WATCH: “He did 129,000 and I did 40,000…” Tom Aspinall contemplates ‘quitting’ after failing to reach Francis Ngannou’s score on punching machine

Francis Ngannou sets a staggering PowerKube record. It left Tom Aspinall question his own striking force after multiple attempts.

WATCH: “He did 129,000 and I did 40,000…” Tom Aspinall contemplates ‘quitting’ after failing to reach Francis Ngannou’s score on punching machine

Tom Aspinall fails to defeat Francis Ngannou's record (Image via: YouTube)

Francis Ngannou left the UFC as the undisputed heavyweight champion. In his absence, the UFC booked Jon Jones vs Ciryl Gane for the vacant title, which Jones easily won. However, Jones has not defended the title due to an injury. In Jones’s absence, the UFC booked an interim title fight between Sergei Pavlovich and Tom Aspinall, which Apsinall easily won. Jones submitted Gane in the first round, while Aspinall knocked out Pavlovich in the first round.

Even though the heavyweight boxing champion held the moniker of ‘The Baddest Man on the Planet,’ many consider the UFC heavyweight champion as the ‘baddest’ now. As such, Ngannou, Jones, and Aspinall have a claim to be the ‘baddest.’ Ngannou is the hardest puncher of the trio, as evidenced by his brutal knockouts. Moreover, he even scored a whopping score of 129,000 on a punching machine. Aspinall failed miserably to break the record, as he could only score 40,000. This is what Aspinall said after he failed.

If he did 129,000 and I did 40,000, that is ridiculous stuff...I might quit. I'm thinking about quitting.
Tom Aspinall via YouTube channel
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Aspinall tried multiple times on the machine made by PowerKube. 45,000 was the highest score he could get. He also scored in the 20,000s and 30,000s. One of the technicians advised that Aspinall did not hit the target area. He also urged Aspinall to use his elbows to generate power.

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Francis Ngannou had, in the past, shown his power in a different punching machine. Recently, UFC middleweight Joe Pyfer claimed to have surpassed that record. However, the technicians found the machine to be faulty at the time. Nonetheless, UFC welterweight Sean Brady attested on Joe Rogan’s podcast that Pyfer hits very hard.

Tom Aspinall previews Anthony Joshua vs Francis Ngannou

Francis Ngannou made his boxing debut against Tyson Fury in Riyadh and made a name for himself. Ngannou dropped Fury in the fight and only lost via split decision. He made the biggest fight purse of his career in his fight against Fury. Now, the Cameroonian will have his second boxing fight against Anthony Joshua.

Tom Aspinall previews Francis Ngannou vs Anthony Joshua
Tom Aspinall previews Francis Ngannou vs Anthony Joshua (via Yahoo Sports/Eurosport)

Tom Aspinall had predicted Fury to easily prevail over Ngannou as he had previously trained with Fury. However, Ngannou surprised Aspinall with his performance. Now, Aspinall previewed Ngannou’s fight with Joshua, and Aspinall gave Ngannou a bigger chance against Joshua than Fury. Aspinall stated that Ngannou’s boxing skills were his weakness, but he could knock out Joshua.

Moreover, he also stated that the unpredictability of the punches could also trouble Joshua. Aspinall did not write off Joshua. He praised Joshua’s accomplished background in the sport and even stated that Joshua could easily win by sticking to the fundamentals.

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