“It’s Win-Win For Him” - George Groves Talk Tyson Fury vs Anthony Joshua
Former amateur, British, Commonwealth, European and World champion George Groves had his say on a potential heavyweight belt fight between Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua.
Groves is no stranger to the big stage. In 2018, he was ranked as the world’s best active super middleweight by The Ring magazine, and he’s had plenty of nights in the sport to prove it. One of his biggest defeats, however, was the loss in a rematch against arch-enemy Carl Froch at Wembley Stadium.
Now, there’s talk of an all-England stadium event. The Fury-Joshua match being made looks as positive as ever, especially according to the people at the negotiating table, although some in the sport have said it was a mistake by ‘AJ’ following a recent loss to Oleksandr Usyk.
‘Saint’ George disagreed. Talk to boxing societyhe explains why it’s a win-win situation for the challenger.
“I think it was a good fight for him. If someone is going to offer you a fight for the world championship – and it’s a big one – go for it, why not? You can mess around for another year with fights but in the end he’ll just get caught for it. Might as well just go straight back to Fury.
It’s a win for him in terms of what people really feel about him right now. He won’t be the fancy one to get into it, so if he wins, he’s a hero, if he doesn’t, no harm no fault. “
It’s an interesting way, and one that Joshua can believe in himself. He accepted Fury’s offer to fight without hesitation and things progressed quickly from there, with the challenger agreeing to all the terms the champion made.
As for the results, Groves suggested that this could be the perfect time to face WBC Champ, who has been retired and retired since his win over Dillian Whyte in April.
“Fury is “retired”, so this might be the right time to fight [him.] He [Joshua] could catch him off guard. Who knows?”
No one knows for now, but, when all is well, we could find out on December 3 in Cardiff.