I agree the odds start swinging in Joshua and Usyk's favour for the exact reasons you've given. Fury turns 35 soon and we will start to see his decline if he ever laces them up again.
Timing is everything. Beating a declining fighter doesn't lose you much in the long haul and the fighters know that. What matters is winning. Lewis v Tyson was massive despite the fact that Tyson was completely spent. Lewis beat Tyson. That's what is in the books. And he still made a fortune beating a shell of a great fighter.
Fury gets lauded for his matchmaking, mental warfare and self promotion. I don't think he's expert at any of those things. I think he's exactly what he looks like and has always looked like. It just so happens that he's also an exceptional fighter who could achieve great things if he actually wanted to. But it's not for me to decide if a guy should fight. That's his call. If he's happy then fine. Just don't expect me to accept all these fantasy wins he would/could have had.
If Joshua held the WBC belt and never fought Usyk and instead fought Chisora and Whyte a second time the forum would be calling him a hype job , meanwhile Fury literally made a third Chisora fight after he lost as well and his fans justified it as a legit title fight .
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