Francis Ngannou vs. Anthony Joshua fight trailer is insane!

Francis Ngannou and Anthony Joshua just had an incredible trailer drop for their fight. The Saudi promoters in conjunction with DAZN really pulled out all the stops on this one, giving it the full treatment with a super cool video game overlay reminiscent of old school, 8-bit fighting games. There’s dazzling special effects that make you feel like you’re in a movie-arcade game crossover. The clip is basically a mini-movie, and even has a title: Knockout Chaos.

The video is a fantastic way to market Francis Ngannou’s second foray into heavyweight boxing and once again, he’s facing another elite tier opponent in Anthony Joshua. Last week, Ngannou’s team dropped some training footage of Francis looking in phenomenal shape as Coach Dewey Cooper helps to condition his solar plexus, further adding to the pre-fight hype.

Francis Ngannou has this incredible opportunity after shocking the entire combat sports world when he not only took lineal heavyweight champion Tyson Fury to a split decision, he also knocked him down during the bout. Even with as good as Joshua has looked since his pair of disappointing losses to Usyk, it is not outside the realm of possibility to think Ngannou could win here. Joshua’s three victories since Usyk weren’t exactly over world-beaters and Francis still hits like a truck.

Didn’t we see another awesome trailer recently?

Last month, just a day before Tyson Fury’s camp released the unfortunate news that he’d suffered a terrible cut that forced his title bout with Oleksandr Usyk to be postponed, another trailer was released. It was similar to this one in that it was elaborate, had tons of special effects and even came with a Peaky Blinder narration. It was an amazing bit of promotional fodder, and surely not to be outdone anytime soon. Or so we thought…

Here we are, just a little over a month later and we have yet another shining example of the way fights—in any combat sport—should be promoted. We all thought the McGregor vs. Aldo trailer was the end all-be all, but one look at this clip shows the inadequacy of the UFC’s promotional machine. UFC 300 is just around the corner, so they have a golden opportunity to do something great. Considering the headlining bout, they really should go all out to give it some pizazz and make people feel like this is as important an event as the UFC leads us to believe the double zero cards are.

But anyway, I’ve kept you waiting long enough, let’s have a gander at the trailer:

When is Anthony Joshua vs. Francis Ngannou?

The heavyweight bout will headline a Saudi Arabian card in Riyadh where some of the fights won’t even be revealed until next week, according to Eddie Hearn. March 8th is the date with an early start time of 1pm Eastern. The PPV costs $39.99 through DAZN. A second option for purchase can be found at PPV.com, with the price there coming in at $69.99