Tyson Fury on Critics of Francis Ngannou Fight: ‘Haters Going to Hate’ | The MMA Hour

Tyson Fury discusses his upcoming fight against Francis Ngannou, why this fight interested him, the pay difference between UFC and boxing heavyweights, Ngannou’s chances against him, what he plans to weigh, how the Usyk fight was announced, if there is a rematch clause, Tommy Fury’s performance against KSI, and more.
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[@mralir.s3711]

Tyson Fury ' I read somewhere that he was in Paris eating rats of the streets' it made me laugh

[@spicesmuggler2452]

Yeah, imagine being a rat and of all deaths you get a hungry Francis catch you 😂

[@obomatejackreece3176]

Made me laugh too

[@funkspinna]

Fury: "600K is about what I got paid fighting Klitschko. So it's not that low." LOL. Ariel must have been seething inside.

[@NK-wy8wp]

I thought the same lol

[@funkspinna]

@@NK-wy8wp And Fury later said, "Some boxers have to PAY to compete". LOL.

[@marcusbennett93]

That was when he was a nobody fighting as the challenger, like he kept on saying 600K for a champ is disgraceful.

[@ots1634]

Good point

[@Gorguruga]

Fury fibs are expected by now. He made a few million for the Klitschko fight. They agreed to a deal before the purse bid went through. The purse bid would have guaranteed Fury £3.6 million. So depending on the deal he reached with Klitschko's team, he made somewhere close to that number or over.

[@donfuego6361]

Tyson Fury lost,...he knows it and the WORLD knows it.

[@jean-francoisduval1907]

I scored it and i didn't had an horse in this race. Fury won by a round on my card. But yeah...it's a victory in itself for Francis and a L for the Gypsy King.

[@zacknight9137]

“I miss my dogs!” “Don’t we all? Dogs are the best” *izzy salivating intensifies*

[@GinV74]

I wish Ariel could interview Tyson more often. Always an unbelievable interview

[@giants2k8]

Always a really down to earth person. He hasn’t changed one bit, he comes across as so authentic. He seems like the ordinary man you’d bump into the walking down the street. He just happens to be a 6 ft 9 and 270+ pound heavyweight boxing champion. lol

[@standardFifa]

Hes a normal guy drives a normal car

[@user-xk6bf3vj2z]

Do you even sentence bro?

[@ericpeterson5269]

He's not 6'9"

[@giants2k8]

@@ericpeterson5269 Perhaps not, but I’m just going by his listed height.

[@marmedli9124]

​@ericpeterson5269 he not far off tho and is 270 plus for certain.

[@jakerobertiello2864]

Always entertaining and went through tough times and came out on top on the other side. Always massive respect for the heavyweight King 👊🏼

[@Sumea_Saukko]

I don’t have any respect for him.

[@chevizak6945]

@Saukko473 Right ok big boy, I'm sorry, my friend, but your respect means nothing. Nobody wants it. 👍 🤣

[@Sumea_Saukko]

@@chevizak6945 Yes, it has become very apparent that respect means absolutely nothing to him nor his fans. So that’s why i don’t respect him, because there is absolutely nothing to respect about him.

[@Carllee589]

Tyson was following Francis Ngannou’s story of his life and decided to do him a solid by taking this fight and setting him up for life. Tyson is a great guy.

[@markhatch9893]

Usyk is the heavyweight king, he has the most belts. Fury has 1 belt and is ducking everyone in the top 10.

[@pereiratiagoj.6246]

Tyson killed me at the beginning! 🤣🤣🤣 He's hilarious 🙌😂

[@Matthew-rc1xt]

Same 💀

[@fozzyisere446]

I know big man hey . Promised to give charity all his purse and when he won didn't give a single £1 . He says he is taking on usyk next coz he knew nobody would pay there hard earned money to watch him beat a man who has never even boxed a single boxing fight . Fury is a is a disgrace to boxing

[@funkspinna]

@@fozzyisere446 That was at the beginning of the interview? LOL.

[@John.Valiant]

I'm gona send you a massive tyson fury singed pen is hahaha got him good

[@fozzyisere446]

​@funkspinna what was beginning of the interview? Who told he was giving to charity. Coz I never heard it Mr or misses casual .

[@jeffreyradcliff8881]

This was an excellent interview and Fury answered the questions with great great detail. Enjoyed it.

[@MrBlaqgold]

Ariel Helwani is hands down the best combat sports journalist of his generation. What a complete and utter student of the sports who always asks challenging, interesting and compelling questions. Respect from the UK 🇬🇧 👊🏿

[@carloshhhh467]

Nah you just have no standards.

[@jonhopkins6061]

​@carloshidalgo5021 what? Lol he's definitely the best.

[@jonhopkins6061]

​@@carloshhhh467name a better guy.

[@Fooknose88]

Big up the big nose 👃 👊

[@MrBlaqgold]

@@carloshhhh467 my standards are very high. I despise blagger journalists who dont do the research, mispronounce names, don't understand the history of their guests are caught out when conversations go off context. Aries is never guilty of this, the man lives and breathes combat sports and I always enjoy his top tier work. Just my opinion.

[@BK-ek1pz]

Tyson fury: “I don’t really believe in happiness. Happiness is a byproduct of achieving something. When you achieve your goals, you get a joy feeling from that.”

[@VolkovAlexandernovskiOfficial]

Also Tyson to his own cousin: "Wanna get married, bang and have 7 kids together?"

[@garyablett9284]

@@VolkovAlexandernovskiOfficialtrue????

[@VolkovAlexandernovskiOfficial]

@@garyablett9284 100% true. They LITERALLY met at a gyspy family gathering. I wish I was making it up. Also Tyson Fury: "There are only three things that need to be accomplished before the Devil comes home, One of them is homosexuality being legal in countries, one of them is abortion and the other is paedophilia." He literally thinks being gay and having an abortion is the same as being a pedo. And that Lucifer himself will return and bring Armageddon and the end of the world.

[@ceedub3966]

​@@VolkovAlexandernovskiOfficialI've heard she's a 3rd cousin but none of the sources I've looked up are reliable. What kind of proof do you have? Paris's last name wasn't even Fury.

[@VolkovAlexandernovskiOfficial]

@@ceedub3966 they are related through both the Gorman family and the Burton family. The source is both of their own mouths. You know how Tyson always says his kids are gonna be tough because Paris is from a fighting family as well? Well yeah he just leaves out the fact they basically share a great great grandfather.

[@chazhealy]

The fight being announced early was to do with a governing body, I think it was the IBF. If they didn’t announce something signed then Usyk would have been stripped, or at the very least, his mandatory would have been called to fight him next… Announcing the Fury fight before the set date, overruled the mandatory challenger.

[@michaelbrianlowe1]

Tyson is the real deal. A true great. A real champion. Champion of life. Tells it like it is.

[@WeeleyTube]

If he fights usyk

[@michaelbrianlowe1]

@@WeeleyTube Agreed. He will fight Usyk and he will beat him.

[@alcottdevalte7440]

He literally has 3 title defenses in 15 years as a pro heavyweight. New fans have extremely low criteria for making someone a goat and an all time great.

[@alambyant]

@@alcottdevalte7440He was out for years with mental health problems. Then he was out for years because of Covid. He’s just lost a year because Joshuavand Usyk refused to fight him. It all adds up.

[@JayM-cu6pb]

Yea a real life junky

[@ashervirin9698]

Its a completely uncompetitive fight, but we'll all still watch it. Dana white will watch it and pay attention but claim he isn't, all mma fans will watch it and all tyson fury fans will watch it because its a big spectacle and there is always that element of human psychology of rooting for a big underdog to pull it off against all odds

[@Thehokage36]

“We’ll all still watch it” Speak for yourself

[@chemicalcabbage]

Punchers chance exists tho

[@noice3195]

​@@Thehokage36if you dont care Why are you here?

[@Luix916]

💯

[@blackpound2297]

@@noice3195 because the build up is better than the actual fight. I certainly won’t be paying a penny to watch it either.

[@Deguilbret17]

What makes this events so interesting for me is that Fury is a very sympathic and down to earth guy. A true gentlemen (when he's not pretending to be a badass for entertainement purposes) and much to same for Francis Ngannou. These two guys honor their respective sports and prove that you can be kind to others and still be a world champion in an extremly physical sport.

[@Mcfc2Rich]

Love Tyson. He could easily be egotistical about MMA telling us about how great he is, how better he is for being a boxer like floyd did but there's literally no ego. Love him

[@alcottdevalte7440]

That's hilarious.

[@moreblack]

I think Floyd knew he could tank anything Conor threw. His durability had been tested and he's been rocked before, he wasn't going to eat any shots that were going to end him before McGregor gassing out. And sure enough he got hit a lot in the early rounds, blocked a lot and even ate one decent uppercut, but nothing phased him. Tyson by contrast knows that if he gets hit clean (and Wilder showed him this) he is going down. However, unless his lights are completely out, he's getting up no matter what.

[@UnrealTech9403]

@@moreblackFloyd and Conor are pals, the entire thing was a work and it was obvious to anyone with a brain. It was almost certainly a fixed fight. Pay attention to small details, you'll see.

[@michaelhagen2712]

Seriously? The man is telling Francis that he’ll fight him in a MMA fight and still win! He told Jon Jones the same thing! Nah he’s not egotistical…

[@mshaw6836]

He's an egomaniac👍

[@lindasapiecha2515]

I dont mind who Fury fights in between fights So long as he takes the Big ones like Wilder Usyk etc...

[@wardevil91]

No more wilder plz

[@vaneast411]

always love to listen to Tyson thx!

[@leoonthego474]

Tyson is not just a boxing champ but also the people’s champ! Humble, straight, honest. Makes us proud! 🇬🇧✊

[@BLACKCHOCOLAT]

Yes he got People'champ vibe. He forces respect by his frank speech and by proving wrong to haters so many times!

[@kwak1k]

Humble?😂

[@peakyblinder4511]

Your obviously not British because most people in Britain want usyk the real king to smoke him

[@trulyblessed29]

Tyson Fury is Irish?

[@RW-Atl]

@@trulyblessed29nope

[@thecelt231]

Ariel didn't get his sound bite from Tyson downing the UFC pay rate 😂.

[@keithmicomonaco4693]

You did hear the part where Tyson said that Jones versus Francis is a 10 million fight for each fighter, right?

[@KingRealEstate]

Great interview!

[@PEislander27]

great interview!

[@RCalicchio1st]

Great interview, this man is always great when he speaks on here with Ariel. Tyson Fury is the man. It’s about prize fighting.

[@Boss-313]

Francis better be on his game, cos fury looks in top condition mentally and physically…

[@ngoziglory5336]

😂😂😂 The world knows who won the boxing 🥊 match at the end of the day.. l love both guys but Francis nnganou won the boxing match.

[@donscott6130]

Tyson gives a great interview!

[@markbray2988]

Great work... Interesting interview 👏🏻

[@aeonsteel3000]

Great man 👌🏽 I really liked that interview.

[@zacknight9137]

Non sniffed up Tyson is extremely humble and likeable

[@IanMartin-ev6fz]

A classy act, level headed, respectful and where applicable confident and realistic and objective. Good interview.

[@King_JappyJoe]

Its definitely a joke of a fight, but I will 100% be watching.....a bootleg.

[@FightTalkAllThingsMMA]

Same 😂

[@CarlJames10]

Just don’t go around instagram or any other personal page you have. I’ve heard they’ve gone after people for mentioning this lol

[@jessemijo6664]

0:37there you go fury thats how you do it with ariel hes the king of mma journalism

[@narrowpathactivation]

Great interview

[@Brandnewshoes]

Tyson came across as a really good dude in this. A lot more down to earth than I’ve seen in others. I’ve always respected him, but this really made me like him.

[@MohammadImran-sk3gt]

What a fighter even better as a human being.Treat to watch fighting, great to listen.....

[@VolkovAlexandernovskiOfficial]

Better as a human being? Dude bangs, is married to, and has 7 kids with his own cousin. You were saying though?

[@andrewdavidwhyte]

@@VolkovAlexandernovskiOfficial You not letting it go are you

[@Aaron-fj1hl]

This guy is a legend and also, is funny

[@realreality2232]

Tyson is a very practical and down-to-earth guy, no illusions or stardom disease. That's why he is a champion

[@PKP1]

Fantastic interview

[@timshields8720]

Tyson is a farkn LEGEND and WHAT THE SPORT NEEDS!

[@freedom4life123]

🤣🤣🤣

[@hetfieldprophet]

Damn good interview Ariel Helwani!

[@willmatalan2177]

What a great interview - brought out the best side of Tyson Fury - very engaging

[@anthonyhewitt9397]

What a good interview this was. Tyson has majorly won me over the last 6 months. Dude is actually coool af.

[@jazziesjams5082]

What do you mean in youre opinion is Tyson fury is the lineal champion? He is he is the man who beat the MEN Klitscho made 25 defences and Wilder 10 defences so fury has made all up if you think about it hes made 38 defences of the belts...

[@chongxina8288]

Absolutely. And to me, the belt is the belt is the belt. Sure it comes in different flavours. You’re no lesser champion with a lineal belt.

[@JJ4eva89]

Thank you for this entertaining and insightful interview.

[@thetreverpitts]

Tyson Fury mentions that 600,000 is not a crappy payday. like I've been saying for years that is better than any nine to five job would ever pay you. you could live pretty comfortable off that for a while

[@myguy2143]

Not to even mention Ariel lying again. Francis told him as clear as he can that he was offered 8 million plus for the Jones fight and Ariel knows it, but look at him lying again. Its a shame that his childish feud with Dana comes before his integrity.

[@ukspringbreaktours]

Half gone in tax and then 10% to promoter, 10% to trainer and say another 10% in overheads. That 600 becomes 200 real fast.

[@thetreverpitts]

@@ukspringbreaktours that is still better then most people who bring home 600 to 1000 a pay check

[@jcarrera30]

Tyson kept it real about the Usyck announcement. Mad respect.

[@cvdubya5774]

The only thing about this that bothers me is no belt is on the line.

[@VVtos174]

You know it's bad when Fury has to big up his opponent😂same with chisora

[@bigvsouthphilly2156]

Tyson is a genius

[@goldeternal]

exactly, he created this match for the max payday and huge historical event

[@anonymemphis]

I really appreciate Tyson's perspective on the influencer boxing scene. I feel the same way. More fans, more excitement. Entertainment, through and through. I became a fan of Tommy Fury through his influencer boxing matches.

[@Hacktheplanet_]

Great video

[@samuraijack0876]

"I heard from someone he was in Paris eating rats off the street" 😂

[@LearningWithSuj]

Tyson is a treat to listen to just like he is to watch fight.

[@Last_Chance.]

So kind of Tyson to do an interview with this dosser

[@anupv63]

You always have the best interviews with Fury. He doesn't open up and talk deeply like this with other interviewers

[@lowlowseesee]

Yea he’s super petty usually. He’s great with Ariel

[@Chris-of5xc]

Ariel losing his cool in the first min when Tyson had a go at him was too funny😂

[@joshnorton9691]

Francis gets it done

[@jonmacist]

lol

[@FryciaTV]

You are crazy talented at your job Ariel, your way of asking questions is unique and so superior to other sports journalists, and you can definitively see and hear it on the athletes that you interview.

[@lowlowseesee]

He’s one of the best. Once he stops making certain arguments about himself he will reach new heights. He is very wrong in the J Hill situation

[@aviduke]

Listened to hekwani for years and I'm always so impressed with his journalistic integrity and excellent questioning

[@godhawk4627]

this has to be sarcastic

[@frankiecal3186]

I love you too Francis.🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@askgetti9933]

From 🇸🇴 🇸🇴 🇸🇴 🇸🇴 we love my brother from Manchester...

[@genten4077]

Hats off to Ariel Drakewani for always bringing the 🔥🔥

[@ikamfuey]

Man this dude seems cool as hell

[@YTKev]

First round will be intriguing. He has earned the right to cash in with this fight. He fought wilder when no other boxer would go near him, and he was 4 stone overweight. Fortune favours the brave.

[@wheelmanstan]

in that first round it's gonna look so strange, speed-wise, francis is in way over his head

[@DK-lj4gg]

If Francis is getting payed 10 mil ,Tyson is getting probably 30 mil ,easy money

[@lowlowseesee]

Lol @ easy

[@kampalamwapephiri3066]

Tyson fury needs to write a book , his perspective on is amazing

[@SomeDudeInTheChat]

Worrrd. He’s real about who is. No questions from me at all.

[@sly_tendencies87]

There's only one TYSON FURY

[@yvettebroadhurst5965]

Great family man

[@heishephaestion4178]

this was seriously some of the best dialogue ive heard from TF

[@zacheryjackson]

From 0:40 - 0:56 is just magical.

[@toms4097]

I always used to really like Tyson Fury but recently some of his instagram posts, I just lost a bit of respect for him but this interview was the honest & respectful, of old, Tyson Fury. Great job Tyson and as always superb questioning from Ariel 🙏🏻

[@lindasapiecha2515]

It is an historical fight

[@freedom4life123]

YA NOT KIDDING 🤣🤣🤣

[@lindasapiecha2515]

In years to come It will be a quiz question Who was the 1st MMA champion to fight a World heavyweight Boxer for the title 😊

[@tommypenisfingers]

Ariel had no response when Tyson said $600K is close to what he got paid to fight Wlad and that it's not that low. He also didn't mention that the UFC offered him many new deals, but Francis chose to fight out his contract from a couple years earlier. Such a scum bag.

[@myguy2143]

Always lying because his feud with Dana. Its a shame that he cant be honest and keep his integrity.

[@saifhussain9701]

I defo agree with Tyson abt rematch Clauses, certain fighters will be salty abt their performances and be unsatisfied so it would provide the perfect chance to potentially redeem themselves but you have to realise that the individual who is victorious holds the cards

[@archie7288]

Tyson is very entertaining and yet so humble

[@brandonbelcher2309]

That was awesome

[@FightCircus]

tyson is always welcome back to Fight Circus

[@93chino]

no way he just said tommy is a PRIZE FIGHTER 💀💀

[@popofilipo7114]

👍 Let's go Tyson

[@PKP1]

Tyson is amazing. A man after his own heart.

[@schwantzrossi1266]

HA HA Tyson cracks me up first minute of thsi interview was funny AF

[@rocksmith3796]

Fury all day everyday!!

[@ryanrobinson8682]

never seen tyson so well spoken

[@dogstar5927]

The guy is the nicest dude ever, who knew....😊

[@Bruiser223]

tyson fury not knowing the cruiserweight champs is just one of the many reasons boxing is dying lol

[@leewainwright3526]

you know what made me laugh him saying beterbiev would be honoured to fight tommy for their belts no they wouldn't they are real fighter's not youtubers this is what's wrong with boxing today

[@01rai01]

What a great personality Tyson has.

[@OfficialFingazMC]

Great interview, much prefer Tyson when he's like this.

[@lindasapiecha2515]

And this is a Brilliant break for Ngannou Well done Tyson 😊👍👍

[@dennyroman7935]

Fury made this happen at the end thank you I salute you

[@Make_Boxing_Great_Again]

Announcing the Usyk fight prior to the Ngannou bout was the only thing that stopped the Ngannou bout being the biggest failure in history. It will make huge revenue but it will never make more than the huge ammounts that the spent on the promotion.

[@champarr9278]

Tyson is a class of a person, cant hate the guy to be honest.

[@gregabelec9400]

Tyson Fury and Francis Nganiou are both excelente fighters. I like you both and I am glad for both of you. I hope for great fight.

[@sw5166]

Class act

[@erenjaegerbomb8653]

Genuinely curious to know if Francis' coach Mike Tyson would have better odds vs Fury this weekend 🙃

[@eazyduzit1066]

If you've seen the sparring clips, Mike looks a lot faster with high twitch movements. Francis looks like he's punching underwater

[@blacklion2432]

I doubt it would make much of a difference win or lose but if he was being coached for 3-5 years we would be having a different conversation.

[@jonmassey5650]

Finally someone giving a balanaced response to the pay.

[@woodworkingaspirations1720]

Wonder if Francis will ever adjust back to MMA.

[@deziderziga1484]

Finally a great interview.

[@leegregg2323]

Legend T

[@YearsOVDecay1]

he says he's not privvy to what's going on behind the scenes with his contract team etc but he also said he doesn't put in rematch clauses

[@lowlowseesee]

Tyson cursing him out the first portion lololol