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

BREAKING NEWS! FLOYD MAYWEATHER IS SET TO JOIN THE TEAM OF ANTHONY JOSHUA AHEAD OF THE FURY SAGA

 

All these Fury fans predicting that Fury will lean all over Joshua,
FURY WONT GO ANYWHERE NEAR THAT CLOSE TO JOSHUA!

If Fury tries to close Joshua down he will catch some heavy fire on his way in and cannot win the close up exchanges against Joshua because AJ is far better at it than Tyson is.

 

Fury has the hand speed on the inside to give AJ problems.

 

Don’t agree but either way, Fury won’t risk getting that close to Joshua!

 

He will at some point and knows he can panic AJ.

 

I think Fury will employ the same tactics he did against Wlad to win a boring decision. Joshua may be gunshy in there against Fury as he tries to look for openings to counter. I can also see the feints that Fury uses give Joshua trouble and make him tentative to throw power punches

 

Highly unlikely but If your exact prediction comes to fruition i will be laughing my ass off and call you the greatest forum member of all time

 

Pretty sure AJ isn't flying out to Vegas to do a little training with Floyd on the side

& Floyd ain't coming here

Floyd is just becoming a matchroom promotional pawn.

 

Respect

 

Joshua by mid rounds TKO.

I'm not buying the hype with Fury. He defeated a clearly off Wlad (definitely won the fight but by no means dominantly) and beat a gangly-armed, spindly-legged human cricket by coming right at him and denying him room to throw his overhand right, knowing that said human cricket had no infighting skills to speak of.

I just think Joshua has the skills and speed to catch Fury at least one point in the fight and if he floors Fury, which I think he will, Joshua will not let him off the hook. Aside from Ruiz, he's finished every man he's had in trouble. Fury has neiher the chin of Ruiz or the hand speed so I think Joshua will land his combos (and that right uppercut) at mid range, especially if Fury decides to fight 'kronk style'.

A green Joshua landed the uppercut on Fury when they sparred way back. Why wouldn't it happen again when Joshua is clearly a lot better and I think Fury, due to his inactivity, his drug and mental issues and ballooning up in weight, is maybe on the slide? All these things shorten a fighter's prime, which with Fury might well be over. After all, it's nearly 6 years since he beat Wlad...

That said, it wouldn't surprise me if Fury won.

 

Noooo. Fury by KO then.

 

"I'll have another Burrito and a large Horchata to go" did

Yeah, there not the same fighter. They weigh about the same, but the one AJ is fighting is taller and longer.

 

Thats bad. Shorter people with a shorter reach tend to be better close range fighters because they can generally throw tighter hooks and have a better center of gravity. Ruiz is also faster than Fury with his combinations