By The Numbers: Tyson Fury vs. Francis Ngannou

Tyson Fury will meet Francis Ngannou in a Top Rank-GIMIK Fight Promotions boxing pay-per-view on Saturday at Boulevard Hall in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. “Rumble in Riyadh” pits two of the most accomplished heavyweights in boxing and mixed martial arts history against one another.

Fury enters the ring with a 33-0-1 record. He last fought on Dec. 3, when he stopped Derek Chisora on a 10th-round technical knockout in London and retained the World Boxing Council heavyweight championship. Ngannou, meanwhile, makes his boxing debut with a 17-3 record as a mixed martial artist. He has not competed since UFC 270, where he retained the Ultimate Fighting Championship with a five-round unanimous decision over Ciryl Gane on Jan. 22, 2022 in Anaheim, California.

In advance of the Fury-Ngannou crossover blockbuster, a look at some of the numbers that have accompanied the two participants to this point:

35: Years of age for Fury, who was born on Aug. 12, 1988 in Manchester, England.

24: Fury victories by knockout as a professional boxer, accounting for 73% of his career total (33). Chisora (twice), Deontay Wilder (twice), Dillian Whyte, Otto Wallin, Tom Schwarz and Steve Cunningham anchor his list of victims.

1,344: Days spent by Fury as WBC heavyweight champion. He laid claim to the title when he stopped Wilder on a seventh-round technical knockout in their Feb. 22, 2020 rematch. Fury has defended three times since, winning all three inside the distance.

85: Inches of reach for Fury, which gives him a two-inch advantage over Ngannou in that department. At 6-foot-9, he also holds a five-inch edge in height.

1: Stalemate on the Fury ledger. He fought to a split draw with Wilder in their first encounter on Dec. 1, 2018. It remains Fury’s only blemish to date.

37: Years of age for Ngannou, who was born in Batie, Cameroon, on Sept. 5, 1986.

12: Ngannou wins by knockout as a professional mixed martial artist, accounting for 71% of his career total (17). Stipe Miocic, Jairzinho Rozenstruik, Junior dos Santos, Cain Velasquez, Curtis Blaydes, Andrei Arlovski and Alistair Overeem highlight his list of victims.

659: Days spent by Ngannou as UFC heavyweight champion. He captured the crown when he punched out Miocic in the second round of their March 27, 2021 main event at UFC 260 and retained it in his aforementioned confrontation with Gane before being stripped of the title when he left the UFC due to a contract dispute on Jan. 14, 2023.

36: Rounds started by Ngannou in MMA. He has gone the distance on four different occasions and carries a 1-3 record in those bouts. Ngannou does not have a single round of pro boxing experience to his credit.

3: Sub-minute stoppages for Ngannou as a mixed martial artist. He put away Blaydes in 45 seconds at UFC Fight Night 141, wiped out Velasquez in 26 seconds at UFC on ESPN 1 and took out Rozenstruik in 20 seconds at UFC 249.