Tyson Fury weighs in on Lionel Messi vs Cristiano Ronaldo debate as he meets CR7 ahead of ‘The Worst Fight’ match against Francis Ngannou

• Fury meets Ronaldo
• Talking about the Messi vs. Ronaldo debate
• Praising the Portuguese as “the greatest”

what happened? The British professional boxer was spotted chatting to Ronaldo ahead of this weekend’s WBC heavyweight title fight in Riyadh. The ‘Gypsy King’ was born in Manchester and Ronaldo became famous in the city after signing for Manchester United in 2003. Fury himself is a huge fan of the Red Devils and has attended several games at Old Trafford.

So it came as no surprise when the boxer dubbed Ronaldo “the greatest footballer” and revealed he had been keen to focus on his career in Manchester and subsequently Real Madrid.

what did they say: “Cristiano, you are the greatest footballer of all time, I mean it,” Fury told Ronaldo.

“Thank you very much,” the striker replied with a smile.

“I’m a huge football fan and I watch all the football games. I watched your games at Manchester United for the first and second time. All the Real Madrid games.”

Gossip: Ronaldo backs Fury ahead of ‘The Worst Fight’ in Riyadh on Saturday night. He attended the Champions Gala and even planned to punch the legend while the boxer was playing football with the footballer. During the conversation, when Ronaldo asked Fury why he no longer goes to the stadium more often, the athlete replied: “I come to the stadium, but when I go there I am tortured. It’s like… .Boom. It’s very difficult.” for me. “

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What’s next? Ronaldo will join Al Nasser against Al Faha in the Saudi Professional League on Saturday.