Comments Thread For: How big is Tyson Fury vs. Anthony Joshua in 2025?

[steeve steel]

Irrelevant, but it will still sell in England, mostly because both guy are still very popular, but also because British fans will buy just about anything when it comes to boxing.

[NihonJim]

Worldwide it's not big at all but in the UK it is still a stadium fight

If AJ vs Dubois can do 99,000 tickets for a Mickey mouse belt I have no doubts that Fury vs AJ can do similar numbers.

[786]

It's still a huge fight in the UK and I'm curious as to what happens. A Fury win is most likely but I don't believe in awarding wins for fights that have never happened which is something Fury fans have done for years. "What's the point, Fury's the better fighter anyway." I recall them saying similar things when talks of him and Usyk first came up and we saw what happened there. One of the responses in this article is saying that it's pointless because Fury's the better man, I think he should prove it. It doesn't always go how we think it will and the fight will make money, **** it, let's see who no.2 is.

[Pulmonary Embolii]

Brent Borough Council has confirmed that 85,466 attended Joshua v Dubois, not 99,000. The capacity for Wembley is 90,000, so it didn't even sell out. And there's 8.6 million people in London who weren't interested in a 9 minute train journey to that fight. When you think that in 2022, the Denver Broncos faced the Jacksonville Jaguars at Wembley in front of 86,215 supporters, that fight attendance was nothing special. Not arguing with you, people off their faces will pay for AJ v TF and spend the day drinking lager for £7 a pint. If you asked any of them to name a fighter on the undercard, they wouldn't have a clue.

[Pulmonary Embolii]

Irrelevant, but it will still sell in England, mostly because both guy are still very popular, but also because British fans will buy just about anything when it comes to boxing.

I think that's changing. It may still apply to when satellite, streaming and cable companies promote a supposedly mega fight for two months, but otherwise if you pick up a newspaper, you have to go through 4 pages of soccer results to see something about boxing. And that's on a lucky day. I can tell from attending small hall fights where the boxers fight for a regional title, you can see fewer people attending.

[TMLT87]

It'd still be a huge fight in the UK, 90k in a stadium (who am I kidding, it'd obviously take place in Saudi) good PPV numbers etc etc. Would probably do alright in the rest of Europe and other places where the time zone fits too. Nobody will give a **** in America but they never really did anyway.

As for the whole "Brits will buy anything" narrative, its completely missing the point. Boxing has casual fans in the UK, they are invested in the fighters and want to watch a fun night of fights and back their guy. They dont refuse to watch a fight because it isnt the no1 vs no2 in a division both with undefeated records. American boxing USED to have that for example with Tyson being a big star long after he stopped being elite, the UFC still has it. The idea that its somehow a bad thing is ridiculous.

this guy could walk through Times Square @ lunchtime and be 100% unrecognized.

Thats hardly the definitive measuring stick of an athletes global popularity.

[Froch_uppercut]

Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua never fought when they were at their peaks. Now both are coming off defeats. A fight between the two British big men nonetheless remains a viable option. But how big a fight would Fury vs. Joshua be?
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Fraudy ducked AJ his whole career.
after Wlad, Fury didn’t fight anyone. Wilder was pure hype, and after that he had a steady diet of Sefer Seferi types and Chisora x 3.
id still like to see that fight, but Fraudy won’t do it.

[Tecnoworld]

Fury would have easily outboxed AJ back then. I'm not so sure about today's outcome. Fury appeared terrible against Usyk 2, never tried hard, and wasn't the same fast-moving man he used to be, able to avoid being hit.
It's 50:50 today. AJ has never been "very good." Fury was. Now they are both very decent fighters, but the one who has lost more ability is Fury.

[PRINCEKOOL]

Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua, have been two of the three Heavyweight Mountains of this boxing era 'Ultimately since the retirement of Wladimir Kiltschko. This has been their boxing era, all the major sagas and story lines created in this era? Have all belonged to Tyson Fury, Deontay Wilder and Anthony Joshua. At every single stage of this era, they have been involved in all the catalytic and historically significant fights. That is an objective historical fact'.

I mentioned yesterday in one of my posts, that although Oleksandr Uysk has beaten both Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua 'Regardless of those fights, if this heavyweight boxing era was made into a cinematic piece. Then Tyson Fury, Deontay Wilder and Anthony Joshua would still be the main characters in that movie. 70 to 80% of the motion picture, would consist of those three fighters being the main protagonist. And without them? There would be no block buster movie'.

Oleksandr Uysk would only appear in the last quarter of the movie, and? In my opinion would not be one of the main protagonist 'Do you really think, a block buster movie about the Heavyweight Division, since the conclusion if the Kiltschko era. Is going to be focusing on Oleksandr Uysk since he won the Olympic Gold Medal in the 2012 Olympics? No. Because Anthony Joshua was the premier Boxing Olympic Champion after the 2012 Olympics, not Oleksandr Uysk'.

We had to wait all the way up until 2019. For Oleksandr Uysk to be GIVEN a opportunity by Anthony Joshua 'To fight for the Unified WBA, WBA, WBO, and IBF World Heavyweight titles. That was Uysk's first mega fight in his career, and in reality? If we were competing in other past Heavyweight boxing eras? Uysk would have had to beat more top level Heavyweight fighters before being more deserving of a Heavy title fight'.

Anthony Joshua vs Tyson Fury 'If that fight is made next year, would easily be? Top 3 biggest fights, that could be made in the entire sport of boxing. Because two Heavyweight Mountains are colliding, in the highest jeopardy fight of their careers. It would pretty much be promoted as potentially Tyson Fury or Anthony Joshua's conclusive saga of their careers'.

Note: If Michael Jordan and Isiah Thomas 'Agreed to play against each other. Right now. People would still be interested. They may not be the best basketball players in the world, currently now. But historically nobody can deny, that they were two of the most influential, impactful and historically significant basketball players of their competitive eras, and in Michael Jordan circumstance of all time'.

This a similar dynamic which we have between Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua. In fact Fury and Joshua are closer to Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal than Michael Jordan and Isiah Thomas. Because a debate can be made, and there is evidence out there? That Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua are still World to Elite level Heavyweight fighters in top form. I think Tyson Fury has proven he is still a World to Elite level Heavyweight fighter, and in my opinion? Anthony Joshua can do the same in 2025'.

'I understand? That most people live in the moment, and seemingly have no interface with ether the past or future. Most people appear to in all honesty, only value what is happening in the moment. In sports this may express itself on the surface level, with Glory hunting behaviours or a total disrespect and dismissive towards boxing history'.

Tyson Fury vs Anthony Joshua in 2025 is a mega boxing event 'If Fury and Joshua where to disappear from the sport, immediately. There would be a massive void in the Heavyweight Division, and definitively within British boxing'.

To conclude: If we trace back the sequence of events, in recent boxing history 'I am talking about all the major story lines, catalytic fights and pioneering career moves. What is happening in current present day within the sport of boxing. In my opinion, does not happen without Tyson Fury or Anthony Joshua'.

Since the retirement of Evander Holyfield and Mike Tyson 'There had been no mega Heavyweight fights in America. And the Heavyweight Division has historically been regarded as American's division. Guess who played a major part in bringing back, block buster Heavyweight Boxing to America? Tyson Fury, when he fought two of his trilogy fights vs Deontay Wilder in America'.

Since the retirement of Muhammad Ali, Heavyweight boxing pretty much became a sport which only happened ether in Britain, Main Land Europe or America. It was Anthony Joshua who pioneered and dared to take Heavyweight Boxing back on a Global scale. In terms of the potential scope where his fights could be staged. Even very recently? Eddie Hearn was thinking about staging and making originally Francis Ngannou vs Anthony Joshua, in Africa Nigeria. The Rumble in the Jungle II'.

So, I think that people need to put some MORE respect on the careers, and feats achieved of both Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua. If and when they fight, two Heavyweight Mountains of this boxing era collide. It will be one of the most historically significant fights of the past decade'.

The three Heavyweight Mountains of this Heavyweight boxing era, have predominantly been Tyson Fury, Deontay Wilder and Anthony Joshua. None of those fighters, currently right now hold any World titles. But people must understand? That titles and belts, don't make the fighters. It is the fighters, that make the belts. And bring prestige and honour to World titles'.

When Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua collide, they fighting for something beyond World titles 'They are competing for the victory over each other. It is a straightener, and most honest men out there? Will stop and watch, because it is significant Heavyweight fight beyond World titles' etc.

[j0zef]

It would be plenty big.. but that's not even the point. If they don't do it now, it will only be worse off later. They should do it now for the $$$.