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MMA fighter and boxer Francis Ngannou says his 15-month-old son Kobe | |
has died | |
By Ben Morse, CNN | |
Updated: | |
4:57 AM EDT, Tue April 30, 2024 | |
Source: CNN | |
Francis Ngannou’s 15-month-old son Kobe has died, the MMA fighter and | |
posted on Monday. | |
“Too soon to leave but yet he’s gone,” Ngannou . “My little | |
boy, my mate, my partner Kobe was full of life and joy. Now, he’s | |
laying without life. I shouted his name over and over but he’s not� | |
responding.” | |
Ngannou didn’t disclose the cause of his son’s death. | |
“I was my best self next to him and now I have no clue of who I | |
am,” added Ngannou in his Instagram post. “Life is so unfair to hit | |
us where it hurts the most. | |
“How do you deal with such a thing? How can you live with it? Please | |
help me if you have an idea because I really don’t know what to do | |
and how to deal with this.” | |
In a , formerly known as Twitter, Ngannou wrote: “What’s the | |
purpose of life if what we’re fighting tooth and nail to get away | |
from is what finally hit us the hardest!? | |
“Why is life so unfair and merciless? Why does life always take what | |
we don’t have? I’m f*cking tired.” | |
Many of Ngannou’s contemporaries offered their condolences to the | |
37-year-old fighter, including former UFC champion Conor McGregor. | |
“I am so sorry to hear of your loss Francis, my prayers are with you | |
and your family at this time,” he . | |
Ngannou’s manager, Marquel Martin, said that he was “heartbroken” | |
for the fighter. | |
“I’m so sorry that you and your family are going through this,” | |
Martin | |
“I don’t have the words to even begin to tell you how bad I feel | |
for you. Im trying to write this without breaking down again. We’ve | |
had our ups and downs as brothers, but NOTHING comes before our | |
families and the love that we have for them.” | |
Ngannou’s trainer Eric Nicksick also offered the fighter his support. | |
“You’ve been our rock, our guiding light through thick and thin. | |
Now, as you face this unimaginable loss, please know that we’re here | |
for you, ready to be your support just as you’ve always been for | |
us,” Nicksick . | |
“Lean on us, cry with us, and let us share the burden of your grief. | |
Together, we’ll navigate this dark time, and together, we’ll find a | |
way to honor and remember your precious Kobe. You’re not alone in | |
this, and you never will be.” | |
Ngannou had made a living in the UFC, where he had been heavyweight | |
champion, but the veteran fighter has recently . | |
In his first professional fight, dubbed the ‘Battle of the | |
Baddest,’ against Tyson Fury, Ngannou put on a good show with | |
onlookers surprised by how quickly he adapted to life as a boxer and by | |
how comfortable he looked against someone regarded as one of the best | |
heavyweight boxers of the current generation in an eventual loss. | |
Ngannou lost his second professional fight against Anthony Joshua in | |
March. | |
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