Comments Thread For: Fury and Joshua Still To Agree Whose Name Comes First

[GrandpaBernard]

aj has more belts and is the bigger star so should have his name first

I thought Fury is bigger star

He has that appeal to Americans

[1hourRun]

This is the right order. Anthony Joshua's entrance are visually striking, like what we seen from Wladimir Klitschko. Toprank were losing money on Tyson, so they could not hire pyrotechnics. Joshua's entrance even during COVID, was more exciting than all of Tyson's goofy Las Vegas entrances, vs. Euro-Bums, Tom Schwarz, and Otto Wallin.

[Oldskoolg]

Fury is the best heavyweight in the planet, is a two time world champion, is undefeated, and knocked out wilder. Fury is the champion, Joshua is a belt holder

[Toffee]

It's not going to come down to logic. It will just be a quick negotiation and compromise on posters, entrance, announcements, changing rooms etc...

They've already decided it's a 50/50 unification fight. Neither is going to accept the argument that the other should get 'champion's privileges'.

[rickJen]

It's very simple.
Do it the way the old movie Towering Inferno
did it. Which starred Steve McQueen and Paul Newman.
As based on the Youtube I've ran into, and some accidental googling.

It's like this:

-------------------Paul Newman
Steve McQueen

(Those dashes are supposed to be spaces,
but can't do it here.)

[Apollo7]

“For whatever reason” lol, is it really that hard to figure out? Boxing has always been more in love with dynamic punchers whose fights are full of KOs. Add to that, AJ didn’t get busted for PEDs and take a 2-year ring absence. Furthermore AJ isn’t a bald, middle-aged looking man with an unflattering physique, so he gets bigger promotional/marketing backing and has a broader range of appeal that includes women. Simplifying people’s legitimate demand choice by labelling them a groupie is just ******. I’m taking it you were never the brightest tool in the shed.

I take your point that fight billing should be determined on ranking. In a lot of instances however, ranking is subjective and not universally agreed. What everyone can agree on is the economics that each fighter brings, and that’s what prizefighting boils down to. The only thing ****** in this scenario is not acknowledging this.

Lmao. Good post.

For what it's worth I don't think either is more deserving than the other to have their name first. You can make an argument either way as people in this thread have done. If I had to guess, I think Fury might end up having his name first. He seems to care more about these kind of "mind games" type things. Joshua seems like he's less bother by any of the other stuff and just wants to settle it in the ring. We'll see what happens though.

[skinnystev]

Tyson Fury is the A side all the way aj is nothing more than an also ran

[NYG]

Fury of course. Better fighter

[NYG]

Fury is the bigger star and he destroyed Wilder. He never lost, although sure you can debate if he beat McDermott in the first fight earlier in his career.

Joshua was beaten by a skillful fat guy in Ruiz, although credit for winning the rematch.

He ran and held all night in the rematch. The loss to Ruiz was hilarious

[darealperfect!]

Tyson Fury is the A side all the way aj is nothing more than an also ran

there last PPV numbers seems to say something else. ya underestimate how big of a Star AJ is