Anthony Joshua vs. Francis Ngannou is inflicting its promoters to tug out all of the stops.
On March 8, Joshua and Ngannou face off in a 10-round boxing match in Riyadh, Saudia Arabia in a bout being billed as “Knockout Chaos.” Promotion for the superfight has ramped up in latest weeks, and on Tuesday the most recent trailer dropped, exhibiting Joshua and Ngannou remodeling into online game characters and punching one another a la Avenue Fighter. However now the powers that be have taken the subsequent step: Releasing a online game for the approaching combat.
On Wednesday, “Knockout Chaos” acquired its personal web site the place followers can play a easy boxing sport, selecting between Joshua or Ngannou, after which try to knock out their opponent. Whereas the sport isn’t at the same time as superior as Mike Tyson’s Punchout, it nonetheless reveals a stage of promotional funding hardly ever seen within the fight sport house lately.
Joshua is a the 2012 Olympic gold medalist in boxing and former unified heavyweight champion. He misplaced his titles to Oleksandr Usyk in a pair of fights in 2021 and 2022, however has since strung collectively three straight victories.
Ngannou is the previous UFC heavyweight champion who left the promotion in 2023 to pursue different pursuits, particularly boxing. He practically shocked the world in his boxing debut, dropping a contentious cut up resolution to WBC champion Tyson Fury. Regardless of the loss, Ngannou nonetheless earned a top-10 rating from the WBC.
