TYSON FURY meets Anthony Joshua in a collision course to shock the winter Battle of Britain.
Fury, WBC heavyweight champion, has offered Fury a chance at the prestigious green belt. This surprised many.
Tyson Fury could be defending his WBC heavyweight title against Anthony Joshua in the latter part of this year
Fury called Joshua out on Instagram earlier in the week
Joshua accepted the WBC heavyweight champion’s call-out
The Wythenshawe warrior also offered AJ's team a 35 percent split of the lucrative purse.
After striking a remarkable two-fight deal in March 2020, Fury and Joshua were ready to fight last year.
Deontay wilder won his arbitration for a three-fight fight with Fury, but that didn't stop the undisputed bout.
Although they are worlds apart in personality, Fury & Joshua share some commonalities.
To be exact, there are three mutual enemies
They have shared the ring together with Kevin Johnson, British battering ram Dillian Howte, and Wladimir Klitschko, a former heavyweight champion.
How did they do it against the trio?
SunSport can provide details on the wins of the duo over their rivals.
Kevin Johnson
Gypsy King Fury, a Gypsy King, was the first to confront Johnson, an American veteran. Johnson faced the 42-year-old Belfast resident ten years ago.
Fury, undefeated, was expected to give a stellar performance but failed to do so. However, he did box his path to a unanimous victory.
Fury was awarded a score of 119-110,119-108, and 119–108 by the judges.
Johnson would face Joshua nearly three years later, in his third appearance at The O2 Arena.
However, the fight was short-lived as he defeated him in just two rounds to win a TKO victory, and keep his WBC International heavyweight title.
Tyson Fury defeated Kevin Johnson via unanimous decision
Anthony Joshua defeated the American in just two rounds
Dillian Whyte
Joshua, a former two-time champion in the unified heavyweight division, faced Whyte in a rematch less than a month after he defeated Johnson.
The fight gave AJ the opportunity to avenge his amateur defeat against the Brixton Body Snatcher.
After a thrilling back and forth bout, he won with a brutal seventh round KO.
Fury would then confront his sparring partner almost seven years later, in front of a sell-out crowd at Wembley.
He'd end Whyte in a manner similar to AJ and knock him out with a brutal uppercut at the sixth stanza.
Dillian Whyte was knocked out by AJ in their 2015 grudge-match
Fury kept his WBC belt against Whyte by a brutal uppercut on April
Wladimir Klitschko
Fury's breakthrough performance was in November 2015 against Klitschko (unified heavyweight champion), who he faced in Germany.
He defied all odds to defeat the dominant champion with an unorthodox and awkward approach and claimed the WBA, IBF and WBO heavyweight titles by unanimous decision.
Joshua would meet Klitschko 17-months later at Wembley in a battle for the ages that catapulted him to global stardom.
AJ survived a sixth round knockdown and fatigue to stop Klitschko in Round 11. He will now be fighting for the vacant WBA/IBO heavyweight titles.
Wladmir Klitschko was dethroned by Tyson Fury in November 2015.
Anthony Joshua would defeat the former champion 17-months later
