Boxing legend Roy Jones spoke with Discuss Sport this week, and the all-time nice spoke about what he feels might properly occur for Tyson Fury if the previous heavyweight champ loses his December 21 return battle with present king Oleksandr Usyk (who, as we have now grown to anticipate, confirmed actual class and a real championship coronary heart when visiting a youngsters’s hospital in his war-torn nation of Ukraine this week).
Jones mentioned that even when Fury does get overwhelmed once more, the clamor from the British battle followers to see Fury in opposition to his long-time home rival Anthony Joshua will proceed to be there in spades. And, Jones mentioned, if AJ beats Daniel Dubois of their September battle, with the IBF heavyweight belt on the road, the all-British conflict would make a lot sense.
Now, we don’t know what one other loss, to the identical man at that, would do to Fury, and possibly he would stroll away and cling up his gloves. Then once more, Fury would possibly make the wanted changes and get his revenge win over Usyk. Jones spoke about what he might see taking place for a overwhelmed Fury. Jones sees AJ defeating Dubois – “except he takes him calmly, then it might be an upset” – after which combating Fury.
“I really feel like if Joshua wins the [IBF] title and if Usyk is ready to beat Fury once more, then the subsequent battle I believe individuals within the UK will wanna see will probably be Fury versus Joshua for Joshua’s title. And that’s a 50/50 battle to me. An actual choose ’em.”
A battle between Joshua and Fury – and a very good tagline for it could be “Lastly!” – could be a ‘battle of the losers,’ but as Jones says, who within the UK wouldn’t wish to see it? However to repeat, how would Fury react if he misplaced once more to Usyk? Would Fury threat one other defeat, and to a fellow Brit at that?
Who wins if Joshua and Fury do battle, say, subsequent summer season? It’s a 50/50 affair, as Jones says. However first, can Joshua get previous Dubois with out a hitch once they collide at Wembley?
