FRANCIS NGANNOU'S rags to riches story is destined for the big screen - and he has a British movie icon in mind to play him.

Ngannou was raised in Batie, Cameroon, by a single mum who split from his feared street fighter dad when he was six.

The future world champion fighter was working in the sand mines from the age of ten, earning just £1.50 a DAY.

He began training at 22 with the dreams of becoming a professional boxer but found his options exhausted in Africa.

So at 26, he made the life-changing decision to emigrate to France in a journey that took over ONE YEAR.

Ngannou opened up on his breakaway in an exclusive interview with SunSport in Saudi Arabia.

Read more: https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/244920...

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