury which has drawn criticism from fans who wanted latter to face Oleksandr Usyk.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Dubbed ‘The Battle of the Baddest’, it will see the Nigerian mixed martial artist compete in his first professional boxing fight.<\/p>\n
He is set to pocket more money than he earned across his entire 14-fight UFC career\u00a0as estimates predict he will earn around \u00a36million.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ngannou was no small fish in UFC, either – he was the reigning heavyweight champion at the time of his departure.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Ronaldo and Ngannou linked up in January as the UC legend called the footballer ‘inspirational’<\/p>\n
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The Al-Nassr star once said he prefers to watch boxing or UFC over 90 minutes of football<\/p>\n
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Tyson Fury said he will knock out Francis Ngannou in six rounds in their bout on October 28<\/p>\n
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Ngannou has been training with Mike Tyson to prepare for his first-ever pro boxing fight\u00a0<\/p>\n
Mike Tyson has been training Ngannou in a bid to get him ready for the showpiece bout.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
While Fury’s WBC belt is not on the line, The Gypsy King previously said he would not show his face in public if he lost, underlining how much the punch-fest means to him.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Last week, Fury said that he was going to knock out his opponent ‘inside six rounds’.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He added: ‘Listen, no one can take my power. Nobody. These heavyweights don’t stand a chance.’<\/p>\n