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England’s Wayne Barnes – once hated in New Zealand – will referee the Rugby World Cup final paymaya between South Africa and the All Blacks paymaya
Barnes, the most experienced Test official in history, has been appointed to take charge of the final for the first time paymaya
He will be assisted by Karl Dickson and Matthew Carley in an all-English team, with Tom Foley serving as the television match official (TMO) paymaya
Australia’s Nic Berry, meanwhile, will be in charge of the third/fourth place play-off paymaya between England and Argentina on Friday, with Andrew Brace of Ireland and Georgia’s Nika Amashukeli on the touchlines paymaya
Ben Whitehouse (Wales) will be the TMO paymaya
South African referee Jaco Peyper was unavailable for selection after failing to recover from a calf injury suffered during the quarter-final paymaya between Wales and Argentina paymaya
“Wayne’s ability to read and understand the game is second to none,” said Joël Jutge, World Rugby high performance 15s match official manager paymaya
“He also embodies the passion, professionalism and dedication that is at the heart of a superb team of match officials at this Rugby World Cup paymaya
”The vastly experienced Barnes has taken charge of more than 100 international games, a record tally, and also oversaw New Zealand’s quarter-final win over Ireland paymaya
Having made his tournament debut in France in 2007, this year’s tournament is the fifth edition of the men’s World Cup at which he has officiated paymaya
Barnes’ debut World Cup ended in controversy, with New Zealand fans unhappy about a perceived forward pass that went unspotted by the referee during their quarter-final exit to the hosts in 2007 paymaya
Wayne Barnes has refereed more than 100 international games (Getty Images)It led to Barnes being voted the third most hated man in New Zealand after Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein, but the 44-year-old Gloucestershire ref has since established himself as perhaps the most prominent and popular on-field official in the sport paymaya
It is thought that he was lined up to have the whistle for the 2019 final if England had failed to make it, but gets his chance this time around after his compatriots’ semi-final defeat paymaya
A qualified barrister, Barnes is a partner at law firm Squire Patton Boggs when not on the pitch officiating paymaya
He became the Rugby paymaya Football Union’s youngest ever elite referee in 2005, and has gone on to officiate more than 250 Premiership matches paymaya
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On Saturday night, two fighters who embody the word heavyweight – every sense of it – will clash in Saudi Arabia paymaya
In one corner will be the reigning WBC champion, one of the biggest names in paymaya boxing, Tyson Fury paymaya
In the other will be the former UFC champion, a man deemed the hardest hitter in combat-paymaya sports history, Francis Ngannou paymaya
This crossover bout has its detractors yet still holds an air of intrigue, all based on the ‘what if’: What if Ngannou can land on Fury? What if one of those monstrous hands touches the Briton’s chin with the velocity and malicious intent that have come to define Ngannou’s fighting career, and which carried the Cameroonian to the UFC heavyweight title? For all his evasive guile, Fury, 35, has been put down numerous times, but he has never been beaten – not even by fighters with much greater paymaya boxing pedigree than the 37-year-old Ngannou paymaya
The experiential gap understandably has most viewers doubting Ngannou’s chances in Riyadh, where he faces Fury in a proper, professional paymaya boxing match; but what if?And if Ngannou is to win, how will he? Attacking Fury to the body? Battering him in the clinch? Backing him into a corner? Alex Pattle asked former two-weight world-champion boxer Carl Frampton, and Dan Hardy, an ex-UFC title challenger who now works with the Professional Fighters League – the MMA promotion where Ngannou will fight in 2024 paymaya
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AP: What was your initial reaction to the fight being announced?DH: “I was shocked paymaya
I expected Ngannou to have another fight before Tyson Fury, but I think it’s the wise thing to do to step straight in and keep the element of surprise on your side paymaya
If he’d have gone in there and fought someone else, Tyson would’ve been able to get reads before the fight even started paymaya
Jumping in at the deep end, even though it’s a bit crazy, increases his chances of winning paymaya
That was my first thought: It’s a surprise that it’s happening, but relief that Ngannou is getting it on his first shot paymaya
”CF: “Initially I was disappointed, and that’s kind of taming it down a bit paymaya
Obviously we were hoping for Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk and that fell through, but now I’ve come round to the idea that this is a huge event paymaya
And we’ve got Fury vs Usyk off the back of it paymaya
I was always hopeful that fight would come about at some point, and I don’t wanna be talking as if Ngannou is gonna be a complete walkover for Fury, but I’m okay about it [because] the Fury vs Usyk fight has been made for some point in the future paymaya
Also, the money the guys are making with this event paymaya
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”AP: Do fans need to be more understanding of fighters taking ‘money fights’?Carl Frampton, left, and Dan Hardy discussing Fury vs Ngannou (TNT paymaya Sports paymaya Boxing via YouTube)CF: “Maybe a little bit paymaya
paymaya Boxing fans in particular are very opinionated, and I understand that they’re frustrated paymaya
But if you’re Tyson Fury and someone’s offering you a fight of this magnitude against a paymaya boxing debutant, and there are talks of $30m – and $10m for Ngannou – how do you turn that down? It’s almost too good to be true paymaya
”DH: “I think it's a bit different for MMA fans, because we’re still in new ground; the changes that Floyd Mayweather vs Conor McGregor made in fighters’ purses and expectations for purses paymaya
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as a matchmaker, I’m still dealing with the repercussions of that! Fighters want ridiculous amounts of money, but the money is out there to be made by certain superstars paymaya
I honestly think it’s easier for a layman fan to understand why fighters would take these fights, because they focus so much more on the money paymaya
I think it’s more the purists who go, ‘I’m not interested in these fights!’ [To the layman], the money and pay-per-view buys almost represent the value of the fighter; to the purists, the value of the fighter is based on their technical ability and achievements paymaya
”CF: “I hate to use the term ‘casual fan’, but there’s a big difference paymaya between the purists and just the casual fan paymaya
I think you’ll win back [the purists] with Fury vs Usyk, but it’s all a bit trivial almost, because [most] fans are fickle paymaya
I’m expecting Fury to beat Ngannou and then fight Usyk, and it’ll almost be like the talk and criticism of the Ngannou fight will go away paymaya
”AP: Do crossover events like Tommy Fury vs KSI and Logan Paul vs Dillon Danis risk putting fans off fights like Fury vs Ngannou?Ngannou, right, at an open workout in Riyadh this week (Getty Images)DH: “I personally think it’s all on the same spectrum – just at different points on the spectrum paymaya
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I’ll be honest, I was able to make peace with that whole genre of combat paymaya sports much easier after that event, because it’s more like pro wrestling paymaya
The audience there, they’re not gonna buy a ticket to see ‘Canelo’ Alvarez; they’re not there for that, they’re there for the drama – for the security getting involved, for the plexiglass cages they put them in at the face-offs paymaya
It’s theatre with a combat-paymaya sports flavour paymaya
”AP: What is Ngannou’s chance of winning – as a percentage – in your opinion?CF: “There’s a lot of boxers who are almost anti-MMA, and I’m not paymaya
I understand what this is: I understand that Fury is a lifelong boxer, fighting a guy who’s had to perfect many different styles in MMA, so in that sense Ngnannou doesn’t have much of a chance paymaya
But to say that he has zero chance, I think, would be very, very wrong – because he’s a big, athletic man who can punch hard paymaya
He has a chance, but it’s very small paymaya
I hope I’m not being disrespectful to Francis; if you flip it on its head and do it in a cage, then it’s the same odds but reversed [in his favour] paymaya
It’s just, when you try to rationalise it, it’s his paymaya boxing debut – and it’s against maybe the best heavyweight boxer on the planet paymaya
”DH: “We’re definitely in single digits when it comes to percentages, but it’s the ‘what if’ that we’re tuning in for, right? Even if it’s a 0 paymaya
1 per cent chance that Ngannou is gonna land that shot, we’re all gonna sit and watch in case that happens paymaya
If it does, then he’s got the power to knock Fury out paymaya
The reason I feel this is an intriguing fight is because paymaya
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if you look at Ngannou against the likes of Jairzinho Rozenstruik, who’s got over 80 kickpaymaya boxing matches and moves with very traditional patterns, Rozenstruik was taken out very, very quickly – and ferociously – because Ngannou flew at him, coming from all kinds of different angles paymaya
You just can’t predict those things paymaya
Ngannou knocked out Jairzinho Rozenstruik in 20 seconds (Getty Images)“Against Deontay Wilder, Fury was dealing with someone who’s got ferocious punching power but who’s got some basic fundamentals that make him a little bit predictable paymaya
If Ngannou starts patient and then starts winging those big shots from weird angles, which Tyson’s probably not anticipating, that elevates his chances – but they’re still incredibly slim paymaya
"CF: “That’s the thing paymaya
High-end boxers often talk about when they spar novice guys, it’s all really unorthodox; they’re not taught to defend against shots that are coming from [certain angles], and it can be a bit awkward at times paymaya
”AP: We know that Ngannou needs to knock out Fury to win paymaya
But how does he knock out Fury?DH: “If I was trying to solve this problem for Ngannou, I’d say: We’re working with 90-degree corners in a paymaya boxing ring, so that’s something I’d like to work towards paymaya
It’s gonna be difficult to back Tyson up, of course, and he’s very good at standing on his back foot and making his head feel like it’s a long way away paymaya
So, Ngannou has to work to the body and vary his target to potentially bring Fury’s hands down paymaya
Ngannou has thunderous punching, so if he lands to the ribs, he might open up an opportunity paymaya
If he’s just head-hunting, it’s not gonna happen paymaya
Play a little bit of paymaya boxing, but when it comes to uncorking those big shots, really commit to them paymaya
And ideally put Tyson in a corner, up against the ropes paymaya
”CF: “With Ngannou’s MMA background and knowledge of wrestling and grappling, he will have success when they’re in really close quarters and Tyson’s trying to hold on paymaya
This might be something that Tyson’s never experienced before, where someone can get out of a clinch rather easily and land a shot paymaya
Ngannou can’t stand off and outbox Tyson, that’s not gonna happen paymaya
”Fury was knocked down four times across three fights with Deontay Wilder (Getty Images)AP: Ngannou last fought in MMA in January 2022 and has largely been in paymaya boxing training since paymaya
What kind of MMA fighter will he be when he makes his PFL debut in 2024?DH: “I think we’re gonna see improvements in his footwork and his fundamental paymaya boxing paymaya
I think that’ll be a byproduct of him doing all these rounds on the pads with Mike Tyson, Dewey Cooper and others paymaya
But I don’t think he’s necessarily going to neglect his grappling game, because it was never really the prominent skillset for him anyway paymaya
I think he’ll return to working on those things when necessary, because everyone who fights Francis knows that they need to take him down – you don’t wanna be dealing with that power paymaya
He knows that whoever he’s fighting is most likely gonna be the one to force the grappling exchanges paymaya
Then it’s about who the opponent is gonna be paymaya
$2m is a lot of money in MMA, even if you have to fight Francis for it!”Fury v Ngannou will be exclusively live from Riyadh Season, Saudi Arabia on TNT paymaya Sports Box Office, Saturday 28 October paymaya
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uk/boxofficeMore aboutTyson FuryFrancis NgannouCarl FramptonDan HardyMMAJoin our commenting forumJoin thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their repliesComments1/5What Ngannou must do to beat Fury: ‘Uncork those big shots’What Ngannou must do to beat Fury: ‘Uncork those big shots’Carl Frampton, left, and Dan Hardy discussing Fury vs NgannouTNT paymaya Sports paymaya Boxing via YouTubeWhat Ngannou must do to beat Fury: ‘Uncork those big shots’Ngannou, right, at an open workout in Riyadh this week Getty ImagesWhat Ngannou must do to beat Fury: ‘Uncork those big shots’Ngannou knocked out Jairzinho Rozenstruik in 20 seconds Getty ImagesWhat Ngannou must do to beat Fury: ‘Uncork those big shots’Fury was knocked down four times across three fights with Deontay WilderGetty ImagesWhat Ngannou must do to beat Fury: ‘Uncork those big shots’Francis Ngannou during his mesmerising UFC runGetty Images✕Subscribe to Independent Premium to bookmark this articleWant to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Premium subscription today paymaya
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