Anthony Joshua promoter Eddie Hearn has reportedly agreed to WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury’s 60/40 offer for Joshua to fight Fury later this year. A date hasn’t been agreed on yet, and there will be a rematch clause in the event Joshua wins. The Joshua camp wants the fight to take place on December 17, but Fury is demanding that the bout take place sooner – either November 26 in London or on December 3 in Cardiff, Wales. Fury turned to Joshua after WBA/IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk ruled out fighting again in 2022.
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Believe it when I see it, how many times over the last many years has Eddie Hearns claim with absolute certainty about a done deal that failed to come to fruitation, look no further than the Joshua-Wilder hype years ago when both were yet undefeated.
Good points. This fight will be boring as Fury’s style will pick AJ apart. AJ, coming off a big loss, will be mentally drained and trying re-group from the Usyk fight. Fury on UD. Good grief.
Agreed scoobs. And now even more sense of urgency to win, he may take some desperate shots and end up laying flat on the ground. I think he needs a solid win before taking on another big name
I can’t be arsed to go into the whole Wilder AJ argument again, but regarding this fight, all the interviews I have seen with Hearn in last couple of days, he has been cynical the fight will happen or that Fury is even serious. Why just default to the opinion Hearn is full of shit?
Fury and usyk Lennox Lewis and klitshko brothers rocky Marciano are top 6 heavyweights of all time.
Joe Louis might dispute that-in his prime he beats all of them.
Joe Louis was a flat footed cruiserweight compared to todays heavyweights. He gets absolutely stomped by both klitschkos, lennox, tyson, holyfield, fury, and even Roy jones.
People like to complain about todays heavyweight error but joe louis’s error was far worse. His bum off the month club for opponents was well documented.
Not to mention watching what Billy Conn pick Louis apart over the course of two fights, you can only imagine what a prime Roy jone would have done to joe.
With that said, I don’t deny Joes greatness, he dominated his error just like Wladimir dominated his. Wlads record and KO ratio is very similar to Joe’s and while using larger softer gloves.
But anyhow the men today are bigger, better skilled, and far more athletic than what Joe fought against.
Don’t forget Valuev.
Ok, we might have a good 2022 end with this fight. This fight, if happens, could end in TKO in Fury’s favor on the late rounds
It’s probably the best time for AJ to fight Fury. He has just come off a 12 round fight with no (well minimal) physical damage and got good experience against a master boxer. It was a points loss, but recon he did better than in the first fight so learnt something. If he gets his head right you never know, not likely, but styles make fights.
Without the pressure, AJ will fight with more freedom and should be more dangerous. Fury is a clear favourite but this a fight AJ can win.
This is lovely! Never would have thought that there was a scenario where AJ would lose to Usyk and end up fighting Fury in the same year, but with Usyk out until next year, this works just fine for me. I think Fury takes it, but I don’t care who wins, I’ll be watching.
This is looking like Judah losing to Baldamir, Morales losing to Raheem yet Judah gets Mayweather and Morales get the Paq rematch. Unexpected but I think it is a good thing. Good for Joshua. This is an unexpected chance at redemption. Plus 40% is a great offer for a man who just lost two fights. I am picking Fury but still like Joshua for seizing an unexpected opportunity.
Yeah, those are good examples Pete and you know Joshua is about to make more money than Judah and Morales made in their fights combined. Morales actually fought Pacquiao and beat him, then lost to Raheem and then fought Pac twice! Damn! And he lost the fight before the first Pacquiao fight, against Barrera.
This fight should happen
great news.
This is a win win for Joshua
Immediate title shot
40 plus million
Nothing to lose if he loses to fury and all to gain.
If he does beat fury he gets a 3rd crack at usyk for all the titles
If it happens it BULLSHIT!! How you loose have a breakdown then get rewarded with another title shot????? Not sure if he’d win but this fight is supposed ta be going to Ruiz , he just won the eliminator making him Mando. Sulaiman pullin that ol trickaration again. Joshua gets K.O.’d inside of 9
Because you put rear ends in seats.
Yup. The most lucrative matchup for Fury right now with the least risk? Joshua. The most lucrative matchup for Joshua right now with the least to lose? Fury. Usyk? He’s 2023’s problem.
DAZN, will be PPV once again and AJ will quit on his stool once again.
It will be DAZN or ESPN PPV in the United States. No question about that.
Why does Fury want to fight a guy coming off of two losses? What’s he’s trying to prove?
Heavyweight division is a joke
People forget this is prizefighting. Maximize your earnings while you are around your physical peak.
agreed, another the question is why would boxing fans want it now?
I think people forget sometimes that boxing is theatre. It is not always about the best fighting the best or who deserves what. This is a huge match as they are both UK stars. They almost made it once but due to Wilder invoking a 3rd fight and Joshua losing it fell through. Now that Joshua has lost again it appeared to be gone for good. But this is boxing and if a fight can still sell and be huge then that is what matters. Think about it….if Fury fights Usyk and handles him easily this match loses even more luster. If Usyk beats Fury then neither one of them are champion if they decide to fight. When you think about it…this maybe the last chance to salvage something from Fury vs Joshua. Sure it is not what it would have been..but it will still be huge. Makes sense to jump on it now before it is loses more traction.
Definitely. They’re ultimately in the entertainment business. For me Fury – Usyk is a big fight, it’s a means to and end I suppose, but I could probably name you 5-10 other fights I’d rather see in the sport before it. It’s only attractive because it shows the best fighter in division. I actually think it might be a pretty boring/awkward fight. Statures and titles notwithstanding, I’d much rather see Fury – Joshua.
Why not, AJ has nothing to lose
Free money
If I was him I would go right at him if he gets koed early so be it
Don’t think he will do that though
I bet Anthony Joshua does.He has nothing to lose. Zero titles, 2 back 2 back loses, why would he not accept the fight now? it makes plenty sense.
Fury sees an easy win and pay check. another bs move
Are we to guess that Fury goes two more fights before he retires again? Joshua first and Usyk next.
The match against Joshua would yield great media interest. Fury probably feels reasonably confident of winning. Money would flow in. Those who say Joshua has nothing to lose and that makes him a dangerous opponent have a point I think. Still, I think Fury manages the storm with his experience, speed and psyche.
Then there is one more fight left and that against the phenomenon Usyk. Here, too, I think Fury feels reasonably confident of winning. Usyk cannot physically hurt Fury and in that way it is “risk free”. A victory would undoubtedly give Fury recognition as one of the greatest and he thus has nothing to lose in taking a fight against Usyk. That fact makes Fury dangerous in this fight. He will show his best and finish his career on a high.
And I think he will if he chooses to take these two fights.
Fury by stoppage within 6-8 rounds. AJ will be overwhelmed by Fury.
Can’t wait to see this! December 17th sounds great to me but hopefully they decide on either one this year.
What does this guy do, retire and unretire every other day?
I thought this would happen in Saudi…where the biggest money would be. Am I wrong?
Although he’s coming off loses, Joshua couldn’t have prepared better for Fury then by having fought Usyk twice. This could be a bit more difficult than Fury expects. Either way it’s a great match up and I hope they are both 100% in mind and body come fight night. It’s hard to imagine it going to the cards, better odds of a knockout in this one than Fury vs Usyk.
Remember ya all heard it here first. I doubt this fight will happen. Fury will drop out with some crazy excuse, just like he did with Klitskho. He is offering a fight to a man that just went through a 4 month hard training camp and lost in a hard fight, knowing that the guy`s body needs some recovery. Fury is barking about just waiting an extra 3 weeks so both of them are fit and ready. This tells me that Fury expects AJ to decline the offer, so he can say i made an offer and he refused. Now that AJ has accepted the match, he,Fury, will come with a whole lot of obstacles in the negotiations to make this event difficult, and as usual all Britain will believe him. I predict , if this fight happens, AJ will knock Fury out, and all the nut-huggers will have a truck load of excuses.
Interesting that Fury has stipulated the rematch clause if AJ wins, ???
Usyk just fought so it’s understandable he wants to take Q4 off. Fury is being a prima donna by not letting Joshua have time to recover and then train for a new fight. Let the fight happen December 17th.
All this talk about AJ is chinny is mis.leading. Is Parker Chinny? he was knocked down by Whyte, the same Whyte who caught AJ with probably the best left hook he ever threw and he didn`t go down. Joshua has been on the floor 4 times in the pros. 3 times by Ruiz and once by Klitskho, he got up every time. All this talk that he quit on his chair is fake news. In the Ruiz fight the ref stopped the fight with Joshua standing after getting up from the knockdown. Fury has been on the floor 6 times in his career 4 times by Wilder , once by a eastern European unkown and once by Cunningham, a non-punching cruiser. 3 of those times Fury was flat out on his back for long counts, Is Fury not chinny? It is hard to hit Fury because he is so tall, but even Wallin who can`t punch his way out of a wet paper bag rocked Fury in the 12th. There has never been a heavy champ that has not been rocked sometime when caught by another heavy.
Fury wins this fight inside of 10 rounds. I believe he will stop Anthony on cuts and swelling around the eyes. Boxing wins over Braun in this one. I’ve never seen Anthony Joshua as a great fighter. I think he is good but not great. He beat an out of shape Ruiz and lost to an in shape Ruiz. He beat a past his prime, old Klitschko after being knocked down. He beat average Dillian Whyte, Carlos Takam, Charles Martin, Dominique Breazeale among others. All B level fighters. Fury is an A plus fighter who will Dominate Mr. Joshua.
It’s a fun matchup, especially in the UK. Someone mentioned that Andy Ruiz deserves this shot due to the eliminator he just won, but is that really a more interesting fight. Let’s face it, AJ vs any top 10 HW is intriguing and so is Fury. And it’s not like AJ got starched in his last two fights with Usyk.
If it happens (and I think it will), then I do believe Fury overwhelms AJ inside 10 rounds. However, I think AJ can have good moments and I think it will be an entertaining .
As for who’s next or who’s more deserving, I’ll worry about that later and just enjoy two top 10 HWs putting on a show. Maybe they can build another HW card with other intriguing fights.
It will be a good no risk warm up fight for fury while he waits to fight uzik next year! On the other side, this will probably be joshua last big paycheck and fighting an elite! After this joshua beat down loss, i doubt he’ll get the big time fights anymore instead he’ll probably get steping stone fights against new prospects who will beat the crap out of him to be put on rankings! Retirement should be considered for his own health! Most likely eddy hearns will try to push a Wilder vs joshua ppv for him to make profits one last time by promoting this fight. It may bring both an opportunity to earn a nice check as well if the fight is made in england! It is a fairly match fight cause their careers are on the same boat in which i see the poorly boxing skilled wilder with the advantage on landing one of those throw whereever it lands crazy cow windmill shots and land one on joshua super weak chin and a done fight!
Rather see Wilder Joshua.