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

I agree. AJ is a very good heavyweight. I believe he took Ruiz lightly and it cost him the title. He came into the second fight in better shape and with a smarter plan.

Fury does seem to fight to the level of his opposition and I expect that to be the case in this fight. Fury will bring his A game.

I'm picking Fury.

 

Before making a prediction I want to see first what physical condition Fury is in as we get close to the fight and second how Joshua appears mentally when he's face to face with Tyson there's no doubt Fury will be 100% confident and unfazed but will AJ ?? Not so sure, post fight Pulev interview he looked to me like he hasn't recovered mentally from the Ruiz TKO.

 

Basically how I'm thinking at the moment. I voted Fury by decision. There might be some "events" in the fight, impossible to predict w/these two.

As I type this, excluding draw votes, it's just over 2:1 in Fury's favor. Have no idea what the betting odds are or if they've been started.

 

AJ will be cool in the pressers

Then a little head will pop from under the table, it's Eddie Hearn "AJ is going to beat him and beat him emphatically"

Fury enters a rage & lays it on AJ & Hearn verbally.

And the AJ facade will fall

 

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.sp...-tyson-fury-after-two-fight-deal-signed-2021/

 

Fury outboxes him to an entertaining decision

 

Weird how AJs gone from overrated to underrated and the opposite has happened for Fury.

Also the hero/villian roles have been reversed.

AJ by TKO round 7, think he will catch him at somepoint but he needs to be aggressive and not tentative.

 

I have gone back and forth on this fight, in terms of how it will end. Right now, I’m picking Fury by late TKO. Joshua did good overall against Pulev and got him out of there ind the end, but I was not impressed by how Joshua handled the middle rounds. He seemed to empty his tank when trying to get Pulev out of there early, and took a couple of rounds to get his wind back. Fury can get tired too, but he is far more loose and not as tensed up as Joshua, so he doesn’t react to it as much.

When Joshua tires Fury will go for the kill, and even if Fury tires before getting the stoppage, he will still have more in the tank than Joshua.

 

If Fury does get dropped because of him using the Wilder II style, I don't think he'd get up and do the exact same that got him dropped in the first place. If he did I think it wouldn't end very well for him at all. Joshua could end up punching himself out in this scenario, but I don't think he'd throw as many wild shots when trying to finish Fury, as he did against Wlad, Ruiz and Pulev, seeing as Fury has far superior head movement to them all. He'd have to have very poor ring iq to do that.

 

Wlad & Ruiz failed/couldn't get physical with AJ when he gassed out

Neither could the smaller men

Fury is going to get on top of him, throw him over his shoulder carry him onto the corner post then superplex him 16ft through an announcers table

It's going to be SPECTACULER.

 

Joshua is basically Klitschko without his footwork. If Tyson can't last 30 minutes in a ring getting the better of the exchanges with that guy (considering what we've seen him do in the past against Wlad & Wilder) then he is either shot or injured.

 

24-1-1
30-0-2

 

I'm going Fury on points

Funny how a 12/18 months or so ago... AJ was a big favourite and now people are writing him off. This fight for me is a genuine 50/50.... Wilder is the danger man in the division with that right hand but Fury has the brain and ability to take that away from him. AJ however carries power in both hands and can box when needs be also..... very very intriguing fight.

 

Joshua is way better than Klitschko his combination punching whereas Klitschko is way better at long range. Somewhat similar fighters sure but that difference alone could be key for Ajs victory. Who knows thought. Maybe Fury will suprise me and maybe he wipes the floor with AJ like Ruiz did. Lol

 

Fury by boring UD. Joshua won't be able to get close and Fury will be reluctant to engage. It will be deemed a 'masterclass' on here.