Former UFC heavyweight champion and Cameroonian MMA fighter Francis Ngannou has been ranked 10th in the World Boxing Council (WBC) heavyweight rankings.
Francis Ngannou did an outstanding job against the WBC Heavyweight Champion and the WBC Board of Governors has agreed to rank him as No. 10 in the Heavyweight division.
WBC statement
Ngannou had a fight against WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia this October. In this confrontation Francis was defeated by a split decision of judges. He has 17 wins and three losses in mixed martial arts.