Francis Ngannou
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Podcast Appearances
Because they haven't had a stage to play on.
And we think like, oh, he's nobody.
Oh, he's not an elite.
Let me take you some example.
Before Andy Ruiz fought Anthony Joshua, would you think about him as an elite fighter?
But he was still there, and he was just as good as he is right now.
But because he didn't have the scene to be seen, to be exposed, so nobody cared about him.
And if you say, oh, I spar with Andy Ruiz, I'm like, yes, but you haven't sparred with him.
You see?
And there's a lot of people like that out there.
Yeah, they haven't got their shot, but they are there.
They are present.
They are elite.
No, even before I left, I wanted to be a boxer.
Even decades before I left, I wanted to be a boxer.
That wasn't even a question.
I always knew what I wanted.
I was living my dream.
There is no way that, I don't think there is a way that thing is supposed to be.
You get what you get and then you be grateful and then you make the best out of it.