Anthony Joshua has said he needs a fight against Tyson Fury
“on my record” before his career is finished because boxing as a whole required
at least one bout between the two British heavyweights.
Between them, the two boxers currently hold all the major
versions of the heavyweight world title.
Talks of a unification ‘superfight’, which went on for
months, appeared to be on the brink of ending in an agreement earlier this year
only for a United States arbitrator to rule Fury had to fight Deontay Wilder
for a third time.
As a result Fury, having previously drawn with and then
stopped Wilder, is set to make the maiden defence of his World Boxing Council
(WBC) belt against the American in Las Vegas next month.
Before then, Joshua is set to face World Boxing Organization
(WBO) mandatory challenger Oleksandr Usyk in London on September 25, with a
crowd of some 60,000 expected at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, the home of the
Premier League club.
But Joshua, also the World Boxing Association (WBA) and
International Boxing Federation (IBF) champion, knows that a fight against Fury
is the contest boxing fans want to see and that a question mark will hang over
his career if he does not face the ‘Gypsy King’.
“Do I need Tyson Fury
on my record? I need it,” Joshua told the BBC 5 Live boxing podcast.
“We need it for boxing. It’s what we all need, I need it.
Come on, let’s see how good I am.
“Fight good fighters and they bring out the best of you.
Training camp is hard. To get better is very difficult in boxing. To fight
Tyson Fury is a big challenge.”
Joshua added: “Let’s see how far I can take myself during
this period. It’ll be a good challenge mentally. Not about him, but because I
actually want to do well.
“When I wake up in the morning early and I’m tired, my
body’s battered, I still go out and do what I do. It’s great rewards and only
someone like Fury can give that to me.”
AFP
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