Fedor Emelianenko wants to have a boxing fight with Francis Ngannou

50-year-old Russian mixed martial arts fighter Fedor Emelianenko has announced his desire to have a boxing match with former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou. “Championship” reports this.

“I’m already a fighter in my blood, I want to fight. Something in my body is already torn off, then broken off, but I’m still holding on. And so, I would like to have a couple more boxing fights. I'm interested in this. I would like to have a boxing fight with Francis Ngannou, but this is my dream. I'm interested in him. We’ll see,” TASS quotes Emelianenko as saying.

The Russian athlete also expressed his intention to compete at the Russian Combat Sambo Championship, if his health allows.

Emelianenko retired from mixed martial arts in February 2023 after a TKO loss to American Ryan Bader at Bellator 290. During his professional career, he won 40 victories and suffered seven defeats, became the PRIDE champion and multiple world and Russian champion in combat sambo.