[url]https://talksport.com/sport/boxing/970310/anthony-joshua-bob-arum-response-tyson-fury-oleksandr-usyk/[/url] Should Bodybuilder step aside? I think Arum Is right, Usyk Is not Ruiz and Joshua has no chances in the rematch. Fury v USyk Is the superfight everyone would want to see soon.
Bob is the latest bright young thing to snag a fashionable, rent-free apartment in Joshua's head, fraternizing comfily alongside Tyson Luke Fury, Sasha Usyk and Deontay Wilder. AJ is unravelling at warp speed. Complete freefall.
Nobody likes Bob Arum Except Terence Crawford who lives in a cage under his desk and gets fed stale doggy treats once in a while. Now that Fury has had his fun in America he needs to ditch Arum and come home.
More like Bob erected an amusement park named Fury Land in Joshua's head and just has the rides going 24/7 with no park attendees.
Usyk needs to make it a superfight by messing AJ up so badly the casuals will be glued to their credit card ready to buy Fury Vs Usyk.
I think AJ can still produce some entertaining fights. He has a decent resume and having a loss to Usyk isn't a game changer for me. He avenged his loss to Ruiz. Still got some fights left in him.
His win against Rice Pudding Jr was a bit like his win against Martin - by default. Where "walk this earth like a god" was paid off, Rice Pudding Jr succumbed to the seduction of rice pudding. Dave Allen would've given Rice Pudding Jr a run for his money that night (seriously).
Fury needs Joshua to win in the rematch because Fury v Usyk is no superfight! Financially its small fries compared to a potential Fury v Joshua fight for undisputed!
It's a great fight. Would Fury-Joshua have been a bigger, more glamorous event? Sure. But Joshua couldn't hold up his end. Usyk has proven himself a better heavyweight than Joshua (unless Joshua somehow finds an answer in the rematch), so Fury-Usyk is a qualitatively better matchup, casual entertainment value be damned.
The win against Ruiz(Rice pudding) shows AJ can adapt and change. Of, course, Ruiz came in why out of shape and not close to ready. The win wasn't as good as the loss was bad.