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MORNING KOMBAT WITH LUKE THOMAS AND BRIAN CAMPBELL

Dewey Cooper: Francis Ngannou Out Boxed Tyson Fury | MK Interview

MORNING KOMBAT WITH LUKE THOMAS AND BRIAN CAMPBELL

Black Effect x All The Smoke Productions

Sports News, Sports, News

4.81.5K Ratings

🗓️ 2 November 2023

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Luke Thomas sits down with Francis Ngannou's striking Coach Dewey Cooper. Dewey breaks down Tyson Fury vs. Francis Ngannou, discusses all the doubt leading up to this fight, Who hits harder Wilder or Ngannou and much more. (00:01:30) - People Doubting Francis (00:04:00) - Game planning for Tyson Fury (00:07:40) - MMA Clinching in Boxing (00:11:00) - Francis Weight for the fight (00:12:40) - Bringing MMA into Boxing (00:15:00) - Who hits harder Deontay Wilder or Francis? (00:18:00) - Francis' Fight IQ (00:20:00) - Can more MMA Fighters convert to boxing? (00:22:55) - Francis' Mindset ahead of the fight (00:25:00) - Francis' Knee (00:26:00) - Illegal Elbow (00:27:00) - Francis' Boxing Future (00:28:15) - Meeting Francis Ngannou (00:31:20) - Francis' Team Morning Kombat is available for free on the Audacy app as well as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts and wherever else you listen to podcasts. For more Combat Sports coverage subscribe here: youtube.com/MorningKombat Follow our hosts on Twitter: @BCampbellCBS, @lthomasnews, @MorningKombat For Morning Kombat gear visit:morning kombat.store Follow our hosts on Instagram: @BrianCampbell, @lukethomasnews, @MorningKombat To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:05.0

Joining us now is a man who has been next to Francis and Ghanu in many ways,

0:10.0

kind of since the beginning are certainly a very long time and help guide him

0:14.0

to what can only be described as combat sports,

0:17.0

the pinnacle in many ways, even though he came off of a losing effort.

0:20.0

We got a lot to talk about.

0:21.0

It is the man who has helped him be his MMA striking coach and his boxing coach

0:26.0

certainly for this contest against Tyson Fury. It is the one and only Dewey Cooper.

0:30.7

Hi, Dewey. How are you? What, what has the mood been like since Saturday?

0:34.7

How are you guys? First of all, before I answer that question, I just want to say, man,

0:39.3

I've been a big fan of your show for many years and I'm really honored to be on the show.

0:44.9

Finally, I guess better, better last than never, but I truly appreciate being on your show.

0:53.6

On the temperament of the team, we feel accomplished, but would a slightly bittersweet taste of

1:00.9

accomplishment because we all felt like we won the fight on Saturday night in Rianne,

1:06.0

Saudi Arabia to come up short on the judges score cards. So it was bittersweet, but deep down

1:13.8

our hearts, we know the story. Boxing is a business that's got as a sport and it was prevalent

1:20.5

with the our decision on Saturday night. All right, but let's talk about the good stuff first,

1:24.4

and then we'll get to some of the scoring. But first things first, you know, I don't know what

1:29.4

the word is exactly. I mean, there was a TikTok that came out yesterday that Francis put out and

1:34.8

it was like Bud Crawford and Devon Haney and Eddie Herne and some other big, you know, Bud Crawford

1:41.3

knows a lot about boxing. Devon Haney knows a lot about boxing and they didn't have any belief in

1:46.4

Francis. Be serious for just a moment, Dewey. How did you know that Francis could compete? I mean,

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