It’s been a couple months since former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou was released from his contract, and he’s been in search of an opponent ever since.
Ngannou is looking to compete in boxing and there was talk of him facing WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury for some time, but it appears he’s looking in a different direction at this point.
The former heavyweight champion recently went onto Ariel Helwani‘s MMA Hour to discuss what’s next for him.
Helwani asked Francis Ngannou if former WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder was a match up he’s interested in:
“Yes, we have had the conversation and at this moment we are closer (with him) than anyone else.