CONFIRMED Anthony Joshua vs Tyson Fury CONTRACTS SIGNED

[Primo Carnera]

Mark my words .... it will be a disappointment.

Fury will turn up fat and unfocused, someone will fail a drug test, somebody will get injured in training, there will be a judging controversy or a refereeing mistake.

You wait for something for so long, build it up in your mind until you are expecting Ali/Frazier ..... and it never is!

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You could be right. Fury has been saying he needs a tune up because of his inactivity. Maybe he was just trying to push to get it signed up.
But a “training injury”would not surprise Me.
I don’t believe he’s been drinking 12 pints a day, because he looks fairly lean for him.
And also, at the end of it, I think it’s been announced hastily. No dates, no venues, I haven’t seen many , if any comments from the fighters.
Call Me a cynic, but it just doesn’t add up.

[Mark TKO]

All mind games with Fury.

He loves gym work and keeping in shape now and knows that keeps his demons at bay - ok he's a belly on him but he's never been slim has he.

The better the opponent the he has proven to be and I can't see this being any different. He got a draw with Wilder and showed incredible recovery when operating at 70% ffs.

If Fury isn't training then he's slipping into his bad ways again and I can't see that.

He'll be ready and if he's ready and in the zone I can't see any other outcome than him stopping Joshua in final third if not sooner - it's scary how confident I am for a fighter I'm a big fan of, I'm usually pessimistic and looking at everything that can go wrong.

[Spicoli]

If ever there was a match that I'd welcome the whole 'bubble' and guys being mando quarantined leading to fight night this would be it. Zero temptations and ability to fark it up with night life and random injury. And testing every time each steps to the commode, for covid and everything else . As with anything 'signed' it's only as good as the fighters lead up not to mention all the politricks of boxing that tend to kneecap good things. I've never stepped foot in the U.K but that is where this fight belongs not boxed up and exported to Dubai ffs. By July we're on track to have many more live fans and that atmosphere is a must for an event like this.

[Kirkland Laing]

You'd think with the fact that everybody has a movie camera in their pocket and the ability to take movies and share them instantly with the rest of the world that we'd have some kind of accurate idea of whether Fury is in training/shape/the boozer/whatever.

If there aren't any recent videos of him in bars then maybe that's a good sign.

[mikeeod]

I am betting big on Fury winning. Think he comes in ready as this fight will motivate him, and I don’t see AJ having the gas or mentality to keep up with him. This will be different than the Wilder fight as AJ is much heavier and a more skilled fighter- the first 6 or 7 rounds will be interesting. I just feel that Tyson is difficult to prepare for as he moves really well mad is such a large man, combined with the fact that he can punch and maul if needed. If Tyson got up from that shot from wilder in round 12 of their firs fight, I don’t see AJ stopping him.

[smashup]

All I see and have seen for a LONG time is AJ seemingly in training mode and looking huge and heavily muscled, there's a big danger for him that he's that obsessed with becoming the undisputed champion and being crowned the king he'll seriously overtrain for this.
Hes definitely got the power to shift Fury about a bit and even put him on the deck but it's his serious lack of head movement that I believe will be his undoing.
He ain't gonna run around and outbox or out speed Fury like he did in Ruiz 2 so he surely has to go looking to knock Fury out.
I see Fury stopping him as early as midway.