UFC heavyweight Tom Aspinall has urged TYSON FURY to fight Francis Ngannou under mixed rules.
Fury, 34, announced his retirement from boxing after he defeated Dillian Whyte, 34 at Wembley.
The British boxing legend, however, confirmed that he would fight in cross-platform spectacles and challenged Ngannou (35), UFC champion.
Fury, 33 years old, requested a boxing match with slammer4oz MMA gloves.
Aspinall, however, wants to see both codes come together with clinching and kicking involved.
Sky Sports interviewed him: "I would like to see them fight. That would be amazing.
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"Little gloves, five-minute rounds, that would make the job a little easier.
"I believe they should have first round boxing only, then second round boxing with low kicks, third round boxing, and finally, third round boxing, low kickes, and clinching. Something like that would make it more even.
"If it's boxing with gloves on, I think it makes it even more but still, we're talking about one the greatest boxers to ever live. These are very unlikely.
"Ngannou is a beast, but he still has a chance to win. But if you add a few kicks and some clinching, it might even out a little.
SIGN UP DEALS AND FREE BETS - THE BEST NEW CUSTOMER OFFERINGSFury is averse to MMA and would rather fight in a striking-only match.
However, the heavyweight champion has previously trained in Aspinall’s gym with UFC middleweight Darren Till (29).
Aspinall, 29 years old, said that he had dealt with Aspinall before and was interested in the topic.
"I know that he has done bits of grappling and bits of kicks before. He was also down in our gym training.
"He has an obvious interest in it. It would be a great experience for me to see it.
