Roy Jones Jr Reveals ‘Problem’ Anthony Joshua Has In Tyson Fury Fight

There is still plenty of clamour to see Anthony Joshua versus Tyson Fury.

This all-British heavyweight contest has been talked about for several years given both men are huge stars of the sport who have accomplished plenty.

Fury was the long-reining WBC heavyweight champion until coming up against the might of Oleksandr Usyk in May. That historic undisputed contest saw ‘The Gypsy King’ take his first ever loss after a close contest which was decided by him being given a 10 count in the ninth round. Although he rallied, it wasn’t enough to swing the cards in his favour.

Usyk has of course also beaten Joshua, the first time in 2021 to relieve him of his IBF, WBA and WBO world titles and then again in a rematch the following year which saw him successfully defend his unified status.

Since then Joshua has recaptured some of the impressive knockout form of his early career with a trio of stoppage victories against Robert Helenius, Otto Wallin and Francis Ngannou.

As such plenty of fans still hope to see the two Brits coming together in the ring at some point before retirement. Ahead of that, multi-weight great Roy Jones Jr has been speaking to Betway and making his prediction for what might happen. Despite ‘AJ’s run of early finishes, he can’t see it happening against Fury.

“It was always the case that Joshua could knock Fury out, but here’s the problem that people don’t realise – Fury has been knocked down seven times, but he’s also got back up seven times. Even the hardest hitter in the heavyweight division, Deontay Wilder, knocked him down twice and he got up both times.

What makes you think AJ will knock him down and he doesn’t get up? I don’t see that. I can see him knocking him down, but I don’t know how he keeps him down.”

Next up for Fury is a rematch with Usyk on December 21 while it is expected that Joshua will return in September this year with an opponent yet to be announced but Daniel Dubois or Zhilei Zhang likely