Francis Ngannou (right)(image credit Top Rank Boxing / Twitter)

By FCF Staff

Tyson Fury is supposed to fight Oleksandr Usyk next. But, Francis Ngannou is campaigning for the match-up to be bumped, so he can rematch Fury.

Ngannou shocked the MMA and boxing world last weekend, by dropping Fury in their boxing match en route to a tightly contested, split decision loss to the champion. Since then, there’s been extensive speculation about whether Ngannou will compete in MMA under the PFL banner, or pursue another boxing match.

While talking to TMZ more recently, however, Ngannou reported his first choice would be to rematch Fury (quotes via MMA Junkie.com).

“The rematch is what I want next the most,” Ngannou said. “As for right now, I feel like there is a lot of options for me, but I want to choose wisely, and I would go for the rematch first.”

“…My best scenario in boxing is to wait for Fury,” Ngannou said. “If Usyk can step out and let me fight Fury, I’ll fight Fury. Then I’ll let them do whatever they do. I’ll go back, maybe do some MMA fight and come back and take some people in boxing. I’m planning to fight potentially twice next year, maybe February or March.”

The title unification bout between Fury and Usyk was originally targeted for December. But, due to the damage Fury took in his bout with Ngannou, the fight is now planned for February.

The former UFC champ Ngannou was making his professional boxing debut against Fury.