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Ngannou warns Fury

WITH their fight taking place on Friday night, Anthony Joshua and Francis Ngannou met for their final press conference on the balmy Wednesday evening of fight week – but it was the presence of Tyson Fury which caused the biggest stir.

Joshua and Ngannou were not exactly serving up show-stopping quotes between them, but as soon as the MMA star set his sights on Fury, sitting in the front row with other members of his family, he dropped the best soundbite from the whole event.

The pair ran into each other on Tuesday night, with Fury supposedly pulling Ngannou up for previously calling him a coward. But 24 hours later, Big Fran, so often softly spoken and unassuming, decided to give Fury a spray from the top table. “I’ll tell you your only chance is

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