FURY press conference.. Classic

Maybe PR and marketing execs think the younger well spoken, more athletic guy is more marketable.

Take a look at both guys and tell me you don't see why both could be looked at differently for marketing reasons?

People need to stop hating.

 

As soon as he gets beaten the wheels will come off AJ's hypetrain, and the Furys will blow it all. Everytime they open their mouths they look sillier.

At least Joshua's happy and carefree in his role. The Furys, exception Hughie Lewis, have always seemed bitter as hell.

What is it with heavyweights.....:-(

 

It was be a sad day for the marketing execs when Fury bursts that Joshua bubble.

AJ himself should be fine though, he'll make his money and hopefully keep level-headed.
The tabloid press are bound to turn on him soon enough anyway, win or lose.

 

People honestly wonder why companies are not in a rush to be associated with Tyson?

Have a look through his twitter comments and then tell me you still can't see why they won't go near him.

I've never once heard the Joshua haters mention the criminal past of the Fury's that are involved with Tyson. Doesn't fit in with their National Front agenda I guess.

 

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That's basically the deal.

The tabloids will have plenty of stories from AJs allegedly dodgy past already on file and to date they barely even acknowledge his actual conviction.

All that will change whenever the bubble bursts. Especially so if it is Fury who exposes him and makes Joshua look daft and The Hearns proclamations seem the ramblings of mad men ... The tabloids will jump in a twist the knife as they'll feel they've been sold some magic beans and they in turn sold them onto the public.

So to save face they'll pile on in and destroy the carfeully constructed AJ role model image with these stories they already have.

It's what the tabloids have been doing for over half a century and will continue to do until they cease being published.

If they can do it to Ricky Hatton and David Beckham, they 100% will to Joshua.

 

I've read it all stemmed from an old argument over a bottle of beer.

Yes he's done his time but if the Furys want to moan when their past criminal history is brought up, then they have no right to do it to others.

 

And yet hatton and david beckham are national treasures, maybe because an individual person is smart enough to see through the tabloids and their agenda.

I like joshua because he comes across as a nice classy guy, I dislike tyson because he comes across as a petulant 13 year old brat. I don't need the tabloids to show me that, I made my own mind up from press conferences, interviews and their own twitter feeds.

 

Surely the point about Joshua's past is that it was pre-boxing. He was young, made mistakes like we all do and subsequently sorted himself out. It has no relevance to the person he is today.

John Fury used to box, so would have had that disciplined instilled in him and still did what he did. He has no excuses.

 

Sounds to me people actually want Joshua to fail just so they can say 'I told you so'.

God forbid someone can turn his life around, win a Gold medal a world title and good money doing so. Nope he needs to be in the gutter.

Haters never like to praise someone. Regardless of what good they do they look to find a negative somewhere. Pretty sad.

 

Well, I'm hoping Joshua handles it all very well.
I don't want anyone to fail in life and be savaged by the scum that is the tabloid press.
I wish Joshua all the best, and I think he'll be fine. I just don't think he'd beat Fury.

Seems to me that the real hate and bad will is being aimed at Tyson Fury.
He's the fighter who has already succeeded, the top of his sport. Yet it's as if most people in the UK want him to lose.
As you say, Haters never like to praise anyone.
And there's no British fighter more worthy of praise than Tyson Fury.

 

I think it's more about wanting to see Hearn fail.

I'd like them both keep winning to set up a massive fight between Fury and Joshua in 2017.

 

Fury is simply a 'heel character' just like Eubank was, Naz was and Mayweather was. People may want to see them lose as they don't like there arrogance, personality etc etc. That's nothing new.

What I'm reading is somehow Fury is being hard done by because Joshua is the more popular fighter which is BS.

Boxing has always been that way and its not because Fury is a Gypsy. Frank Bruno was popular and wasn't very good but the public took to him.

 

Of course people want to see fury fail, to the majority of people he's a very unlikeable guy, comes across as a bit of a nasty spoilt brat. It's like saying why don't we all get behind hitler, he got to the top of the politics game! (obviously there's no comparison in terms of the things they've done, it's just an ****ogy)

In general people care more about the human qualities of a sports star over their achievements. It's human nature.

 

Yeah, that's fair. He's happy to be cast in the bad guy role.

I don't think Joshua being more popular is the issue.
More the fact that a lot of people who should know better (boxing fans and boxing pundits) are pretending that Joshua's 'world title fight' was something other than a fradulent sideshow.

 

Sure you're not confusing him for Eddie Hearn ? :huh