Will Fury vs Joshua ever happen

No Joshua will be retiring after the Pulev fight, and is looking to join the Olympia later in the year!

 

I could imagine it happening long after it should have done [e.g. say 3 yrs from now], at a time when there are question marks as to whether one or both are semi- or fully retired.

 

I am optimistic. If everyone can make money off it, then sure, why not.

Also worth mentioning that it is not really necessary. It is the best fight out there, but Joshua losing to a sub-par contender has taken him out of the running to be the best for awhile. Not saying he never can be, but his loss to Ruiz set beside fury's win against Wilder has made Josh look pretty small. This is Fury's era whether the fight comes off or not.

 

I think it will happen early next year.

Wilder will rematch Fury in July and get beaten worse than last time.

Joshua will fight Pulev in June and then Usyk later in the year.

Then they'll square off in a unification fight in early 2021.

Whyte will be seen wondering around the O2 arena mumbling something about We Be Crooks, Feb 2021 and Eddie being the devil, lol.

 

Personally, I don't think Fury has long left in boxing, I think he will try and make it happen if he gets past Wilder III

If it can / wont happen, he wont hang around and retire

 

I think he has 3 fights left on his ESPN contract and I think after that he'll retire, he said so himself the day after the Wilder fight when interviewed by IFL.

So Wilder this summer, Joshua early next year and then the rematch and he retires.

 

I was really pulling for Fury in the rematch and it was an incredible beat down and excellent game plan. But Wilder in the next fight will really be fired up on revenge and given his power will be pretty formidable.Fury will probably take it again though..but will still be careful.

 

I certainly hope not...

 

If they both keep winning, then yes!

Venue? As long as it's in the UK, right?! 2 Brits for (at this point) all the marbles. The true king to be crowned.

 

Life tends to get in the way of these super fights happening at the right time but I'm hopeful we'll see this one sooner rather than later.

Everyone seems to want to do business for once and hopefully the Ruiz upset and loss of other superfights over the past decade has made promoters a bit more keen to strike whilst the iron is hot.

 

Problem is Joshua might lose to Usyk first...

Wilder and his team knows that and they just want to sabotage the fight at this point. Its a long term war between the Networks.

 

Hopefully not. It's funnier if AJ loses again and misses out on both the Wilder 'megafight' and the Fury 'megafight'.
The truth is, Joshua already tainted the fight as a potential legacy fight for Fury because he lost to Ruiz, then fought safe against this non-ko-specialist in the rematch. It's not like he got iced by Wilder or Povetkin, then KO'd them in a rematch etc.
If Fury won, the narrative would ultimately be that Joshua was already exposed and possibly damaged goods. It'll be considered a good win, but not like the Wlad or Wilder wins.

 

I am not convinced that Fury wants that fight in the UK. He is already well known there, and is building himself up to be a household name in the states. Another impressive win in the spotlight (in Vegas with ESPN/FOX promotion) and you have yourself a global superstar. Not so sure it works out that way with the fight in the UK at 3pm in the US.