ANTHONY JOSHUA has revealed his prediction for Tyson Fury’s fight with Oleksandr Usyk.
The unbeaten champions contest for all four world titles – a first in heavyweight history – on February 17 in Saudi Arabia.
And AJ will be a keen viewer having rivalled Fury for years while twice losing to Usyk on points.
Joshua hopes to be ringside in Riyadh for the historic title unification as he revealed his fight prediction.
He told iFL TV: “I really want to be here for that fight.
“You’ve probably heard it a few times, but I think Usyk is a phenomenal fighter and he’s got a great team around him.
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“You’re only as good as your team, and he’s got a really good team.
“And having been in the ring with him and studying him, I think he’s the one to edge it probably because of my experiences of his ring craft – I think it’s top tier.”
Joshua, 34, is coming off a big win in Saudi after stopping Otto Wallin, 32, in five rounds.
But on the same night, Deontay Wilder, 38, was stunned on points by Joseph Parker, 31, to blow his £100m deal to face AJ.
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So now, his promoter Eddie Hearn wants Joshua to target the winner between Fury and Usyk but three other names are also in the mix.
Hearn said: “Right now, we have three fights that we’re in discussions for.
“They’re all big and that doesn’t involve Deontay Wilder for March. Our aim, and they’ve expressed this is to fight the winner of Fury-Usyk.
“That’s all we want to do, obviously there’s the Hrgovic fight out there for the world heavyweight title.
“There’s a Francis Ngannou fight out there which would be absolutely colossal.
“There’s other heavyweights as well, there’s a Zhang fight possible as well with Queensberry.”
Source: Boxing - thesun.co.uk
