Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua are set to collide in November, but after their recent ‘tune-up fights’, former WBA featherweight champion Barry McGuigan has updated his prediction for the contest.
Fury and ‘AJ’ have been linked to one another for a number of years, but after consistent disappointment, fans finally look set to be treated to the long-awaited grudge match, albeit without a heavyweight world title on the line.
Instead, at the respective ages of 37 and 36 years old, Fury-Joshua could be a shared career finale rather than the career-defining moment that it had always been deemed as, but global fan interest remains, amid talk of a showdown in New York.
Discussing the fight a few weeks ago, McGuigan confidently predicted a win for the Londoner, believing that Joshua beats ‘The Gypsy King’ every day of the week.
“I think [Daniel] Dubois would knock out Anthony Joshua every single day of the week, but I think Joshua beats Tyson Fury every day of the week.
“He just has that style; he just has that technique. I think he’s too much for [Fury].”
However, after witnessing Fury’s below-par effort against Mariusz Wach and Joshua’s near-catastrophic shootout with Kristian Prenga, the 2005 International Boxing Hall of Fame inductee has admitted that he now believes Fury to be the favourite.
“You’d have to make Tyson the favourite at this stage following Joshua’s increased vulnerability. BUT, at the risk of using to many cliches, “the last thing a fighter looses is his punch”. However, you need to be in the right position to land that punch.”
It is believed that Fury-Joshua could take place at Madison Square Garden in November, much to the disappointment of British fight fans, who had presumed the pair would go toe-to-toe at Wembley Stadium.
