Francis Ngannou has earned himself the reputation as the hardest puncher in the world and he’s eager to show the world what he’s capable of when he faces WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury.

The former UFC heavyweight champion will face the Gypsy King in a boxing match on October 28 – with many claiming the Saudi Arabian clash will reveal who the ‘baddest man on the planet’ really is.

Ngannou holds the current record for the hardest punch in the world – having registered a striking power of 129,161 units on a PowerKube (which measures the power of a punch by analysing its force, speed and accuracy).

No one has managed to break Ngannou’s record, which was set in 2018. The last person that tried to overthrow the MMA star was the former World’s Strongest Man winner Eddie Hall, but he failed.

Hall’s opening attempt landed around the 91,000 mark. However, his subsequent attempts climbed to 93,000, then 98,000, before clearing 100,000 and peaking at 113,999 units.

Francis Ngannou (left) has earned himself the reputation as the hardest puncher in the world

Ngannou’s (right) eager to show the world what he’s capable of when he faces Tyson Fury (left)

Ngannou also earned a 122,000 unit off-balance uppercut punch. Before registering a speed power of 51,064 foot-pounds per second which is said to be equal to the horsepower of a family car.

The result also revealed how Ngannou’s knockout power would be enough to lift a 240lbs heavyweight off his feet – which is interesting considering Fury typically weighs in at 263lbs.

UFC president Dana White emphasised just how powerful the MMA star is by comparing his punches to being struck by a ’12-pound sledgehammer from full-force overhead’.

When introducing Ngannou to the stage ahead of his 2018 bout with Stipe Miocic at UFC 220, White said: ‘Francis is a guy who has the world record for the most powerful punch.

‘His punches are equivalent to 96 horsepower. That’s equal to getting hit by a Ford Escort going as fast as it can and it’s more powerful than a 12-pound sledgehammer from full-force overhead. Holy s***.’

While Ngannou’s coach Eric Nicksick previously admitted being hit by the MMA star was more painful than being struck in the head with a baseball bat.

He described Ngannou’s power as ‘ungodly’ and said he felt sorry for the 36-year-old’s opponents as they could never replicate his power.

‘I’ve been hit in the back with a baseball bat before, and literally the bat, it broke. It was a wooden bat, it broke across my back, and it didn’t bother me one bit,’ Nicksick said on MMA Hour.

Ngannou’s punching power is equal to being hit by a Ford Escort (above) going at full speed

UFC president Dana White emphasised just how powerful the MMA star is by comparing his punches to being struck by a ’12-pound sledgehammer from full-force overhead’

Many believe the Saudi Arabian clash between Fury (left) and Ngannou (right) will reveal who the ‘baddest man on the planet’ really is

‘Then I’ve been kicked by Francis to the point where I couldn’t walk for two weeks, man. Like, it’s bad. It hurts, man. It hurts bad.

‘I’ll have the Fairtex (leg) pads on, and he’ll start kicking that pad — and the pad, all of a sudden, feels like it starts to get scared, and the pad starts to move apart. You’re like, oh man, this thing’s going to land hard. This thing’s going to land flush.’

Nicksick went on to say that Ngannou’s ‘ungodly’ power is something he was born with and insisted no other athlete would be able to replicated it – regardless of how hard they trained.

‘It’s a different type of power, man, the way that this man can kick and punch and throw and generate power. It’s ungodly. There’s nothing that you can train to be like, that type of power,’ Nicksick said.

‘I think it’s just our job as coaches to be able to understand what’s next — how do you add on to that power? How do you not fall over that power?

‘Then what attributes or what strikes can you do to go off of that. So those are the things that I think we’ve worked on a lot.

‘But dude, I’ll tell you what, man — poor Dewey [Cooper]. Dewey’s elbows, my legs, my body, it’s just getting beat up constantly.’

Fury has not been out since his win over Derek Chisora at Wembley in December of last year