Apparently on the cards for December 3 in Cardiff, the discussed heavyweight bout between Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua still sounds too good to be true.
1 a long time ago
The only thing worse than it happening a few years too late would be that it never happened. But mess it up now, in 2022, and there’s a good chance it becomes “one of those fights.”
2 Will continue to attract huge interest in the UK
Forget its global importance for a second. This fight is still huge in the UK and with rumors that it would end up in the UK if it got made, that’s all that really matters.
3 Reconstruction Is Overrated
Sure, the most mature thing is to encourage Joshua to have a series of “comeback” fights after back-to-back losses against Oleksandr Usyk. However, at 32 years old, and with his rivals the same age as him, where exactly would Joshua be working towards?
4 The mix of style
While Fury vs. Usyk remains the biggest fight to make at heavyweight, few would call it a must-watch, stylistically. Fury vs. Joshua, on the other hand, has always been that, a fact that hasn’t changed with Joshua’s recent losses.
5 The press conferences
There wasn’t much in the way of trash talk or needle talk between Joshua and Usyk before their two recent fights. With Fury, though, that would all change, as the pair had egged each other on for years.
6 Hear vs. Warren
As much as we hate to talk about promoters, in this case, with Eddie Hearn and Frank Warren involved, we’ll make an exception. Seeing them share a room would be something.
7 Big Man vs. Big Man
Usually when we watch these two heavyweights against other opponents, we’re left looking at a big man vs. little man fight, with the small man’s physical disadvantages often key. However, by choosing to fight each other, for once they would be competing on a nearly level playing field.
8 America is a no-go
Fury, for obvious reasons, won’t be traveling to the US anytime soon, so it makes sense that he bide his time fighting domestic opposition in the UK. (To be clear, we said the UK and not the Middle East.)
9 Foreplay Is Boring
It is true. Until it gets exciting again, the rivalry between Fury and Joshua is as dull as it gets. Neither say anything new, much less anything of interest.
10 Usyk will keep waiting
At 35 years old, and with just four heavyweight fights to his name, Usyk has time; Which means there’s no desperate rush to get him in the ring with Fury, his main rival, this year.
