Anthony Joshua says his focus is on getting a struggle towards Tyson Fury in 2025. Joshua (28-4, 25 KOs) needs to make the mega-fight towards the just lately crushed former WBC heavyweight champion Fury (34-2-1, 24 KOs) quickly.
Luring Fury Again
Fury, 36, has been mendacity low since his unified champion Oleksandr Usyk on December twenty first in Riyadh, and he little doubt is questioning what went incorrect this time for him to get crushed for the second time. He regarded like he didn’t have anymore.
His efficiency, or lack thereof, confirmed why it’s necessary to get the ‘Battle of Britain’ struggle towards Joshua made asap. Some imagine that Fury may announce his retirement, they usually’re on ‘R’ watch, ready for a tearful speech from him.
Joshua wants to extend the stress on Fury to cheer him up and encourage him to remain on as a result of he might do one thing impulsive. He retired as soon as, solely to return again.
“2025, I’m concentrating on Tyson Fury,” stated Anthony Joshua to Sky Sports activities Information.
He wants some cheering from Joshua and others proper about now to make him assume he did higher than he really did.
AJ has extra causes to retire than Fury as a result of he was blown aside by IBF heavyweight champion Daniel Dubois in his fifth-round knockout loss on September twenty first in entrance of over 90,000+ followers at Wembley Stadium in London. That was an entire mismatch, with Joshua being dropped 4 occasions.
Joshua had by no means been knocked out like that earlier than. You could possibly see that Dubois was too sturdy, younger, and out of his league talent-wise. Nevertheless, it could be the identical factor if Dubois fought Fury. He is likely to be even simpler as a result of his punch resistance is gone, and he would don’t have anything to carry Dubois off for an instantaneous.
“Makes me hungry, makes me need to work tougher. Time is of the essence; time is restricted, so I simply need to put in additional work,” stated Joshua about his loss to Daniel Dubois on September twenty first.
“Once I look again, I imagine I may have completed extra in 2024. I’ve one other likelihood in 2025 to do extra, and I’m going to ensure I take each alternative that comes my means. I ought to have received, however I didn’t, and I’m going to go once more,” stated Joshua.
Joshua ought to overlook about Dubois completely and focus completely on preventing Fury twice earlier than calling it a day. Getting again in with Daniel could be a nasty thought.
