Joshua will duck Fury to fight 41 year old Wilder next

yeah the duck is in for Joshua

But I don't know if I blame him.Imagine making generational wealth by fighting Jake Paul and a shot Wilder.

I think Fury should fight the winner of Wardley vs Dubois then Fury/Joshua can meet up next fight

 

I get the impression neither wants to be controlled by the other

Tyson won 3 world titles against W Klitschko, but didn't rematch and retired
Joshua would likely have been a title challenger, I would think had Fury not retired.

2018
Joshua was a unified champion holding WBO, WBA, IBF titles who had won unifications
Fury was a former champion with no defences

I read on this link that Fury wanted a 50/50 split

https://www.espn.co.uk/boxing/story...ists-anthony-joshua-vs-tyson-fury-happen-2018

At this time Joshua was imo the bigger name at this time

Things shift a bit.
Fury draws with Wilder in another title attempt and is now 1-0-1 in title fights
Joshua still an undefeated unified champion and 7-0-0 in world title fights

Things shift a bit more
Joshua loses to Ruiz
Neither hold a world title
Joshua wins back the 3 world titles he lost
Fury beats Wilder and between them they hold all of the titles


June 2020
https://www.skysports.com/boxing/ne...or-a-two-fight-deal-says-promoter-eddie-hearn

It looks in the link that potentially 2 fights agreed
Covid was a factor in much of the world


Joshua loses to Usyk
Fury ended up facing Wilder again

Now only Fury holds a world title and things have shifted a bit more where Fury would likely be able to call for the higher purse as the defending champion

Fury defends against Whyte and retires

Joshua loses the return to Usyk
Fury gives Joshua a quick call out after Joshua's second loss to Usyk, though it seemed to be a quick callout with timelines and deadlines

Fury comes back and faces Chisora and Ngannou
Loses twice to Usyk and retires again
Joshua didn't retire and lost to Dubois

I guess now neither really holds much above the other but I get the impression both want to be the A side


All of the above is pretty much how I recall it and probably not correct and certainly with gaps that I have missed

 

I don't think they'll (and when I say they I mean Joshua and Eddie "The Landlord" Hearn) even want to face shot Wilder next. The truth is Wilder looked pretty good against Chisora. He showed resilience, desire, and some of the old power. Chisora isn't an easy night for anyone (except Fury), and Wilder handled him about as well as you'd expect in a prime vs. prime matchup.

Clearly Fury being rejuvenated after the Usyk losses makes him too spicy. Wilder looking decent after Chisora is also too spicy. There are no massive circus fights out there for Josuha (2 of his last 3 fights, the other being the Dubois loss), and he's obviously not going to face a top 15 guy not named Fury or Wilder.

It's an awkward position. That's probably why Joshua and Hearn looked so awkward. They're desperate to preserve "the brand" and know that there's still a lot of legacy at stake if they lose to Fury or Wilder.

I predict Joshua will face, if anyone, a feather fisted top 50 guy. Maybe shot to pieces Joyce would fit the bill? Pulev again? A slow, stationary jab merchant who can be stopped.

 

I have no doubt

Eddie and AJ acting like a pair of weird stalkers at ringside whilst turki looked mythed that neither would get involved.

They will fight Wilder

 

I think Joshua is shot post Dubois. So why shouldn't he be allowed to fight whoever he wants?

I don't even rate him in the top 10

 

It would be a pretty stupid move of Hearn/Joshua to fight Wilder instead of Fury next. He’d make a substantially lower sum of money to fight Wilder instead of Fury, yet still face significant risk of losing and derailing his biggest payday in the sport (again)

I’d make Joshua the favourite over Wilder based on how shot Wilder is, but I’m far from confident Joshua escapes from that bout unscathed

 

The pessimist in me thinks he will duck both Fury and Wilder opting to fight either Ajagba in Nigeria or an out off left field choice: Hughie Fury.
But who the hell knows what he and Hearn are thinking. The least amount of effort for the biggest bag of money seems about right..

 

It's an acceptable alternative to me. I still think Wilder is a very dangerous opponent for AJ.

 

Boring

if he fought fury next you would only be saying he ducked wilder.