Anthony Joshua says his focus is on getting a fight against Tyson Fury in 2025. Joshua (28-4, 25 KOs) wants to make the mega-fight against the recently beaten former WBC heavyweight champion Fury (34-2-1, 24 KOs) soon.
Luring Fury Back
Fury, 36, has been lying low since his unified champion Oleksandr Usyk on December 21st in Riyadh, and he no doubt is wondering what went wrong this time for him to get beaten for the second time. He looked like he didn’t have anymore.
His performance, or lack thereof, showed why it’s important to get the ‘Battle of Britain’ fight against Joshua made asap. Some believe that Fury could announce his retirement, and they’re on ‘R’ watch, waiting for a tearful speech from him.
Joshua needs to increase the pressure on Fury to cheer him up and motivate him to stay on because he may do something impulsive. He retired once, only to come back.
“2025, I am targeting Tyson Fury,” said Anthony Joshua to Sky Sports News.
He needs some cheering from Joshua and others right about now to make him think he did better than he actually did.
AJ has more reasons to retire than Fury because he was blown apart by IBF heavyweight champion Daniel Dubois in his fifth-round knockout loss on September 21st in front of over 90,000+ fans at Wembley Stadium in London. That was a complete mismatch, with Joshua being dropped four times.
Joshua had never been knocked out like that before. You could see that Dubois was too strong, young, and out of his league talent-wise. However, it would be the same thing if Dubois fought Fury. He might be even easier because his punch resistance is gone, and he would have nothing to hold Dubois off for an instant.
“Makes me hungry, makes me want to work harder. Time is of the essence; time is limited, so I just want to put in more work,” said Joshua about his loss to Daniel Dubois on September 21st.
“When I look back, I believe I could have done more in 2024. I have another chance in 2025 to do more, and I am going to make sure I take every opportunity that comes my way. I should have won, but I didn’t, and I am going to go again,” said Joshua.
Joshua should forget about Dubois permanently and focus entirely on fighting Fury twice before calling it a day. Getting back in with Daniel would be a bad idea.
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