By: Sean Crose
With a fight with WBA, IBF and WBO heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk perhaps out of the question for this year, definitely not retired WBC and lineal heavyweight champion Tyson Fury has decided that finally wants to face Anthony Joshua in what would clearly be a whole. british superfight. Speaking on social media Monday, Fury addressed Joshua directly.
“I think everyone has heard that I am going to fight soon in the next few months,” Fury said, “and I think before I announce an opponent I need to do this, just in case: Anthony Joshua, I know you just lost a fight with Usyk and You don’t have a belt right now, and I’d like to give you the opportunity to fight me for the WBC heavyweight world championship and lineal championship in the next few months. You’re coming off a twelve round fight, so you’re in good shape, you’re ready. I’ll let you know a few months in advance. If you’re interested I’ll send you the date and we can haggle. A Battle of Great Britain for the WBC World Heavyweight Championship. Let me know if you are interested. If not, I will select another opponent. Thanks so much and good night. Boom.”
Fury knocked out Dillian Whyte last April and then decided to declare his retirement. Retirement, it seems, did not last long. For Fury expressed interest in facing Usyk this year after Usyk defeated Joshua in a rematch of him a few weeks ago. However, according to Fury, Usyk has made it clear that this year is too early to get in the ring with him. The bombastic Fury, then, is now looking for another opponent. He and Joshua were supposed to meet in 2021, but the fight fell through. That fight, if it had happened, would have been for the undisputed world heavyweight championship.
If Joshua decided to accept Fury’s offer, the undisputed championship would not be on the line, but it would be an interesting and huge matchup nonetheless, especially in England, where both fighters hail from. In truth, though, Joshua is unlikely to be willing to face Fury this year. He had something of a meltdown after losing to Usyk for the second time last month, and just came out of that grueling megafight without the titles he once held and a third loss on his resume. In other words, the popular Joshua may need some time to recover. To be sure, the man can still bring in plenty of bucks and eyeballs when he decides to return to the ring.
