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Davido insists Ngannou won Fury, says Cameroonian is his winner

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Ngannou lost his WBC heavyweight boxing challenge against Fury despite knocking down the Briton in Round 3 of the encounter

By Kehinde Okeowo

Ace Afrobeats singer and record label owner, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, has disagreed with the judges of the WBC heavyweight title boxing match between Francis Ngannou and title holder, Tyson Fury.

The ‘Electricity’ crooner also hailed the performance of Cameroonian ex-UFC champion, Ngannou in his boxing debut on Saturday night in Saudi Arabia.

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Ngannou lost his WBC heavyweight boxing challenge against Tyson Fury despite knocking down the Briton in Round 3 of the encounter. 

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The Cameroonian apart from knocking down Fury, also continued to outbox him for much of the bout, only to be denied a victory when the scorecards were read aloud.

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Reacting to the controversial decision by the judges, Davido insisted that Ngannou won the match despite the final verdict. 

Sharing a picture of the ex-UFC star via his Instagram story, Davido wrote, “francisngannou stellar performance! Def [definitely] won that!”

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