Comments Thread For: Frank Warren Plays Down Fury vs. Joshua Sparring Talk

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Frank Warren, promoter for heavyweight contender Tyson Fury, does not expect Anthony Joshua to become a sparring partner in his fighter's ongoing training camp. Fury is scheduled to fight WBC world champion Deontay Wilder on February 22nd at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
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What a load of b*llocks indeed.

Frank Warren keeping it real.

[Curt Henning]

of course its "strange"....AJ is so shook hed knows already he wants fury to win....a real champ wouldnt GAF who wins....AJ is pulling for fury so he doesnt get his head cracked in a way ruiz never could

[Jkp]

of course its "strange"....AJ is so shook hed knows already he wants fury to win....a real champ wouldnt GAF who wins....AJ is pulling for fury so he doesnt get his head cracked in a way ruiz never could

Yep. And if fury loses then they'll send out ***** Whyte to get decapitated next.

AJ wil probably help Whyte prepare for wilder too. AJ doing anything possible to avoid getting in the ring with wilder.

[Jack_sh*t]

AJ learned not to hook with a hooker in the first fight with Ruiz, came back and outboxed him to reclaim the belts. Props to him, because I didn’t think he had it in him. He showed he’s still able to learn & develop as a fighter.

However, we’ve yet to see how the ‘new’ AJ reacts when caught clean. Will he still panic & back up in straight lines?

In addition, there’s the question of his recovery time. We’ve seen him totally discombobulated after taking a good shot. Look at the way Ruiz reacted when AJ put him down for the first time in his career, how Fury was able to recover from that KD in the final round against Wilder where he not only got up, but finished the round stronger. AJ doesn’t have the same sort of chin. Maybe he can learn to roll with the punches better, but you can’t train for that ability to recover, you either have it or you don’t in my experience.

As such, Fury is probably the easier fight for AJ in that Fury doesn’t hit with the same venom as Wilder. AJ doesn’t have the defensive prowess that Fury possesses, or the power to recover his senses quickly. If Fury couldn’t avoid the goom for 12 rounds then I doubt AJ can.

That said, no way does AJ outbox Fury. Fury would take him to school skill-wise, so his best chance against Fury is landing a KO. However, Fury has shown he can take Wilder’s power so AJ’s should be easier to deal with.

I can’t wait to see them all fight each other and get the chance to reclaim the money I lost betting on Fury to beat Wilder last time. The judges robbed #metoo!