“Hands Down” Wladimir Klitschko Had No Doubt Who Would Win Fury-Joshua After Facing Both: “Hands Down”
Anthony Joshua versus Tyson Fury is still one of the biggest fights that can be made in world boxing.
Both British heavyweights have long been huge draws, and both are former world champions with a chance at redemption later in the year.
First comes Joshua’s sure-to-be explosive match-up with Daniel Dubois, the current IBF belt holder and a man in form having stopped his last two opponents, Jarrell Miller and Filip Hrgovic.
After their contest in September, all eyes will be on the rematch between Fury and Oleksandr Usyk in which ‘The Gypsy King’ attempts to avenge his one and only loss in the ring. If he does come out on top, he will win three of the four major world titles from the Ukrainian. Should Joshua do the same, all roads will lead to a huge undisputed fight sometime in 2025.
One man who has fought both is former long-reining champion Wladimir Klitschko. He lost to Fury on points in 2015 in a big upset, then got stopped in the later rounds against Joshua in 2016 in a thrilling back and forth encounter.
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When asked after his defeat to ‘AJ’ who would win should the two come together, he went with Joshua, ‘hands down’.
“Hands down Joshua.
He is getting to be the complete fighter. Technically, size-wise, weight-wise, power-wise. And he is a good learner.
The other guy [Fury], like a fart in the wind it is there and it is gone. In the history of boxing there are a lot of examples of this kind of guy. They can be successful for a time but are not disciplined enough to continue to be successful. I wish Tyson well but I think there is a lack of discipline there, and discipline is more important than motivation.
Drawing from my experience I would say it is going to be very difficult for Tyson because there’s that lack of discipline.
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Of course lots has changed since that prediction. Joshua has gone on to lose three times, once to Andy Ruiz Jr and twice to Usyk. Fury on the other hand regained his heavyweight title status after an epic trilogy against Deontay Wilder but like ‘AJ’ also lost out to Klitschko’s fellow countryman.
