Billy Joe Saunders has his say on Tyson Fury’s controversial victory over former UFC champion Francis Ngannou in Saudi Arabia
Billy Joe Saunders has chalked Tyson Fury's performance against Francis Ngannou down to not being 'switched on'.And Saunders, who is a close friend of Fury's, has shared his thoughts on the fight with talkSPORT, saying: "It wasn't a robbery, it was very close, it could've gone either way and obviously Tyson got the nod. He's the champion."
"Normally you see him standing up tall, getting behind that jab, using his feints and I sort of... look if someone said to me you're fighting someone from the UFC in the boxing ring, I would probably take my eye off the ball a little bit, maybe not go through the fine details. "If Tyson was a fraction of himself, Ngannou wouldn't lay a glove on him, but I've seen Tyson in sparring, I've seen the way he acts in sparring when he's fighting certain people and to me it was like he wasn't switched on. And fair play to Ngannou he was a lot better than people thought."
"And when you've got no nerves and no fear and everybody's in his ear saying he's gonna do this to him or do that, he's a novice, he can't fight, I think that plays a big part in it and I think Tyson wasn't geared up.
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