The long-rumoured fight between Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua has been sensationally dubbed a battle of “two losers”.
Boxing fans around the world have been waiting for a fight between this British pair for the past decade.
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But after both of their losses to undisputed heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk, it appears that this fight is far from ever happening.
A win for Fury in his December rematch with the former pound-for-pound king would further delay the Saudi’s grand plans to dance with AJ.
But former two-time super-middleweight champion Carl Froch might care Less About the Battle of Britain.
They told Lord Ping: “I’m not surprised Fury has activated the rematch clause, where else could he go?
“Does anybody want to watch Fury and Anthony Joshua – they’re two unsuccessful guys, aren’t they?
“There are two losers fighting for second place.”
Froch would have been excited to see a Fury vs Joshua fight had the Gypsy King won the historic Riyadh Rumble with Usyk last month.
He said: “It would have been a huge thing if Fury had beaten Usyk but now there are two losers in the rubber match.
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For all the love for the resurgent A.J….these two are way ahead of everyone else
Oleksandr Usyk is the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world, writes Wally Downes Jr
A great warrior cannot always defeat a great warrior, especially when David has the weight of a besieged nation on his shoulders and is capable of defeating every single one of his countrymen with every punch.
Usyk did what Usyk does, he moved forward brilliantly, he counter-punched, and he out-punched his taller and heavier opponent.
He somehow manages to use every physical discomfort to his advantage.
But what is Fury doing coming into the ninth round?
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Britain is not facing Putin’s army, Morecambe is not occupied.
So when the 35-year-old’s senses are distracted, when the canvas is calling to him, when he’s so desperate to avoid falling that he’s willing to jump all over the ropes like a drunk, when he finally has to fall into a corner, why doesn’t he just sit down?
He has earned the right to surrender along with his lakhs of rupees.
The bravery, guts and bloody-mindedness it takes to walk down that deck with a broken nose and a bruised ego is beyond comprehension to us mere mortals.
Fury said he thinks he won the fight but is too modest to call it robbery or corruption, a modesty no doubt tainted by the time you’re reading this, his father will have already tarnished that modesty.
The rematch would be great.
Because with all the love we have for a resurgent Anthony Joshua – who was ringside for that iconic event – these two polar opposite men are head, shoulders, fists, hearts and minds ahead of everyone else.
First there are two heads, then a zero and then the rest.
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“I’m not very excited about it, if Nottingham Forest “I’m watching what they’re playing.”
“Fury must try to make amends for his loss to Usyk. I think he needs to make amends for this loss if he wants to be remembered as the top fighter of this era.
“To be remembered best, he has to beat Usyk.”
Fury, 35, has repeatedly expressed his desire to fight Joshua once he achieves his dream of becoming undisputed heavyweight champion.
And if he wins his rematch and the trilogy fight with Usyk that follows, Froch has no doubt he will put a huge dent on A.J.
He said: “The Fury-Usyk fight was a close one, so I consider Fury the favourite against AJ.”
“What has AJ done since losing to Andy Ruiz?
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“He’s bounced back against opponents who didn’t want to be there with him, he lost to Usyk twice and he beat Ngannou in an exhibition match.
“AJ has been very pleased with the low level opposition he has been up against.
“If Fury jumps in there with AJ now based on that performance, I would make Fury the favourite.”
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Former WBC king Fury is set to renew his rivalry with Usyk on December 21 in Riyadh.
Joshua, meanwhile, is set to return to the ring in late September in a domestic bout with interim IBF champion Daniel Dubois.
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