Tyson Fury: Anthony Joshua is ‘tailor-made’ for me | Boxing news

Anthony Joshua defended his WBA, IBF and WBO heavyweight titles by beating Kubrat Pulev at Wembley SSE Arena on Saturday; Tyson Fury said of a possible fight with AJ: “My goal is to eliminate him in four rounds.”

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Anthony Joshua knocked out Kubrat Pulev to get closer to a dream fight against Tyson Fury

Tyson Fury says Anthony Joshua is ‘tailor-made’ for an early knockout loss and is ‘optimistic’ a fight can be agreed upon.

Joshua defended his WBA, IBF and WBO heavyweight titles with a brutal ninth round stoppage of Kubrat Pulev at the SSE Arena in Wembley on Saturday.

But WBC champion Fury was not intimidated by the performance of his British rival.

“I’m not saying it just because he will be my rival, he will be one of my opponents,” Fury said. Good morning Great Britain.

Tyson Fury says a fight with AJ would be ‘explosive’

“I’ve always said for a long time that I think Anthony Joshua is tailor-made for someone like my style. I think it will be one of the fastest, most explosive fights you’ll see. With the goal of eliminating him in four rounds.”

Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn insisted he would resume negotiations “immediately” and Fury is hopeful that terms can be agreed soon.

“We’ll see what’s going to happen,” Fury said. “Let’s hope this fight happens. I’m willing to fight. I don’t know if they will be. I’ve been willing to fight for the last five years.

“It hasn’t happened so far, but I am very optimistic that it will happen in 2021.”

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Anthony Joshua says he wants to face whoever has the WBC belt and if it’s Tyson Fury then so be it!

Fury? Why Usyk May Be Joshua’s Next Opponent

Joshua’s next opponent could be Oleksandr Usyk, not Fury, because the Ukrainian is already trying to enforce his right to a mandatory fight.

WBO President Paco Valcarcel boosted the hopes of his mandatory challenger Usyk on Saturday night, moments after Joshua defeated Pulev, by tweeting: “Eddie Hearn knows the meaning of compromise.

“The ball is in Hearn’s court.”

Usyk’s co-promoter Alexander Krassyuk, who works alongside Hearn, said exclusively Sky sports: “My prediction, my plan and our strategy is to have AJ vs Usyk in April or May 2021.

“This is the WBO that has the power to enforce the champion by the mandatory.

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Peter Fury says the shots AJ landed on Pulev wouldn’t find his nephew Tyson so easily

“Although everyone wants to see AJ fight Fury, I don’t think this fight is going to happen anytime soon.”

On Joshua’s knockout of Pulev, Krassyuk added: “I haven’t talked about AJ’s performance with Usyk yet, but I must admit that AJ seemed quite convincing.”

The WBO stance would apparently leave Joshua with two options: defend his title against Usyk next, or leave it vacant to move directly into a fight with Fury.

An additional complication of the undisputed title fight is Fury’s situation regarding a third fight with Deontay Wilder.

Fury shelved the planned trilogy this month, but has since been forced to enter a mediation process because Wilder is eager to agree terms to share the ring again.

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Spencer Oliver on Anthony Joshua’s upgrade and dream fight against Tyson Fury

The WBC said Sky sports who would give their “full support” to a third Fury vs. Wilder fight in 2021.

WBC President Mauricio Sulaiman said: “Wilder is a tremendous and important element. He was a five-year WBC champion. Extremely loyal.

“The highest knockout ratio. The percentage is unbelievable and he is a well loved fighter, a WBC champion and of course he deserves another shot.

“He gave Tyson Fury the opportunity and Tyson Fury beat him, he knocked him out and of course Wilder is in the mix.

“He deserves a chance and we will see how things develop next year.

“We just hope that everything is resolved and everyone is happy and we see great fights inside the ring.”