{"id":95180,"date":"2023-10-28T04:08:56","date_gmt":"2023-10-28T04:08:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stopsmokingway.com\/?p=95180"},"modified":"2023-10-28T04:08:56","modified_gmt":"2023-10-28T04:08:56","slug":"cristiano-ronaldo-leads-the-famous-faces-at-pre-fury-ngannou-gala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stopsmokingway.com\/fighting\/cristiano-ronaldo-leads-the-famous-faces-at-pre-fury-ngannou-gala\/","title":{"rendered":"Cristiano Ronaldo leads the famous faces at pre-Fury-Ngannou gala"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Cristiano Ronaldo leads the famous faces at the gala dinner ahead of Tyson Fury&#8217;s Battle of the Baddest fight against Francis Ngannou &#8211; with iconic rapper Eminem and Rio Ferdinand also in attendance in Saudi Arabia<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><\/strong><span>Tyson Fury is set to take on Francis Ngannou in a crossover bout on Saturday<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Several famous faces from across the globe attended the pre-fight gala dinner\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>LISTEN: Exclusive Tyson Fury interview on THE HOOK &#8211; our new boxing podcast\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Several famous faces have descended on Saudi Arabia for Tyson Fury&#8217;s &#8216;Battle of the Baddest&#8217; crossover fight against Francis Ngannou.<\/p>\n<p>The Gypsy King and former MMA star are set to do battle on Saturday night in Riyadh in one of the most eagerly-anticipated bouts of the year.<\/p>\n<p>And on the eve of Fury-Ngannou, a gala dinner was held on Friday where several celebrities and big names from across the sporting world were pictured together.<\/p>\n<p>Cristiano Ronaldo &#8211; who relocated to Saudi Arabia last year when he joined Al-Nassr &#8211; was the biggest name and he was pictured mingling backstage with Fury.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, his former Manchester United team-mate Rio Ferdinand was also in attendance at the gala.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/28\/00\/77101321-12682031-Cristiano_Ronaldo_was_one_famous_face_at_the_gala_ahead_of_Tyson-m-60_1698451040353.jpg\" height=\"749\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Cristiano Ronaldo was one famous face at the gala ahead of Tyson Fury vs Francis Ngannou<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/28\/00\/77101327-12682031-image-m-56_1698450699456.jpg\" height=\"689\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>His former Man United team-mate Rio Ferdinand was also seen in attendance in Saudi Arabia<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/28\/00\/77101435-0-image-a-43_1698449987403.jpg\" height=\"622\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The Brazilian Ronaldo was pictured with Mike Tyson, who has trained Ngannou for this fight<\/p>\n<p>Mike Tyson has been coaching Ngannou in the build-up to his bout with Fury and the former boxer was another guest at the gala.<\/p>\n<p>Tyson was pictured with the Brazilian Ronaldo, with the footballing legend currently keeping himself busy as owner and chairman of Spanish second tier side\u00a0Real Valladolid.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Oleksandr Usyk &#8211; who signed a contract last month for an undisputed world heavyweight title battle later this year with Fury\u00a0&#8211; was at the event too and exchanged an unexpected embrace with Fury during the night.<\/p>\n<p>Many other boxing stars were also pictured, including former light-welterweight and welterweight world champion Ricky Hatton.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Brit is now a promoter and trainer and his son Campbell fights at lightweight professionally.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/28\/00\/77101437-0-image-a-44_1698449989561.jpg\" height=\"661\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Former British boxer Ricky Hatton had also flown over to Saudi Arabia to catch the bout<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/28\/00\/77095571-12682031-Tyson_Fury_and_Oleksandr_Usyk_shared_unexpected_embrace_in_Saudi-a-58_1698450983333.jpg\" height=\"732\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Oleksandr Usyk was there and shared unexpected embrace with Fury ahead of their fight<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/28\/00\/77101333-12682031-image-m-59_1698451005149.jpg\" height=\"840\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Iconic American rapper Eminem looked unrecognisable as he posed together with Ngannou<\/p>\n<p>Legendary US rapper Eminem could also be seen to be enjoying himself as he posed for photos with Ngannou.<\/p>\n<p>However, the now 51-year-old looked unrecognisable from his heyday in the spotlight as he wore a cap and appeared to now be sporting a ponytail.<\/p>\n<p>Many more famous faces are expected to be 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