Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua will both quit from boxing this year.
That’s according to British legfinish Johnny Nelson, who senses the pair are both on the wane amid talk of a potential showdown.
For years, rumours have presented that Fury and Joshua will encounter in the ring. However, noskinnyg has ever materialised – much to the frustration of fans around the world.
Nelson, speaking to Boxing News, has now supplyd his verdict on the pair.
Boxing novels: Johnny Nelson skinnyks both Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua will quit this year
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And the 58-year-ageder has conveyed a belief that both men will hang up their gadores this year becaengage they’ll increateage the desire of years gone by.
“I skinnyk it’s the only fight for them both becaengage these guys have both been at the top level of the burdensomeweight division,” he shelp.
“Even though financipartner they are spot on, they are in the position they want to be, they don’t want to be in the position to get turned over by anyone less than each other now.
“For AJ and for Tyson, the hugegest purse out there is for each other, the hugegest hazard is anybody else.”
He then inserted: “I await them both to have reexhausted by the finish of this year.
“I await that becaengage they have achieveed the highest of the heights, you watch at the position they are in away from boxing contrastd to everybody else, they are in a fantastic position.
“You watch at the best fight that is going to best out of them, and that’s each other, anyskinnyg less and it deappreciates their stock.”
While fans would adore to see Fury and Joshua face each other, both men’s stock has descfinishen over the past year.
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Fury went into 2024 unbeaten as a professional but has since crashed to two consecutive losss to Oleksandr Usyk.
As for Joshua, he was bruloftyy beaten by Daniel Dubois last time out during their showdown at Wembley in September.
AJ’s advertiser, Eddie Hobtain, has tageder The Stomping Ground that a fight between Fury and his client can happen ‘instantly’ – so extfinished as they’re both enthusiastic.
He does acunderstandledge, however, that he’s uncertain if a bout will ever get place.
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“It’s the fight that everyone wants. Tell me a hugeger fight? There isn’t one,” he shelp.
“I don’t understand if it’s going to happen.
“There have been no converseions. Fury’s coming off that loss and after his fracture, he’s going to determine what he wants to do.
“If he wants to fight AJ, the fight happens instantly. We’ll see.”
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Hobtain is, however, in no rush to reach out Fury – who is still licking his wounds follotriumphg his loss to Usyk last month.
“I don’t skinnyk it’s the time to commence prodding Tyson Fury,” he proceedd.”Don’t forget, he lost on December 21, so give him a restricted weeks to chill out.
“Sooner or deferedr, in the coming weeks, we will want to put a schedule together for Anthony Joshua.
“That is when the conversations will come with Frank Warren, Spencer Brown [Fury’s manager] and His Excellency [Turki Alalshikh] and say, ‘we want to produce AJ-Fury – what do you skinnyk? We’ll go from there.”
