Zhilei Zhang says a battle between Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua “doesn’t imply lots” at this level of their careers. It’s like, who cares? These guys are simply preventing for money in a battle with no that means. If Turki Al-Sheikh needed to be powerful, he’d make Fury & Joshua earn their dough by strolling over a mattress of scorching coals first and going through Martin Bakole.
Zhang notes that the 2 British heavyweights had talked about preventing years in the past after they each held world titles, however now that they don’t, they’re nonetheless speaking. He sees Joshua-Fury as a battle that will solely show who’s ONE of one of the best heavyweights within the UK, not one of the best.
For the Joshua vs. Fury fights to show who’s one of the best British heavyweight, they need to defeat Daniel Dubois, Moses Itauma, and Fabio Wardley.
It’s uncertain that both man can beat these three younger lions. Joshua (28-4, 25 KOs) already failed in his battle in opposition to Dubois, getting knocked out within the fifth spherical on September twenty first in entrance of a horde of 90,000 followers at Wembley Stadium in London. Not surprisingly, Fury has no need to combine it up with Dubois. He is aware of his limitations.
The entire objective behind Fury preventing Joshua is for money. That’s it—simply the dough. Neither man wants the additional cash, however they gained’t flip it down.
Meaningless Struggle
“Usyk is totally undisputed, and I believe he delivered a significantly better efficiency than within the first battle. I had it one-sided. I believe he’s the king of the heavyweight division,” mentioned Zhilei Zhang to Secondsout, speaking about Oleksandr Usyk’s win over Tyson Fury final week.
“I don’t assume that battle means lots by way of belts and championships as a result of that battle has been talked about for years,” mentioned Zhang a few battle between Fury and Anthony Joshua. “When each of these two had belts, it was talked about. Now, none of them have belts they usually’re nonetheless speaking about it.
“I believe it’s a great way to see who is without doubt one of the finest heavyweights within the UK, however apart from that, I don’t see any that means for that battle apart from bluster,” mentioned Zhang.
It’s not that Fury & Joshua are each washed up at this stage of their careers. They only by no means have been pretty much as good as their followers thought they have been. Neither of them beat strong fighters like Martin Bakole or Daniel Dubois throughout their careers.
AJ and the Gypsy King took benefit of the weak opposition that was round and have been matched rigorously by their promoters.
It will be higher if Fury and Joshua beat somebody first earlier than assembly of their ‘Battle of Britain’ match in 2025, however they in all probability gained’t hassle. Their confidence ranges must be at an all-time low, they usually gained’t need to take the prospect of shedding to another person. Joshua has already had a complete pack of rebuild fights, and it didn’t assist. Fury hasn’t overwhelmed a gifted fighter in years.
