Who is the A-side - AJ or Fury?

Right now, both are bums; don’t kid yourself. Both should have retired after their first fights with Usyk (real A-side). The only difference is that Joshua did everything he could with his skills (I thought he was a great boxer; don't try to aruge, @miniq), while Fury is a massive waste of talent.

 

Is AJ still the bigger box office draw? Genuine question. In the 2010s he was, no question at all, but I’m not sure he has been for many years now

The 2 Fury-Usyk fights had bigger purses (by far) than the 2 AJ-Usyk fights. And Fury just headlined a 12-rounder in a 60,000 stadium against Makh, a totally unknown B-side to casuals, while AJ would have fought Cassius Chaney in an 8-rounder on a Saudi undercard (but ultimately took the Jake Paul fight as the B-side to Paul).

There’s also the fact it would be broadcast on Netflix, and Fury has a better working relationship with Netflix with his Netflix series.

Doesn’t matter to me who’s the A-side, but I’d be genuinely quite surprised if it were Joshua-Fury rather than Fury-Joshua.

 

I have to agree. Fury is clearly the more talented, but AJ did more with what he had.

 

The Battle of Usyk's Sons

 

Joshua is the landlord Fury the tennant.

 

I rewatch that interview every now and then. Low-key hilarious. Fury at his best. The camera pan to the bag of washing as he mentions it feels very 'Peep Show early years'. Brilliant.

 

Used to be AJ, but this stage it's Fury. Turki likes him and Fury can sell a fight.

 

Wake me up inside!

 

Up to a point.

I'm unconvinced that Fury could necessarily have done any more with his talents... I think the same blase and unorthodox mentality that has arguably been a weakness has arguably been one of the factors in making him able to perform as he has... Without that, he could've been more and yet less?

 

TF oozes charisma.