Anthony Joshua, a British-Nigerian boxer, is confident that Tyson Fury and the much-anticipated all-British fight will take place.
Since 2021, two significant fight negotiations between the two have dragged on and fallen, most recently in October.
WITHIN NIGERIA recalls that Joshua and Fury agreed to meet in 2022, with the first match scheduled for August 14 in Saudi Arabia. Not long after, an official announcement was made by a Judge that Deontay Wilder was entitled to a third fight against Tyson Fury.
This prompted Joshua to face Ukrainian Oleksandr, a fight he lost and which may have ended his chances of facing Fury.
Usyk announced his retirement from boxing after three fights and said he would not fight again this year, so Fury gave Joshua the opportunity to challenge for his WBC title.
The initial discussions appeared to be going well, but communication broke down after Fury set several deadlines.
The British fight appeared to be on the cards last month when Joshua and Fury agreed to meet in December.
Despite the challenges, Joshua remains optimistic and confident that the fight will take place.
While speaking to DAZN, he said;
It will happen. It will happen though. (The) same generation,”
Aside from the entertainment side, just as two competitors, two fighters, he’s definitely a fighting man and what people fail to realise – like they say ‘the social media stuff is annoying’ but culturally speaking from Tyson Fury’s culture, the Gypsy culture. You’ve watched the documentaries on Netflix and stuff it’s embedded in his culture.
What we see is ‘why is he on social media?’ I know from growing up and being around that community as well, so I know that’s just how they call out fights and stuff, it’s nothing personal but from my culture, we don’t really deal with stuff like that we’re a bit more lowkey and handle our business so that’s where there’s a culture clash, said Joshua.