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Tyson Fury vs Francis Ngannou, the Glossary

Tyson Fury vs Francis Ngannou, billed as Battle of the Baddest, was a professional boxing match between reigning WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury and former UFC Heavyweight Champion Francis Ngannou, that took place on 28 October 2023 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.^[1]

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Anthony Joshua

Anthony Oluwafemi Olaseni Joshua (born 15 October 1989) is a British professional boxer.

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Anthony Joshua vs Francis Ngannou

Anthony Joshua vs Francis Ngannou, billed as Knockout Chaos, was a heavyweight professional boxing match contested between 2-time former unified heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua and former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou. Tyson Fury vs Francis Ngannou and Anthony Joshua vs Francis Ngannou are boxing matches in Saudi Arabia, boxing on DAZN, Crossover boxing matches and sports competitions in Riyadh.

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Arslanbek Makhmudov

Arslanbek Ruslanovich Makhmudov (Арсланбек Русланович Махмудов,; born 7 June 1989) is a Russian professional boxer who held the WBC-NABF heavyweight title between 2019 and 2023.

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Astro (company)

All-Asian Satellite Television and Radio Operator, doing business as Astro (stylized in lowercase title), is a Malaysian satellite television, streaming television and IPTV provider.

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Astro Box Office

Astro Box Office (formerly Astro Showcase) was a pay-per-view (PPV) system on the Astro platform in Brunei and Malaysia.

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Batié, Cameroon

Batié is a town and municipality in the Hauts Plateaux Division in western Cameroon.

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British Boxing Board of Control

The British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC) is the governing body of professional boxing in the United Kingdom.

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Cameroon

Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon, is a country in Central Africa.

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Carlos Takam

Armand Carlos Netsing Takam (born 6 December 1980) is a Cameroonian French professional boxer.

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Commonwealth Boxing Council

The Commonwealth Boxing Council (CBC) is a governing body that sanctions professional boxing bouts for territories within the Commonwealth, and is an affiliate of the WBC.

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David Adeleye

David Bankole Adeleye (born 16 November 1996) is a British professional boxer.

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DAZN

DAZN (pronounced "da zone") is a British over-the-top sports streaming and entertainment platform.

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Deontay Wilder

Deontay Leshun Wilder (born October 22, 1985) is an American professional boxer.

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Dillian Whyte

Dillian Whyte (born 11 April 1988) is a British professional boxer who has formerly competed as a kickboxer and mixed martial artist.

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ESPN+

ESPN+ is an American over-the-top subscription video streaming service available in the United States, owned by the ESPN division of the Walt Disney Company, in partnership with ESPN Inc., which is a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company (which owns a controlling 80% stake) and the Hearst Communications (which owns the remaining 20%).

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Fabio Wardley

Fabio Wardley (born 18 December 1994) is a British professional boxer who currently holds the British, Commonwealth and WBO European heavyweight titles.

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Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Conor McGregor

Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Tyson Fury vs Francis Ngannou and Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Conor McGregor are Crossover boxing matches.

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Francis Ngannou

Francis Zavier Ngannou (born 5 September 1986) is a Cameroonian and French professional mixed martial artist and professional boxer who is currently signed to the Professional Fighters League (PFL).

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Hauts-Plateaux

Hauts-Plateaux is a department of West Province in Cameroon.

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Heavyweight

Heavyweight is a weight class in combat sports and professional wrestling.

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István Bernáth

István Bernáth (born 28 January 1989) is a Hungarian professional boxer.

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Joe Joyce vs Zhilei Zhang

Joe Joyce vs. Tyson Fury vs Francis Ngannou and Joe Joyce vs Zhilei Zhang are 2023 in boxing and boxing on ESPN.

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Joseph Parker

Joseph Dennis Parker, (born 9 January 1992) is a New Zealand professional boxer.

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Junior Anthony Wright

Junior Anthony Wright Jr. (born August 12, 1986) is an American professional boxer who challenged for the WBA cruiserweight title in 2016.

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Kayo Sports

Kayo Sports is an over-the-top video streaming subscription service available in Australia, owned by Hubbl (formerly Streamotion and a wholly owned subsidiary of Foxtel Group).

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Kingdom Arena

Kingdom Arena is an association football stadium located in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

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Lancashire

Lancashire (abbreviated Lancs) is a ceremonial county in North West England.

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Light middleweight

Light middleweight, also known as junior middleweight or super welterweight, is a weight class in boxing but also may include other combat sports.

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List of UFC champions

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) champions are fighters who have won UFC championships.

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Main Event (TV channel)

Main Event (previously known as Event TV or Main Attraction) is Australia's only sports pay-per-view channel.

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Martin Bakole

Martin Bakole Ilunga (born 1 June 1993) is a Congolese professional boxer.

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Mauricio Sulaimán

Mauricio Sulaimán Saldivar (born 30 December 1969) is a Mexican businessman and sports administrator.

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Mixed martial arts

Mixed martial arts (MMA) is a full-contact combat sport based on striking, grappling and ground fighting, incorporating techniques from various combat sports from around the world.

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MMA Junkie

MMA Junkie is a news website that covers the sport of mixed martial arts (MMA).

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Morecambe

Morecambe is a seaside town and civil parish in the City of Lancaster district of Lancashire, England, on Morecambe Bay, part of the Irish Sea.

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Moses Itauma

Moses Itauma (born 28 December 2004) is a Slovakian-born professional boxer who holds the WBO Intercontinental heavyweight title.

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North American Boxing Federation

The North American Boxing Federation (NABF) is a not-for-profit regional sanctioning body that awards regional boxing titles.

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Oleksandr Usyk

Oleksandr Oleksandrovych Usyk (Олександр Олександрович Усик,; born 17 January 1987) is a Ukrainian professional boxer.

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Orthodox stance

In combat sports such as boxing and MMA, an orthodox stance, also known as a northpaw stance, is one in which the fighter places their left foot in front, thus placing their left side closer to the opponent.

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Pay-per-view

Pay-per-view (PPV) is a type of pay television or webcast service that enables a viewer to pay to watch individual events via private telecast.

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Professional boxing

Professional boxing, or prizefighting, is regulated, sanctioned boxing.

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Professional Fighters League

The Professional Fighters League (PFL) is an American mixed martial arts league founded by venture capitalist Donn Davis in 2017 and launched in 2018, following the acquisition and restructuring of the former World Series of Fighting (WSOF) promotion in 2017 by MMAX Investment Partners.

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Riyadh

Riyadh (ar-Riyāḍ) is the capital and largest city of Saudi Arabia.

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Riyadh Season

Riyadh Season is a series of entertainment, cultural, and sporting events held in the Saudi Arabian capital of Riyadh.

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Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in West Asia and the Middle East.

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Simon Kean

Simon Kean (born 11 January 1989) is a former Canadian professional boxer.

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Sky Sports

Sky Sports is a group of British subscription sports channels operated by the satellite pay television company Sky Group (a division of Comcast), and is the dominant subscription television sports brand in the United Kingdom and Ireland.

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Split decision

A split decision (SD) is a winning criterion in boxing, most commonly in full-contact combat sports, in which two of the three judges score one particular competitor as the winner, while the third judge scores for the other competitor.

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Streaming media refers to multimedia for playback using an offline or online media player that is delivered through a network.

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Superman punch

A superman punch is a technique used in Sanda, Lethwei, Muay Thai, ITF-style Taekwondo, kickboxing, mixed martial arts fighting and professional wrestling.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.

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The Ring (magazine)

The Ring (often called The Ring magazine or Ring magazine) is an American boxing magazine that was first published in 1922 as a boxing and wrestling magazine.

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The Sports Network

The Sports Network (TSN) is a Canadian English language discretionary sports specialty channel owned by CTV Specialty Television, owned jointly by Bell Media (70%) and ESPN Inc. (30%), itself a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company.

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TNT Sports Box Office

TNT Sports Box Office (formerly BT Sport Box Office) is a pay-per-view channel from TNT Sports.

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Tony Yoka

Anthony Victor James Yoka (born 28 April 1992) is a French professional boxer.

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Transnational Boxing Rankings Board

The Transnational Boxing Rankings Board (TBRB) is an all-volunteer initiative formed in October 2012 with the intention of providing professional boxing with top-ten rankings, identifying the singular world champion of every division and to insist on the sport's reform.

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Tyson Fury

Tyson Luke Fury (born 12 August 1988) is a British professional boxer.

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Tyson Fury vs Derek Chisora III

Tyson Fury vs Derek Chisora III was a professional boxing match contested between WBC heavyweight champion, Tyson Fury, and WBA International heavyweight champion, Derek Chisora, that took place on 3 December 2022 at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, with Fury winning by technical knockout in the tenth round. Tyson Fury vs Francis Ngannou and Tyson Fury vs Derek Chisora III are boxing matches involving Tyson Fury and boxing on ESPN.

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Tyson Fury vs Dillian Whyte

Tyson Fury vs Dillian Whyte was a professional boxing event that featured heavyweight professional boxing match contested between WBC and ''The Ring'' heavyweight champion, Tyson Fury, and WBC interim heavyweight champion, Dillian Whyte. Tyson Fury vs Francis Ngannou and Tyson Fury vs Dillian Whyte are boxing matches involving Tyson Fury and boxing on ESPN.

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Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk

Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk, billed as Ring of Fire, was a heavyweight professional boxing match contested between WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury and unified WBA (Super), IBF, WBO, IBO, and The Ring heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk for the undisputed heavyweight championship. Tyson Fury vs Francis Ngannou and Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk are boxing matches in Saudi Arabia, boxing matches involving Tyson Fury, boxing on DAZN, boxing on ESPN, boxing on TNT Sports (United Kingdom) and sports competitions in Riyadh.

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Ultimate Fighting Championship

The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is an American mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion company based in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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United States dollar

The United States dollar (symbol: $; currency code: USD; also abbreviated US$ to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies; referred to as the dollar, U.S. dollar, American dollar, or colloquially buck) is the official currency of the United States and several other countries.

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World Boxing Association

The World Boxing Association (WBA), formerly known as the National Boxing Association (NBA), is the oldest and one of four major organizations which sanction professional boxing bouts, alongside the World Boxing Council (WBC), International Boxing Federation (IBF) and World Boxing Organization (WBO).

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