FRANCIS NGANNOU has fans fearing Anthony Joshua will be “sleeping for a week” after BREAKING the scale on a punch machine.
Ngannou faces Joshua on March 8 in Saudi Arabia in only his second boxing bout after making his ring debut against Tyson Fury in October.
The ex-UFC champion’s power was on full display as he dropped Fury in round three despite losing a controversial split-decision.
Ngannou’s power has never been in doubt but he proved he is far more than just a heavy-hitter.
Although if fans did need any reminding, the Cameroonian showed off his sensational strength on a punch machine.
He effortlessly throws a right hand on the target and clocked the top score of 999 – leaving fans in fear for Joshua.
One said: “If AJ gets caught with one of these, he’s sleeping for a week straight.”
Another added: “That’s an absurd amount of power.”
One said: “That is terrifying.”
Another commented: “AJ is going to have a tough night, if anyone gets hit with a bomb like that it’s night night.”
Ngannou’s frightening power was once tested and found to be the equivalent to 96 horse power.
That means it carries the same ferocity as a 12lb sledgehammer being swung at full force or being hit by a moving Ford Escort.
Former kickboxer Dewey Cooper has been the man tasked with honing Ngannou’s hands since joining the camp in 2017.
But along with Frenchman John Mbumba, their roles became even more important last year when Ngannou put on hold his MMA career to cross over to boxing.
But Cooper admits neither him or Mbumba can take credit for his devastating power.
Instead, he puts it down to Ngannou’s years spent working in sand mines in Cameroon for £1.50 a day from the age of ten.
Cooper told SunSport: “As far as his punching power, no that was something that he naturally had.
“He dug sand mines as a kid all the way up to his early 20s.
“Of course, his DNA, his Cameroonian heritage and that hard manual labour as a kid all the way up, I feel was the main attribute to that ungodly power.”
