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Tyson Fury still hasn’t said whether he’ll proceed his profession to face the previous two-time heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua within the ‘Battle of Britain’ in 2025. There’s expected to be $100 million each for AJ and ‘The Gypsy King’ to scoop up from Turki Al-Shiekh of their domestic scrap.
The Real UK Best
This fight will prove who one of the best of those two guys are, but not the UK’s #1 and even #2 heavyweight. That’s how faded Fury and Joshua are. The 2 best heavyweights within the UK are Daniel Dubois and Martin Bakole. Even 20-year-old, inexperienced Moses Itauma may be higher than AJ and Tyson.
Again, the Fury-Joshua fight might be about one of the best guy between them. It’s almost like an old-timer’s or celebrity-level contest. It’s too bad they couldn’t fight seven years ago after they were younger and viewed as the highest heavyweights within the division. For them to be fighting now, it’s weird. I don’t know what to call this fight apart from an old-timer’s clash.
You may understand why Fury (34-2-1, 24 KOs) might decide to retire relatively than face Joshua (28-4, 24 KOs) after getting beaten for the second time by unified heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk on December twenty first in Riyadh.
The proud former WBC champ was bitter and in full denial after his second loss. Like in the primary fight, he thought he’d done enough to deserve the victory. Tyson may walk away from principle and refuse to let the boxing world see him fight again. It could be self-defeating on Fury’s part, however it’s a predictable move if he’s nursing hurt feelings.
Assuming Fury does come back for the dough, it’s possible that he’d be the favourite against the 35-year-old Joshua. It’s not that Fury has higher speed, power, or athletic ability than Joshua.
It’s how AJ was blown out in five rounds by his last opponent, IBF heavyweight champion Daniel Dubois, on September twenty first. That wasn’t even sporting. Joshua’s punch resistance looked gone, as he was dropped 4 times in the competition before being stopped within the fifth.
AJ’s Power
Fury looked vulnerable taking power shots from Usyk in each of their fights, and it appears his punch resistance has deteriorated from his three fights against Deontay Wilder.
If Joshua can land the identical form of right-hand shots that he knocked out Francis Ngannou with, Fury won’t make it past the second round. He won’t have the option to avoid Joshua’s power the way in which he did Deontay or Wladimir Klitschko. Joshua isn’t gunshy, and he won’t be worn down by leaning the way in which Wilder was.
It’ll be fun to see how well Fury stands as much as Joshua getting punched with full force on this fight. AJ goes to be trying to find a bear from round one, and I don’t see him letting up until he bags a bearded one.
