Tyson Fury has not yet said whether he will continue his career to face former two-time heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua in the ‘Battle of Britain’ in 2025. Expected to be $100 million each for AJ and ‘The Gypsy King’. to create some Turki Al-Shiekh in their household waste.
The real British best
This fight will prove who is the better of these two guys, but not the UK’s #1 or even #2 heavyweight. That’s how faded Fury and Joshua are. The two best heavyweights in the UK are Daniel Dubois and Martin Bakole. Even the 20-year-old, inexperienced Moses Itauma might be better than AJ and Tyson.
Again, the Fury-Joshua fight will be about the best guy between them. It’s almost like an old fashioned or celebrity level competition. It’s a shame they couldn’t fight seven years ago when they were younger and considered the top heavyweights in the division. For them to fight now is strange. I don’t know what to call this fight other than an old fashioned clash.
You can understand why Fury (34-2-1, 24 KOs) might choose to retire rather than face Joshua (28-4, 24 KOs) after being knocked out for the second time by unified heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk was beaten in Riyadh on December 21.
The proud former WBC champion was bitter and in complete denial after his second loss. As in the first fight, he thought he had done enough to deserve the victory. Tyson can walk away on principle and refuse to let the boxing world see him fight again.
It would be self-defeating on Fury’s part, but it’s a predictable move if he harbors hurt feelings. He can choose to sulk and refuse to grace fans with his presence since they had something to do with his two losses. He is still just a big kid despite his old age.
Assuming Fury comes back for the dough, it is possible that he will be the favorite against the 35-year-old Joshua. It’s not that Fury has better speed, power or athletic ability than Joshua.
That’s how AJ was blown out in five rounds by his last opponent, the IBF heavyweight champion Daniel Dubois, on September 21. It wasn’t even sport. Joshua’s striking resistance seemed gone as he was dropped four times in the bout before being stopped in the fifth.
AJ’s power
Fury has looked vulnerable to power shots from Usyk in both of their fights, and his punch resistance appears to have weakened from his three fights against Deontay Wilder.
If Joshua can land the same kind of right hands that he used to knock out Francis Ngannou, Fury won’t make it past the second round. He won’t be able to avoid Joshua’s power like he did Deontay or Wladimir Klitschko. Joshua isn’t gunshy, and he won’t be worn down by leaning like Wilder was.
It will be fun to see how well Fury holds up against Joshua being punched at full force in this fight. AJ is going to hunt a bear from round one, and I don’t see him stopping until he pockets a bearded one.
