Will Anthony Joshua V Tyson Fury Take Place in 2021?

Will the Anthony Joshua V Tyson Fury fight for the undisputed World Heavyweight Championship ever take place? And will it take place in 2021? It’s a question that all boxing fans and millions of sports fans are asking as we say goodbye to 2020.

 

It would seem that Fury and Joshua have been in a crash course for a few years now, but it’s still not managed to happen. What needs to align for the Anthony Joshua V Tyson Fury fight to take place in 2021? Quite a few things actually!

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Understanding Anthony Joshua V Tyson Fury Fight

This time 18 months ago, we had three boxers claiming to be the heavyweight champions of the world. Anthony Joshua with three of the main titles belts, the IBF, WBO, and WBA. Deontay Wilder with the WBC title, and Tyson Fury claiming to be the lineal champions as he was the first to defeat the last lineal champ, Wladimir Klitschko.

 

In short, it’s a proper mess. And one of the reasons why so many people do not watch boxing anymore. In America, UFC has now overtaken boxing as the combat sport of choice for the masses. However, boxing remains king in the United Kingdom and across Europe and Asia.

 

But the world is still waiting in bated breath for the Anthony Joshua V Tyson Fury fight to prove who is the best heavyweight of this generation.

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Will Anything Joshua V Tyson Fury Ever Happen?

Tyson Fury fought Deontay Wilder twice resulting in a controversial draw in December 2019, and a KO win against Wilder early in 2020. That put Wilder out of the equation for the time being, and propelled Tyson, in the eyes of many, to the number-1 spot in heavyweight boxing. However, he cannot claim to be the best of this generation without beating Joshua. It’s that simple. In boxing, the best need to fight each other to prove supremacy. Big mouths and claims without the requisite victories do not count.

 

Anthony Joshua went through his ordeal when losing to challenger, Andy Ruiz in mid-2019 at Madison Square Gardens, New York. It was a shock defeat for Joshua and his first as a pro. He regrouped, changed his style, and outpointed Ruiz in the rematch to reclaim his three belts to set up the undisputed fight against Fury.

Making Fight Plans For 2021

At the weekend, Anthony Joshua dispatched his dangerous mandatory challenger, Kurab Pulev, which was live on DAZN across many parts of the world. And not the path seems clear for the big fight. Or perhaps not.

 

Tyson Fury will not have fought for one year. And Anthony Joshua still has his WBO mandatory challenger, Oleksandr Usyk, who will be a difficult fight. So will the Anthony Joshua V Tyson Fury fight take place in 2021? We hope so, but your guess is as good as ours.