For instance, people say that Anthony Joshua shouldn't get in the ring with Tyson Fury because he's too inexperienced and not ready. How else do you prove your greatness and show your skill if you don't fight the best? The only way a fighter will know if he's ready is if he steps in the ring with an elite caliber of fighter. Why does he need? In boxing there is too much fear of losing and maybe this can be blamed on the public and their obsession with fighters being undefeated. This has to stop. All this stuff about it has to be the right time. You're a boxer. You fight! You're supposed to be a warrior!
There is an argument for this but not when someone is a world champion. If you hold the belt you should be ready for anyone.
You have obviously never been in the ring atsch It´s like going from the Golden Gloves to the Olympics. The gap in talent is immense. Look at Sergio Martinez. At the age 24, he got absolutely pummeled by a young Margarito. Heck, Margarito himself was only 21 at the time. Not only was Margarito the better boxer back then, he had faced the better opposition. 10 years later, Sergio Martinez is on top of P4P lists and is voted Fighter of the year. There is such a thing as burn-out. When facing the best, one will take punishment. Wilfred Benitez was done at the age of 25. Diego Corrales at 29. Hernan Marquez, a more modern example, was 25 when he had already taken a few beatings too many. Now at 27, he looks like shell of his former self. As for Spence, he has been stepping up the ladder step by step, earning what he gets. Funny how he is criticised for that.
Boxing is business first and sport second. Fighters need to build up their marketability and make money while in a spotlight. You thinking of fighters as some gladiators,and they are not it.
Joshua hasn't been a pro yet for 3 years and despite holding a paper title is still really just a prospect, he hasn't even beaten a world class fighter yet. To face the top heavyweight in the world at such an early stage would be premature. How many other heavyweights fought THE heavyweight champion inside 3 years? Even Tyson didn't fight Spinks until 3 years and 3 months as a pro, Ali fought Liston after 3 years and 4 months and Foreman didn't fight Frazier until he had been a pro for 3 years 7 months. Even if Joshua was to match Tyson's rise to the top he'd wouldn't fight Fury until Jan 2017 and would do so with about half the number of fights Tyson had. Also Joshua started boxing at a much later stage than Tyson for him to be looking to fight Fury this year would be an incredible ask and be a feat not match by anyone else.
There is absolutely no excuse whatsoever to claim you're not ready for somebody if you're holding a belt and are headlining huge PPV shows.