Tyson Fury and everyone else devoted to boxing should be embarrassed. The unbeaten heavyweight champion of the world went down and had to rally to eke out a split decision victory over an opponent, former UFC champion Francis Ngannou, who was making his professional boxing debut. As someone said on X: “MMA won tonight.” And boxing lost. First, Ngannou deserves unreserved credit. The Cameroonian pointed out repeatedly that he started his combat sports career as a boxer and insisted he would perform better against Fury than many expected him to.