Tactics for Fury vs Joshua

[HOUDINI563]

AJ needs to bring all his power to Fury’s body from round one. Fury’s body is a big target and AJ should train to attack Fury’s liver, heart and solar plexus with all his might. Kill the body and the head will die as the saying goes.

[Toffee]

Fury I think just needs to stay sharp early, move around, try to get AJ swinging and missing, counter him with the jab and then by around round 7 or 8 I imagine AJ would be gassed so then put it on him.

AJ his only real chance is to try and blast fury out early so he needs to come forward, not swinging like an idiot but accept you will miss 2 to land 1, don't go for the feints, fight your own fight and just go for the kill.

I don't think it benefits fury to exchange early and I don't think AJ can win the fight past 6-7 rounds so that's the gameplans

That view stands up generally but what if Joshua comes in around 240 pounds? He can move all night at that weight. Can Fury do the same at 270? A lot will depend on which Fury and which Joshua we see.

Fury moves well enough but is it enough to keep Joshua away? We can call Joshua's movement robotic, but he still moves fast.

I reckon it's a fascinating fight. So many ways it could go. We probably wouldn't have said that looking at both fighters a couple of years ago. Both have shown they can adapt.

I've always thought Joshua has more ways to win against Fury (and therefore figured Fury would never take the fight) but the reality is that it will come down to whoever makes the right adjustments. Strategy is huge in this one.

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Good article on Sky Sports with Don Charles talking about the best way to prepare for Fury, it's very tricky because he's impossible to replicate in sparring, as Deontay recently found out.

Anthony Joshua wants to topple Tyson Fury but there is no winning formula to follow or similar heavyweights to spar
Anthony Joshua has been warned about the difficulties of preparing for Tyson Fury, with few heavyweights able to imitate his British rival, who can ruin a trainer's tactics at any moment in their world title fight

https://www.skysports.com/boxing/news/12183/12209617/anthony-joshua-wants-to-topple-tyson-fury-but-there-is-no-winning-formula-to-follow-or-similar-heavyweights-to-spar

[TMLT87]

Fury will probably take the Wlad or Wilder 1 approach.

Joshua has just gotta use anything and everything available to him and hope that Fury isnt as good as people thought he was.

[deathofaclown]

So which tactics do you think each fighter will utilise?

I think Fury will make a song and dance about walking AJ down, but in reality, I think he's much too smart to get drawn into that trap.

Don't get me wrong, I think Fury could win with those tactics, however going into a shoot-out with Joshua is risky, the dude can punch and has a good technique.

I think Tyson will look to box at range for the first half the fight, and then start putting it on him when he thinks that AJ is starting to tire.

As for AJ, I think the best bet is to come forward and bait Fury into a brawl, if he tries to box Fury at range, I think he fails due to Tysons length and aukwardness.

Honest debate is welcome, any trolls will get blocked.

I think AJ’s best hope is to do something major early. If you let Fury get into a rhythm, he’s too difficult to beat from there.

AJ is kind of stuck between a rock and a hard place. He fancies himself as a bit of a master boxer these days but he won’t beat Fury in that kind of fight. But then I think he’s also a bit apprehensive now about being overly aggressive. I don’t think being apprehensive in the ring v a guy like Fury can end well. You can’t second guess anything against a high ring IQ, you’ll get picked apart.

The thing with Fury’s more aggressive approach is that it’s still done in a really measured way and still keeps him out of danger too, the way he is balanced. It was really educated pressure without overly committing when it’s not necessary. I think that would cause big problems and fatigue for AJ, especially if AJ is caught in two minds between trying to box or be aggressive.