Francis Ngannou, a former UFC heavyweight champion, told an interesting story about how, in his youth, his relatives thought about putting him in a “psychiatric ward.”
“When I first took up boxing, I was 22 years old. People thought I was crazy. If I hadn’t been big and scary, my family would have sent me to a mental hospital. They thought they had lost touch with reality. Even my mother told me: “Son, I love you and support you, but I hope that you will come to your senses soon.” That's how it all happened. Until I achieved my goal.”
