His Excellency Turki Alalshikh confirmed immediately that former WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury will nonetheless have the choice to struggle Anthony Joshua subsequent if he loses his December twenty first rematch with WBA/WBC/WBO champion Oleksandr Usyk in Riyadh.
The Victor Doesn’t Take All
The previous saying, ‘To the victor go the spoils,’ doesn’t apply right here with the Fury vs. Usyk rematch. Fury (34-1-1, 24 KOs) may have the choice to struggle Joshua if he chooses.
That may tarnish the struggle considerably, sending a twice-beaten [three-times if you count Francis Ngannou as a loss] Fury right into a match in opposition to Joshua. Fury can be a sorry sight in that case, and I can’t think about him eager to proceed.
“If Usyk wins [against Fury on December 21st], he deserves to decide on huge fights, and this shall be his struggle,” mentioned Turki Alalshikh to the Stomping Floor YouTube channel when requested if Tyson Fury will nonetheless get the Anthony Joshua struggle subsequent if he loses to Oleksandr Usyk on December twenty first.
Turki doesn’t say what “huge fights” Usyk would need to get if he beats Fury a second time. He leaves that half open. Does he imply Usyk can take the trilogy match in opposition to Joshua struggle immediately?
“If he [Usyk] chooses Joshua and Joshua accepts, we need to do that struggle,” mentioned Turki. “On the similar time, we need to see Tyson and Joshua. Let’s see what Tyson on this evening [December 21st] will do and what would be the scenario after the struggle. Perhaps he’ll need to proceed. Perhaps he’ll need to retire. You don’t know.
“We can’t management the fighter in his private life. If he nonetheless needs to struggle and provides us on December twenty first an excellent struggle, for certain we need to see him in opposition to Joshua. This shall be big for the followers and for boxing.”
If Fury once more to Usyk, what’s the purpose of him preventing Joshua? It will be wretched by that time. Fury is already filthy wealthy, with an estimated web price of $140 million. It will be over $200+ million after he faces Usyk in December, and he wouldn’t must proceed preventing to get the ultimate payday in opposition to Joshua.
What would look dangerous is that if Joshua loses his struggle in opposition to IBF heavyweight champion Daniel Dubois on September twenty first. If Joshua chooses to struggle a crushed Fury, it will take away any worth in a struggle between them.
Nevertheless, Joshua most likely may have an excessive amount of delight to stroll away from a defeat in opposition to the 26-year-old younger gun Dubois to struggle Fury. He’ll not less than attempt to avenge the loss reasonably than stroll away from the encounter and take the struggle with Fury for greed functions.
“Tyson is likely one of the biggest fighters of this era. He has every part,” mentioned Turki when requested if Fury continues to be as motivated now than he ever was previously? “If he needs to focus and do the job, a whole lot of occasions he delivered the job. For that, sure. It will depend on his well being situation, about himself, if he needs to do it or not.”
Is Fury Really ‘Nice’?
I don’t purchase that Fury is likely one of the “biggest fighters of this era” bit as a result of his finest wins over the past 9 years of his profession have been in opposition to these fighters:
– Wladimir Klitschko: 39-years-old
– Deontay Wilder: Want I say something?
– Dillian Whyte: British journeyman
– Dereck Chisora: See above
These guys don’t make Fury the perfect of this era in my e-book and even within the prime 5. He beat a bunch of has-beens and British journeymen. Until we decrease the bar for what it means to be a “generational nice,” Fury doesn’t get anyplace close to that degree together with his wins over that motley crew.
Fury can’t nonetheless be motivated like earlier than as a result of he confirmed that in his final two fights by coming into them chubby, wanting like he’d not skilled exhausting.
“The final time I noticed him in London, he mentioned if he didn’t present it in Riyadh Season, he’s retiring,” mentioned Turki.
I need to assume Fury will retire if he loses to Usyk on December twenty first, however I get the sensation that if His Excellency waves $100 million underneath his snout, he’ll return for the Joshua struggle in a scorching second.
