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BaZ87 said:
After being beaten by Fury would he fight Joshua?
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Yes. Fury is ring savvy. He knew what he was doing against Vlad and planned it perfectly. AJ may be world champ but I still consider him inexperienced, especially against fighters of Vlad's level. Vlad will fancy outpointing him.
 
Can't see it happening. Joshua is too dangerous for Klitschko to take the fight and I don't think Hearn would want to risk Joshua against him anytime soon either. Obviously money talks though and it would be a massive fight so who knows.
 
Fury it having some obvious mental health issues, which are affecting his application to training. I wasn't expecting this rematch to happen the first time, and was saying to a mate of mine last week that I don't think it will happen at all. I'm not at all surprised at the 'postponement'.

I actually think fury is the class of the division - if he could get his head straight he'd be the best of the lot. That's not to say I think he's a great fighter - but he's the best of a mediocre heavyweight scene.

Klitschko would demolish Joshua. No way is that fight happening this year or next. Probably ever. Joshua makes enough money without WK.
 
cheesyboy said:
I actually think fury is the class of the division - if he could get his head straight he'd be the best of the lot. That's not to say I think he's a great fighter - but he's the best of a mediocre heavyweight scene.
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I'm interested to hear what you make of Fury vs. Joshua?
 
We're all arm chair experts at the end of the day but I really hope some of these match ups can be made so we have some answers.

Joshua vs Fury - Joshua by KO 9 times out of 10, the other 10% would be Fury on points. Fury goes in without the size advantage.. and has next to no power for a heavyweight. It is his size that has got him to where he is, if he was 6'2 or 6'3 he would be unheard of. Fury would be on the back foot all fight and try to be as awkward as possible, but Joshua would land clean eventually, and the guy who has been dropped by cruiserweights would be laid out. If he managed to get up he'd be put down again.

Klitchko vs Fury rematch - You have a guy who is terrified of being pressured and being hit (Klitchko) and a guy who is totally fearless, probably slightly mentally unstable, with huge flaws. The reason why I was saying all along that Fury had a great chance in the first fight when most people were writing him off, was that Klitchko does not have a size advantage in this fight and he's up against someone that isn't scared of him. I really cannot figure out whether Fury is now playing mind games with all these injuries and pull outs or whether he simply can't be bothered fighting anymore. Fury I feel has less of a chance of winning the rematch, than he did the first time round. He seems to be lacking a lot of the hunger he had before the first fight.

Klitchko vs Joshua - If Joshua isn't afraid of Klitchko and isn't afraid to let his shots go, Klitchko is in for a world of hurt. He will be terrified of pulling the trigger because he knows what will be coming back at him from Joshua, the guys are very similar in size. Klitchko has used his tools and his technical ability brilliantly over the years against let's be honest, mostly smaller guys. He is a text book boxer. Joshua by KO but Klitchko is more of a threat to Joshua than Fury because Klitchko can at least bang, if he has the bottle too.

Joshua vs Haye - a very high risk, low reward fight for Joshua this one. Haye is quick, mobile, and can bang.. but he is looking to con the boxing public. He has done nothing since his return except talk about fighting for a world title. He needs to earn it and back up what he says by fighting guys like Briggs etc and work his way up to a world title shot. Haye is very vulnerable though, as quick as he can KO someone, he can be KO'd and he knows this hence why he is terrified of taking any risks because he'll see his big pay day go up in smoke. This is a fight I really hope DOESN'T happen for quite a while yet.

Joshua vs Wilder - probably a question of who lands first. Wilder swings too 'wildly' for my liking, Joshua just looks more controlled in the ring, I think Joshua has him. An explosive fight which I hope takes places at some point soon for ALL the belts.
 
Peter Fury's given an interview to say Tyson has got mental health issues which have been caused by the hate he's received. Not sure about anyone else but when someone spouts as much **** as him and shows so much disrespect to other people I feel the hate he's received is well and truly deserved.

No sympathy for him whatsoever, he's brought it all on himself and now he'll have to deal with his issues on his own.
 
This fight's a cracker!!! :cool:

Crolla badly hurt at the end of that round but dominating the fight so far.

Edit: Crolla's run out of ideas and Linares has taken complete control of the fight. Should win by 2 or 3 rounds if he doesn't stop Crolla.
 
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For any that are interested Loma vs Walters has been signed and agreed - fights on in November. Good fight, end of the year is shaping up to be a good one.
 
Yeh if the HW division got either a Joshua/Klitchko or Klitchko/Ortiz or something similar it would really end the year of strong - along with Loma/Walters Ward/Kovalev and potentially GGG/Jacobs
 
Klitschko - Joshua looks like a real possibility. Hearn's already confirmed he's opened talks about the fight (although denied a few reports that it's agreed) but repeatedly said it would only be if Fury's titles were on the line. And in the last hour or so it's being reported that Fury's tested positive for cocaine and will indeed be stripped of his titles.
 
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