Anthony Joshua vs Tyson Fury I - Official Prediction and discussion thread

Fury wins by decision, but the judges call it a draw or a narrow Joshua win

 

Fury tried to box and move against Wilder and got knocked down twice. If a limited fighter like Wilder can close the distance enough to land you can be sure as hell that Joshua can.

I believe the bad cuts Fury suffered in the Wallin fight will be a factor against Joshua

 

If it happens this year, I suspect Fury will batter Joshua.

It'll be a weak effort from Fury if he can't defeat a guy who little fat Ruiz beat up.

Joshua's a very good fighter though, a determined professional, so he has a great chance to prove otherwise.

 

Every time Fury's been knocked down in his career, he's tended to do the opposite of that.
He tends to get up and go to war and makes the other guy go backwards and just out-mans him.
Coupled with Joshua's tendency to punch himself out in a round and start gasping, it could play it Fury's hands.

 

Account bet any Aj fan boy on here that fury will knock his block off

Easy money fight

 

Fury aint getting no decision on a Matchroom card unless it's absolutely dominant. They had AJ up when Ruiz stopped him.

 

If Joshua is able to believe in himself and his abilities in that fight he can beat Fury, also Joshua must enter the ring with the intention of crushing Fury and letting everyone know that he is a powerful fighter and that he wants that victory, I hope we will watch great fight...

 

We will see i am actually putting money on my prediction

 

He got knocked down because Wilder has fast hands, great endurance, and sold out to land those punches. AJ isn't terrible on these dimensions but what Wilder succeeded with isn't AJ's wheelhouse.

As far as this matchup I think the outcome is going to be all about Fury's condition. If he comes in rusty, without a good feel for distance and timing, it could be very difficult for him to win.

 

Fury decision for me. Just because he is the better boxer in this and he has a great set of whiskers.

AJ still has the ghosts of the fat Mexican haunting his soul too. I think he will be cautious and will try to box, but be outboxed.

 

Only with one judge, Ruiz was ahead with two. That was in America though, in the UK AJ would have been 1-2 points ahead even after being dropped 4 times. But this fight won't take place in Britain, so that reduces AJ's advantage with officials.

 

Whoaaaa. AJ was up on the cards when Ruiz stopped him? That is unbelievable.

 

Fury by decision in a rather uneventful fight.

 

Fury always produces his best performances in the biggest fights wherever they're held and this is the biggest fight of Fury's career. Height, weight, reach, speed, stamina, skill, chin and mental toughness all clearly favour Fury. AJ's a good heavyweight, top 5 certainly but he's been protected almost his whole career fighting at home against old men and 2nd raters, usually not looking good doing it.

Fury won't want to give the judges a chance to rob him and he knows AJ is vulnerable so he'll go for the KO. And he'll get it because Fury and AJ are not closely matched fighters at their best.