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- Tyson Fury is heavily odds-on to beat Francis Ngannou in the super fight this weekend
- Ngannou is the clear outsider in the bout with odds at 8/1 to win
- With such an absurd fight happening we look at what AI makes of the bout
Tyson Fury is heavily odds-on to beat Francis Ngannou in the super fight this weekend
Saturday night sees the next massive boxing event take place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia with Tyson Fury fighting former UFC Champion Francis Ngannou in the boxing ring.
UK Betting Sites have odds up for the fight with Fury unsurprisingly the heavy favourite at 1/18 to beat the 37-year-old Ngannou who is making his professional debut this weekend.
Fury's WBC Heavyweight Championship will not be on the line in the bout which is waving along the line between exhibition and realness throughout the week.
Thursday saw a press conference take place between the pair which was overshadowed by Fury's father John who had another case of 'main-character-syndrome' in Saudi Arabia.
Paddy Power's full market for the fight suggests that Fury has an implied probability of 94% of winning the bout this weekend which should be straight forward for the Boxer.
| Tyson Fury v Francis Ngannou Winner | Odds | Probability |
|---|---|---|
| Tyson Fury | 1/18 | 94.7% |
| Draw | 40/1 | 2.4% |
| Francis Ngannou | 8/1 | 11.1% |
What the expert says...
Ngannou is the clear outsider in the bout with odds at 8/1 to win
Former UFC Champion Francis Ngannou is unsurprisingly a massive outsider for the fight this weekend with the latest odds putting him at 8/1 to win.
Ngannou's journey to the top of combat sports where he sits right now has been a crazy one from struggling in Cameroon to becoming a champion in the UFC.
His record in MMA has seen him have 12 knockouts in 17 fights with three losses and he comes into this bout as an unknown quantity when it comes to Boxing.
The latest betting odds for an Ngannou win is currently out to 8/1 with those odds suggesting there's just an 11% chance of the upset happening.
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With such an absurd fight happening we look at what AI makes of the bout
There have been a lot of question marks over this bout taking place with Tyson Fury at the peak of his powers fighting an MMA fighter in the ring instead of fighting for the heavyweight title.
Fury is expected to be fighting Oleksandr Usyk next in an undisputed fight for all the heavyweight belts but the way in which the sport goes makes you always have question marks around the bout.
This weekend's fight could be anything so we asked our data analysts to pose questions to AI through ChatGPT to see how the fight will eventually end up.
These questions included asking around the outcome of the fight as well as the realistic expectations from the bout itself:
Expected Outcome
“The general prediction is that Fury would win by TKO, with various predictions specifying rounds 5, 6, 7, or 8 as the potential outcome - meaning Round 4 is mathematically the most likely end of the fight. Some even compare this fight to a ‘circus’ or ‘spectacle,’ implying that it's more of an entertainment event than a competitive boxing match.”
Realistic Expectations
“Some comments emphasize that this fight is primarily a means to generate interest and money, setting up Fury's real fights against top boxing opponents, with Oleksandr Usyk lined up next.”
