[ BOXING POLL ADDED ] The Heavyweight Battle of Britain - FURY vs JOSHUA

[JollyGood]

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FURY
vs
JOSHUA

THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN
HEAVYWEIGHT BOXING

Usyk has announced he will not be fighting again this year even though Fury and his team were desperate for the fight to go ahead therefore Fury has made an open challenge via the media to Joshua challenging him to the Battle of Britain fight and putting his belts on the line while Joshua has zero belts.

If Joshua accepts and this fight goes ahead, what will will the outcome be and will it shape the future of boxing for years to come?

Fury is furious because he wants to get Usyk in the ring but has openly invited Joshua to take up the challenge because he made it clear he is not looking to retire just yet. He wants to get the fight confirmed to take place within 3-4 months by telling Joshua in typical Fury fashion "Let me know if you are interested" 

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[Oshosondy]

What I read on news after Oleksandr Usyk won Anthony Joshua the second time is that the next person he is fighting is the heavyweight champion, Tyson Fury. But I am surprised that he does not want to fight with Fury this year, likely because he knows the kind of strength and power Fury has and have to prepare ahead. But with the look of things, no boxer can stand Fury, I may be wrong, but we would see  by next year.

Let us see what Anthony Joshua would say about this, but if a match is organized between them both, Fury would likely win.

If Joshua accepts and this fight goes ahead, what will will the outcome be and will it shape the future of boxing for years to come?

Fury will likely win, he is definitely stronger in my opinion, while Fury versus Usyk would be next year.

[OgNasty]

Fury always seems to find a way to win. His unique size/length matched with his unnatural ability to react within a split second makes him a dangerous opponent. I always think he’s going to lose but he never seems to. I assume this fight will be more of the same for him.

[fortunecrypto]

We all thought he was going to stay retire if he cannot get that 500 million pounds, it seems Fury still wants to continue fighting and he picked the right opponent to dare him to fight, Joshua for his part accepted the challenge

Joshua accepted a fight with Fury - if terms can be agreed. "Yea calm. I don’t do the online discussions just for clout, so if you really about it shout 258 Management. I’ll be ready in December," he said.

Anthony Joshua accepts Tyson Fury fight after call-out from British rival

This is a very risky fight for Joshua because he is coming from a loss and he can't afford a third one as it will put him way below the all-time heavyweight greats, but this is the fight that we have all waited it should have happened years ago but so many things happened to come to this.

[coin-investor]

Years ago when they planned this fight Joshua is the holder of 4 belts and Fury had just come out of retirement but now the table is turned Fury is the champion and Joshua just suffered three losses and yet Fury calls out Joshua to make this fight happen,  the world has this wished to happen years ago, the situation is very much different but the pride and motivation of both guys to be the greatest British heavyweight champion is still there and hopefully, it will finally happen.

[Rruchi man]

Fury has made an open challenge via the media to Joshua challenging him to the Battle of Britain fight and putting his belts on the line while Joshua has zero belts.

Joshua reacted saying fury was just clout chasing on social media and should go through the proper channel.

If Joshua accepts and this fight goes ahead, what will will the outcome be and will it shape the future of boxing for years to come?

If I were Joshua, I would avoid fighting for the time being since I just came out of two successive defeats from Usyk, and especially not be in a hurry to fight against Fury who is at the moment more better than him in boxing. If AJ goes ahead to accept the fight as he also mentioned that he will be ready to fight in December, another defeat may just further send his career to bed.

[fortunecrypto]

I just stumbled upon this article in my social feed for the fight to push through the WBC must implement a special designated for a WBC title challenge with Tyson Fury, the good news is they will allow Joshua to challenge Fury under their special rule, this is surprising they want the fight to push through even to the extend of giving special designation to Joshua this is an extraordinary decision by WBC and the boxing community must thank WBC for this.

Explained: Special WBC title sanction needed for unrated Anthony Joshua

Former heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua needs to get a special designated for a WBC title challenge with Tyson Fury for reasons twofold.
The first is that Joshua is unrated by the World Boxing Council due to fighting under three other sanctioning bodies for the past six years.
Any boxer fighting under the WBA, WBO, or IBF automatically gets removed by the WBC Ratings Committee.

[yazher]

Joshua cannot decline this good offer because this will bring lots of money and they needed it both, no matter what these two boxers had gone through, their fight will be a blockbuster hit this year. That was honestly a generous offer from Fury, Joshua cannot ask more than this after losing to Usyk. Well, anything can also happen with this fight and maybe Joshua has some skills and surprising technique to beat Fury. Who knows right? but Fury is pretty confident that he can easily beat Joshua that's why he calls him to fight this year.

[TopTort777]

I cant believe that I am reading this. For it looks like Fury is planning to have another well paid buy easy fight. Who is Joshua now ? A guy with no belts and two straight losses. Fury got his last real fight in 2021, and before that, only in 2020. I dont think that Whyte was a real thread to Fury. Same will be Joshua. Strong and straightforward boxer. Joshua is not ready right now to fight boxer of such a high level. If this fight really happens, I would be very disappointed, as this might be an easy fight for Fury, not the fight fans wants to see and Fury might really retire after it.

[Yaunfitda]

I voted for Tyson Fury to win, maybe he will score a knock out over Joshua here. Seems Anthony is very desperate right now so I wouldn't be surprised that after Fury smashes him and floored him worst that he did to Wilder, AJ might call it quits. Hard to see how can he overcome the technical skills of Tyson. He had problems with Usyk, so this could be worst for him, I reckon.

[Baofeng]

Right, Fury said that he has retired, and then he will come out of retirement for 500 million and will fight Usyk. But since Usyk wanted it at a later time, he now goes with his domestic rival who just lost. Just really hard to piece everything together. And if AJ take the bait, he is not mentally ready. Anyhow, if the money is right then I guess they can go and fight this December.

[Questat]

If Fury vs Usyk will not happen, then I guess this is a better replacement, they were supposed to fight before but Joshua lose to Usyk that's why it didn't happen. I still like this one though, it's like a Fury vs Wilder fight but I'm sure Fury will have no problem knocking out Joshua knowing how soft he is compared to Wilder.

[JollyGood]

Fury always seems to find a way to win. His unique size/length matched with his unnatural ability to react within a split second makes him a dangerous opponent. I always think he’s going to lose but he never seems to. I assume this fight will be more of the same for him.

That is true about Fury. Somehow, he finds a way to win even if it goes to as points decision (with exception of the dubious draw against Wilder in their first fight).

The way he outmuscled Wilder, the way he sued his weight to lean on him and tire him out is another tool he has at his disposal. If it goes ahead I cannot see Joshua winning.

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I voted for Tyson Fury to win, maybe he will score a knock out over Joshua here. Seems Anthony is very desperate right now so I wouldn't be surprised that after Fury smashes him and floored him worst that he did to Wilder, AJ might call it quits. Hard to see how can he overcome the technical skills of Tyson. He had problems with Usyk, so this could be worst for him, I reckon.

Currently the poll has 8 votes and they are all in favour of Fury to defeat Joshua if the fight goes ahead therefore you are not alone  

[TopTort777]

Currently the poll has 8 votes and they are all in favour of Fury to defeat Joshua if the fight goes ahead therefore you are not alone  

Did you expected different poll results ? I dont know who will vote for Joshua. Only kids or so called "couch experts", that are inspired by record numbers (which are not great right now) and YouTube highlights ? What we know about current Joshua ? 2-3 in last five fights. Wins over about to retire Pulev and a revanche against snickers boy? Mental instability. Fury would break and eat Joshua on first press conference with his trash talk and then we will see an interpretation of "you are not strong dont look athletic, how did you beat me?"

[btc_angela]

If Fury vs Usyk will not happen, then I guess this is a better replacement, they were supposed to fight before but Joshua lose to Usyk that's why it didn't happen. I still like this one though, it's like a Fury vs Wilder fight but I'm sure Fury will have no problem knocking out Joshua knowing how soft he is compared to Wilder.

Maybe Fury is already looking at it as Usyk might not be available at the end of the year, which Fury wanted to fight. So he calls Joshua for a fight.

And if Fury wins, (most likely by the looks of the vote and AJ's mental state and Fury's psyche war), then he can go after Usyk next year for all the belts and the title of the best HW of this generations.

[Boristhecat]

Seeing that I'm the first one to vote for AJ, hehe. Fury is the favorite, but if the odds of AJ winning are more than 10, then I will bet on him. I am an optimist and do not want to believe that this will be just a dull fight where the favorite will defeat a boxer who has already lost 3 fights out of four before this meeting. There must be some intrigue. And in general, Fury's victory will not be beneficial to anyone - AJ will have to finish with boxing (three defeats in a row) and Fury will get a victory over the one whom Usyk defeated twice, this is hardly a valuable achievement.

[pakhitheboss]

I am sure if this match happens then Tyson Fury will win it. Just check his past records he has defeated some of the known names. What I am surprised about is that why him? I was expecting a fight between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk. I am not sure what might be the reason for him to challenge someone who is weaker than him. Is it money or does he wants to create a buzz?

[hilariousetc]

Hearn has said he's accepted the offer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaL7pwVjjAA

But he's still rightfully sceptical that this isn't just some mind games or a way to grab more money for a Usyk fight. Looks like Frank Warren has the Millennium stadium reserved already so they could use that but he probably already had that for a Fury to fight some bum and that will likely still happen if the fight falls through. Until the contracts get signed then I wouldn't get too exited because it's going to be a squeeze to get a fight of this magnitude sorted in time. Either way, I'm sure we'll find out soon because even if they don't fight each other they'll be fighting someone else and will have to start promoting those matches.

[Cryptomultiplier]

Fury has made an open challenge via the media to Joshua challenging him to the Battle of Britain fight and putting his belts on the line while Joshua has zero belts.

Joshua reacted saying fury was just clout chasing on social media and should go through the proper channel.

If Joshua accepts and this fight goes ahead, what will will the outcome be and will it shape the future of boxing for years to come?

If I were Joshua, I would avoid fighting for the time being since I just came out of two successive defeats from Usyk, and especially not be in a hurry to fight against Fury who is at the moment more better than him in boxing. If AJ goes ahead to accept the fight as he also mentioned that he will be ready to fight in December, another defeat may just further send his career to bed.

If only AJ could hear this advice and heed to not fight Fury, I will call him wise. It is going to be bad if he, having lost his previous fight and the one before that, has to loose again. Fury should pick on someone else, unless he is just looking for media attention.

[aioc]

Hearn has said he's accepted the offer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaL7pwVjjAA

It's very long but the bottom line is Joshua is the boss and he'll take the challenge, it may be a very risky fight but can Joshua say no to this kind of opportunity because of pride, it's a make or break for him, and if he is disappointed losing against Usyk I wonder what will be his mental health if ever he loses against Fury but AJ hopefully knows what's he's doing, I will not advise him to take the fight, and somebody close to him should advise him strongly Hearns is a promoter who just wants to make money, he can ruin his investment on Joshua

But he's still rightfully sceptical that this isn't just some mind games or a way to grab more money for a Usyk fight. Looks like Frank Warren has the Millennium stadium reserved already so they could use that but he probably already had that for a Fury to fight some bum and that will likely still happen if the fight falls through. Until the contracts get signed then I wouldn't get too exited because it's going to be a squeeze to get a fight of this magnitude sorted in time. Either way, I'm sure we'll find out soon because even if they don't fight each other they'll be fighting someone else and will have to start promoting those matches.

There's been so much hype in the past between Fury and Joshua and this could be one of that hype but it did not eventually push, I would also not get excited that this fight will eventually happen until there is a contract signed, Joshua's situation is very fragile he needs to gather his spirit and he can do that by fighting fighters that are easy to beat then ask for bigger fights, that were the initial plan of Hearns for Joshua, not the right time to change that.