Anthony Joshua cowardly begs Tyson Fury to retire

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Nothing to do with Joshua's gold medal, you're making up stories about Kitschko trying to intimidate him in sparring camps and ducking him until he's 40

 

Making up stories?

Wlad tried to intimidate Fury in camp in 2011. That's a fact.

Then he got destroyed in a sauna, which he tried to deny.

Wlad hasn't even got over that loss yet, it's clear for the world to see. He was quick to get behind AJ and try to ignore Fury's existence. He did manage to give an emoji tweet when Fury walked through Wilder in that rematch though. Since Wlad whooped Wilder around in sparring he saw a bit of himself in Fury that night.

 

Agree that both their wins vs. Wlad are partially tainted b/c Wlad was about 40 (he certainly was vs. AJ).

I did find AJs suggestion that Fury retire pretty odd, maybe desperate.

Don't agree much w/your comment above:
Both AJ and Fury's records are awful in comparison to their status. ... I can't believe people defend their records and put them both so high with regard to historical ranking of heavies. It's nuts.
Depends on how you look at it. Are you referring that fighters these days don't fight as often? That's obviously true. The competition and fights to be made are there in this era - for whatever reasons they just don't make them.
However Fury or AJ are not "awful", they would wipe the mat w/ past era HWs.

 

Aj has flaws there’s no doubt about that, and I have seen them come into his persona in the ring, he has become so manufactured and has so much on the line that it’s impacted on his presence in the ring. It’s like he’s forgot that he’s capable of knocking anyone out.
Fury doesn’t care he has no fear he knows what it’s like to lose everything, and that has made him stronger.
They have both fought their way to the top with different expectations and pressures on them, fury constantly underestimated and Joshua constantly overestimated, it’s easier to underachieve than it is to overachieve.
That’s not a defence for either they are difficult to compare for many reasons but the one difference between them that is clear as day is that Tyson Fury doesn’t show fear, that’s not to say he isn’t scared, but he hides it if he is and that’s how a champion should be.
Then again he was caught out with eating the world record amount of wild boar and it gave an adverse nandrolone result.
Both have pros and cons to argue about but wilder is just an absolute awful champion who has hidden behind his power, a power he can only deliver on absolute suckers, I think he did well to avoid whyte because he would have roughed him right up, and let’s not forget the first Ortiz fight when he was given extra time to have his invisible cuts looked at

 

Would like Fury and Joshua to fight so Fury can shut him up. Joshua is irritating.

 

Warren is an awful person. Scamming c*nt that cheats his fighters. There’s a reason someone’s tried to kill him.

 

Why do you use yank patter when you’re clearly not from America? Punk, nerd, dork etc.

 

A wee bit strange since Fury just the other day confirmed that he intends to fight until no longer capable.

He realizes now that family and boxing are the twin fountains from which he draws his strength.

And Fury beat the better version.

I like AJ but he needs to understand that he will be judged on whether or not he makes this fight. I definitely think that Fury is the favorite, and Joshua is a live dog. Its a great fight, and great fighters make great fights.

 

He was a year and a half older for AJ, and inactive the entire time. So the point stands. Fury's win was miles better.

It is kind of funny, because these sorts of things didn't used to be controversial. When a fighter ended another fighter's great reign, he got credit for it. Now boxing is political and there is always an asterix.

 

In regards to Fury v Klitschko, it does seem that the avoidance was from the Klitschko side if it was from anyone.
Fury beat Chisora, taking his 0, and then Chisora, went on to get the Klitschko fight.
The Fury Johnson fight was some kind of eliminator, if I recall.
The Fury Cunningham fight was an eliminator.
The Fury Hammer fight was an eliminator.
At least that's how the story goes. It does appear Fury had a lot of ''eliminators'' before he got the fight.

 

Fury's team did wait until Wlad started to look faded. It's a pity Deontay didn't get his hands on Wlad's scrawny neck. Those shiny Wba Wbo and Ibf belts would have looked good on the bronze bomber indeed. Now the prima donna bodybuilder is holding them ransom.