Ngannou, age 37, (17-3-0, 12KOs) is an MMA fighter from Cameroon. He's just off from  stunning Tyson Fury in a close loss on his professional boxing debut last year, and he hopes to do it again against Joshua. This is his second professional  boxing fight. 

After losing his belts to Oleksandr Usyk in 2021 and losing in a rematch  a year later, Joshua (27-3, 24KOs) bounced back with three straight wins.  Joshua, 34, has aspirations of winning the world title a third time after his most recent win, a commanding stoppage victory over Otto Wallin in Saudi Arabia in December last year. 