Tyson Fury is already talking like the Anthony Joshua fight would add more to Joshua’s career than his own, even with the long-awaited heavyweight clash expected later this year.
Fury returned from a 16-month layoff in April and defeated Arslanbek Makhmudov in front of more than 60,000 fans at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. Joshua was seated ringside that night, but chose not to enter the ring afterward for a face-off despite months of public discussion about the two finally meeting.
Fury is also planning another fight in August before facing Joshua, and admitted there is always a risk the mega-fight could disappear if things go wrong.
“So here’s the facts of this fight. Yeah. Me beating Anthony Joshua doesn’t do anything for my career. Nothing doesn’t enhance me. Doesn’t everyone expects me to beat him anyway. I’m an odds-on favorite heavily. The world expects me to beat this guy,” Fury said to FurociTV.
“So me beating him doesn’t do anything. But if ever he could beat me, he’s changed. He’s the way people think of him. So the cloud chaser is him.”
The former heavyweight champion also revealed that he expects to fight once more in August before the Joshua bout is finalized for October or November.
“So my fight plan this year with three fights. So it will be April, August, and whenever the big fights announced either October, November. We haven’t got an opponent yet. But again, it’s never about the opponent. It’s just about me versus me always,” said Fury.
“So, whoever the opponent is, if it’s Joe Blogs or if it’s Mike Tyson, it’s all important to me. It’s just the run out for me. Like, just to get sharper for the big one.”
He also acknowledged that the Joshua fight is not guaranteed to survive the extra tune-up.
“Listen, I might get knocked out my next fight in August. So then it’s all over it. So I got to take one fight at a time, and they’re all deadly serious fights,” said Tyson.
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