Interim UFC Heavyweight Champion trainer Cyril Gan and Francis Ngannou’s former trainer Fernand Lopez in an interview “SE» spoke about the love of his former fighter for America.
– You said that Francis always raved about America and wanted to live there. Why?
– I do not know. People have their complexes. Perhaps in Cameroon he watched all these American films, Hollywood and thought how cool it was. I once asked him: “Hey, freeboy, why are you so turned on the USA?” He replied: “I don’t know, I always dreamed of going there.” He’s just in love with America.
Why do you call him a freeboy?
He was the first to call me that. This is the name of people who escaped from Africa to Europe or the USA. It is believed that such a person has gained freedom, and therefore a freeboy (from the English “free” – “free”).
Ngannou and Gan will fight on January 22 at UFC 270 in Anaheim.
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