Fury v Joshua - May 2021

[Mark TKO]

Fury is not as good as everyone says he is, and Joshua is not as much of a chinny robot as people say!

So what are you saying

[powerpuncher]

The question is will AJ be hesitant? If he is, Fury will clearly outbox him. The only way AJ wins is to pressure Fury and make it uncomfortable. Fury doesn’t have the greatest chin but he does have heart.

Although Fury doesn’t have a huge punch, I wouldn’t be surprised if Fury goes at AJ early to make him think twice before coming in.

[nuggetdotcom]

Oh Come on....

Joshua on BBC interview saying 'he climbed a mountain' to beat Pulev. This is bullshit talk good and proper, and pretty amateurish at that. Joshua is on retirement pay against Fury, So I guess he has to hype it up, but dont take us all for idiots.

[Fenster]

Oh Come on....

Joshua on BBC interview saying 'he climbed a mountain' to beat Pulev. This is bullshit talk good and proper, and pretty amateurish at that. Joshua is on retirement pay against Fury, So I guess he has to hype it up, but dont take us all for idiots.

Yeah, they take everyone for idiots, even though everyone knows there's no mountains in Wembley. Typical Joshua bullshit.

[Kirkland Laing]

Height and reach and far better skills and movement are going to do it for Fury. Joshua has the edge with power but Fury has the chin and his powder puff punches fucked Wilder up in no time. I think he'll fight the same way against Joshua that he did against Wilder.

[X]

Very possibly Kirkland - Joshua is so used to controlling the centre of the ring, stalking and pressing his opponent and therefore controlling the distance in which the fight takes place. I have absolutely no idea how well Joshua can fight on the back foot.

Its how Fury surprised Wilder, and itbwas genius to be honest. However, having seen that fight, I bet Joshua will be prepared for it?

[Kirkland Laing]

Very possibly Kirkland - Joshua is so used to controlling the centre of the ring, stalking and pressing his opponent and therefore controlling the distance in which the fight takes place. I have absolutely no idea how well Joshua can fight on the back foot.

Its how Fury surprised Wilder, and itbwas genius to be honest. However, having seen that fight, I bet Joshua will be prepared for it?

You can prepare for it but when you've got a six foot nine inch pikey in front of you that you can't land cleanly on and he's bashing you with a jab you can't get out of the way of, body shots, you name it, it's a different matter.

[KickMuck]

Here is what will happen.

Fury will box and confuse AJ with his movement and take the most rounds up to about round 8, then AJ will start piling on the pressure and force Fury on the back foot in the latter stages of the fight.
Tyson will get clipped at some point heading for the canvas but will get up and continue to fight. The score cards will be close but the victory will go to AJ based on his aggressive hasty last few rounds trying to push for a KO and win some rounds back, even if Fury wins the rounds.

[sanatogen]

If Fury is to be believed about his style being more attacking due to Kronk Trainer, then it wont be the Fury the fought wilder the first time.

He'll take it to AJ in some of the rounds, we just have to hear what Fury has to say in pre fight interviews

[X]

Fury is not as good as everyone says he is, and Joshua is not as much of a chinny robot as people say!

So what are you saying

Well, three or four years ago Joshua was the second coming of Joe Louis. A huge physical specimen, brutally economic technique and possibly the most destructive finisher in heavyweight history. Olympic gold medal, huge hype and promotion, and being portrayed as a naive smiley boy next door.

Fury was a fat pikey who hadn't fought anyone, had a history of erratic behaviour, no punch and had been knocked down by a cruiserweight. A no hoper of national calibre only.

Here we are now and Joshua is a chinny quitter who gasses out, is ponderous and over protected. Whereas Fury is an elite master boxer who is head and shoulders above any other heavyweight - and who might just beat any other heavyweight who ever lived - with a mystical granite chin.

None of the above is true, but that's just the way boxing hype goes, especially amongst mainstream sports fans.

What I do know is the machine will kick into overdrive now, though this is a great matchup in anyone's books. Joshua will be easily the best opponent Fury has faced. Fury will be the best opponent Joshua has ever faced (Wladimir was well past his best when he fought either of them)

.... but I don't buy the narrative that Fury will easily outbox Joshua and that it's a foregone conclusion!