By: Sean Crose
Not only did WBC and world online heavyweight champion Tyson Fury offer to fight Anthony Joshua on Monday, he went on to suggest Joshua split his finances 60/40 over what would be a heavyweight event. great. “I’m being hit hard,” Fury said in a video posted on social media on Tuesday, “with the message about how much I would pay AJ… I offered him 60/40. Forty percent of this great fight because I want this fight to happen. He doesn’t have any reason not to take it. He can’t say that I’ve downplayed him and offered him 20%, 30%. I have recommended people 40 percent. Either take or leave. Let us know. Boom. “
Fury wants to take on WBA, IBF and WBO heavyweight Oleksandr Usyk, who has just beaten Joshua for the second time, before the end of the year. However, Fury thinks Usyk isn’t interested in fighting too soon, and so the focus turns to Joshua. While Joshua was unable to regain the previous title he lost to Usyk in their rematch, the man is still one of the most popular boxers on earth – especially in Britain, where both you and Fury call home. Fury called the fight against Joshua the “Battle of England” for a reason.
The truth, however, is that the battle between these two towering British players is unlikely to end before the end of 2022. Joshua has just endured a grueling second bout with Usyk – a match he won lose. Furthermore, Joshua had a hard time accepting the results of the Usyk rematch at first. Undoubtedly, this is a professional athlete that many people look forward to taking a break to regain the physical and mental strength needed to participate in a high-class boxing match. Joshua, however, is nothing if not competitive.
Plus, if he were at best Fury, Londoner Joshua would not only be a title again, but hold the online heavyweight championship, which would make him the man to beat. man beat man tracked all the way back to the late 1800s. No small matter. As for Fury, the colorful champion beat longtime contender Dillian Whyte last spring, then, after announcing his retirement, announced he wanted to fight before the end of the year. The main question now is whether his opponent is Joshua.
