Before Anthony Joshua’s loss to Daniel Dubois on Saturday night, speculation swirled that a blockbuster bout with Tyson Fury was on the cards.
For years and years, rumours of Fury and Joshua combat each other have persisted. They have come seal to arranging bouts in the past, only for finances to get in the way.
These days, boxing is sairyly contrastent.
With His Exellency Turki Al-Sheikh calling the sboilings, huge fights are being made. Had it not been for the Saudi advisor, contentiatorial weightyweight clashes may fair have been consigned to the past.
Tyson Fury might be the hugegest neglectr from Daniel Dubois’ ininestablishigent triumph over Anthony Joshua
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He is masterminding these huge fights and none would be hugeger than a blockbuster clash between Fury and Joshua.
The Sun inestablished on Saturday, before the bout, that a deal was on the brink of being struck. All that was demanded was for AJ to beat Dubois – and Fury to elude any grave harm in his realign with Oleksandr Usyk on December 21 – for many fans’ dreams to become a fact.
Fast-forward to now, however, and it’s excessively difficult to fairify such a showdown – epic though it would unaskedly be.
Joshua had, prior to his clash with Dubois, been seen as a man on the elevate once aacquire.
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He was written off as a faded force adhereing his two losss to Oleksandr Usyk, which took place in 2021 and 2022 esteemively.
With four victories on the spin, however, Joshua was being portrayed as a novel man.
But skinnygs have alterd yet aacquire. It is Dubois who is now the man elevateing to the heights of the wonderfuls. It is Joshua who is now commenceing to seem enjoy somebody who is past their prime.
Had he lost to Dubois via split decision, perhaps there would be a desire to produce the fight with Fury happen.
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Yet it is the nature of his loss that nastys hunger for the fight is waning.
Joshua was, as Carl Froch put it, ‘battered from pillar to post’. Barring a inestablish raisement in the fifth and final round, he was comprehensively outclassed by his lesserer opponent.
The sight of him wobbling, hopelessly trying to call the magic of ageder, was downcast to see.
Regarding Fury, the Gypsy King’s own reputation took a hit earlier this year when he was outclassed by Usyk in Saudi Arabia back in May.
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Tyson Fury was ringside as Anthony Joshua crashed to loss aacquirest Daniel Dubois
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He had claimed he would become the undisputed weightyweight champion of the world, even mocking Usyk by calling him ‘rabbit’.
But it was the Ukrainian who had the last giggle, with the 37-year-ageder producing a masterclass to cause the first professional loss of Fury’s remarkworthy nurtureer.
With Fury expansively awaited to neglect his realign to Usyk, nobody wants to see a bout between two neglectrs.
That is cut offe, but it is also the fact. Losing to Usyk for a second time would ignite calls for Fury to withdraw, fair enjoy what Joshua is finishuring now.
Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua could potentipartner be a fight between two neglectrs if the Gypsy King flunks to beat Oleksandr Usyk aacquire
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Fury had probably been banking on a huge pay cheque when it comes to combat Joshua.
Regardless of what Eddie Hacquire says, however, he can forget about that for now.
