Fury Vs Joshua: ‘Battle Of Britain’ hopes remain despite losses

The Battle of Britain between heavyweights Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua may finally be upon us in early 2025. AJ and Fury’s promoters are ready to fight, and Brits are ready to see the two stars of the Kingdom United they mix it. As the saying goes, “Better late than never.”

Fury’s loss last Saturday night against Oleksandr Usyk may have spoiled the party. In a 12-round unanimous decision loss in Riyadh, he fought like he was afraid of being knocked out and looked fat, untrained and lethargic.

With his trunks pulled down to his sternum to cover his flabby midsection, Fury looked hideous in an embarrassing performance. It was hard to believe that ‘The Gyspy King’ had gone through an entire three-month training camp and emerged like this.

The fans want this fight

After that performance, testing and selling a Fury vs. joshua “Battle of Britain” the shock would be a mistake. That doesn’t stop his promoters, though, because they learned that it’s too risky not to make this fight now.

The timing is obviously not ideal as both are coming off losses and look old, washed up and ready to be put out to pasture. However, many British fans can’t wait to see former heavyweight champions Joshua (28-4, 25 KOs) and Fury (34-2-1, 24 KOs) mix it up for the first of two fights in 2025.

Ideally, AJ and Fury should get a couple wins before they meet because it seems pathetic for them to fight now, with both coming off losses. Fans would have a different view if they both beat a couple of top contenders first and then met. If they cannot do this, they should retreat rather than fight.

Many fans on social media think it is too late for Joshua & Fury to fight because they are both so fired up that the fight is seen as a stopwatch match between two rich millionaires trying to line their pockets at the expense of the public before leaving the sport. However, it is doubtful that either of them will retire after their two fights below.

There’s too much money to be made, and UK fans don’t give up on their fighters, no matter what age. Derek Chisora ​​is an example. If the promoters want to maximize revenue, they should rebuild Joshua and Fury first against a couple of contenders before making the Battle of Britain fight. Don’t be short sighted.

“I still think Tyson just won it. I wasn’t complaining about the results of the fight. I was complaining about how they scored it,” said Frank Warren secondsouttalking about how the judges scored the Tyson Fury v Oleksandr Usyk 2 rematch last Saturday.

“I don’t see how a judge gave Tyson a single round in the last seven rounds. That’s impossible. I saw it and I don’t know how he did it. Usyk didn’t win the last seven rounds of this fight.”