TYSON FURY has been urged to ‘man the f*** up’ and fight Francis Ngannou in 4oz UFC gloves.
The boxing and MMA champions have been feuding online recently amid talk of a crossover fight.
But UFC middleweight Sean Strickland wants to see the Gypsy King honour his bare-knuckle roots and face Ngannou in thinner UFC gloves.
Strickland, 30, told Helen Yee Sports: “At the end of the day, we’re MMA fighters. Not boxers – there’s a clear difference.
“I think Tyson Fury should man the f*** up, he should man up.
“He’s a ‘Gypsy King’, he likes to do bare-knuckle, he should change the rules, do four-ounce gloves, close to bare-knuckle – be a man to your lineage.
“Because that’s what you say you are, show it to the world with Francis and then he can make the ‘go f*** yourself’ money, everybody is going to be happy.
“But I think if that’s the case, Francis has a legitimate shot at knocking out ‘The Gypsy King’.”
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Fury, 33, has himself teased a boxing match with UFC gloves in the past and called for a ‘clash of the heavyweight titans’.
Ngannou, 35, currently has no fights left on his UFC deal but as champion has a clause that keeps him contracted for another year.
Should he refuse to return to the octagon, his dream boxing move is just 12 months away.
Ngannou has previously called for a pay rise and stipulation which would allow him to box at the same time.
The Cameroonian is now set to undergo surgery on his knee after suffering a torn MCL and damaged ACL in his recent win over Ciryl Gane, 31.
