Fight Edges Closer” Will it take place ? Roy Jones Jr Gives Honest Verdict On Anthony Joshua vs Tyson Fury As Fight Edges Closer

There is real hope that Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury will end up facing off in the ring sometime soon.

The careers of the two British heavyweight rivals have long been running in parallel but have yet to cross paths. Both men have been world champions for a number of years but politics and, in the case of Fury with Deontay Wilder, court rulings have kept them apart, much to the frustration of the fans.

Right now, both men have big fights to win in the coming months. In December, Fury has to try and reverse the result of his first fight with Oleksandr Usyk in which he failed to claim the undisputed title back in May.

Joshua meanwhile is hoping to become a three-time world champion when he takes on the newly elevated IBF belt holder Daniel Dubois in September.

The Fury-Usyk rematch will once again take place in Saudi Arabia, and the man behind boxing in the region Turki Alalshikh recently got ‘The Gypsy King’ on a FaceTime with AJ, confirming he wants to make the fight if the Brit can avenge his sole career defeat.

“Champ, finish the job on 21 of December and look who’s waiting for you [Joshua].”

Speaking to talkSPORT Boxing, former multi-weight king Roy Jones Jr believes we might see the clash even if Fury loses again to the Ukrainian and says the fight is a pure 50/50 battle.

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“Here’s the thing, if Joshua wins a title and if Usyk is able to beat Fury again, then the next fight the UK wants to see I think will be Fury against Joshua for Joshua’s title and that’s a fight that to me is a 50-50.”

The ideal scenario would be both Fury and Joshua winning and then an undisputed fight between the two could well be on the cards.

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Crawford vs Jaron “He Has Everything” Roy Jones Jr Delivers Honest Verdict On Terence Crawford vs Jaron Ennis.

Jaron Ennis picked up the IBF Welterweight World Title when Terence Crawford decided to move up in weight and vacate. That hasn’t stopped the Philly native from wanting the fight.

‘Boots’ Ennis is now seen as the clear standout in the 147 ranks with the departure of Crawford and Errol Spence Jr. Coming off a successful defence of his belt by stopping David Avanesyan in five rounds, the 27-year-old has moved to 32-0.

Speaking to YSM Sports Media, multi-weight world champion and the best fighter of his era Roy Jones Jr said Ennis presents a ‘very difficult’ challenge to the two-time undisputed champ.

“I don’t now yet cause we seen Boots in against a guy that has touched him enough to really test his chin, so that’s the only thing we don’t know about him yet. We don’t know if he can take a real punch.

As far as skills go, he got everything. That fight could be very difficult cause he has everything. When a guy as talented with the skill-level that Boots has, anything can happen. But, don’t get me wrong, Bud has the skill level too. Great fight.”

Despite now having the chance to go on and unify the welterweight titles as ‘Bud’ did before him, ‘Boots’ has expressed an interest in moving up to 154 to make the fight happen.

With the backing of Riyadh Season’s Turki Alalshikh, it suddenly becomes quite possible. First up, Crawford has his first challenge in that division against WBA Champion Israil Madrimov. Should he win, he’s still looking away from Ennis and towards Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez.

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