{"id":496272,"date":"2026-03-26T11:07:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T11:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/496272\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T11:07:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T11:07:07","slug":"tony-bellew-predicts-tyson-fury-vs-anthony-joshua-youve-got-to-edge-to-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/496272\/","title":{"rendered":"Tony Bellew predicts Tyson Fury vs Anthony Joshua: “You’ve got to edge to him”"},"content":{"rendered":"

The long awaited all-British heavyweight showdown between Tyson Fury<\/a> and Anthony Joshua<\/a> looks likely to happen this year, and Tony Bellew<\/a> has provided his prediction for what would still be one of the biggest boxing events in British history.<\/p>\n

Fury is poised to make his comeback against Arslanbek Makhmudov in two weeks\u2019 time, ending a 17-month spell of inactivity since twice losing out to Oleksandr Usyk and retiring from the sport for a fifth occasion.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Joshua returned to action when he halted Jake Paul back in December<\/a>, but he has not fought a recognised heavyweight contender since he was brutally knocked out by Daniel Dubois in September 2024.<\/p>\n

The date for Joshua\u2019s next fight is unknown, after personal tragedy delayed his plans to fight again in February, but he has since partnered up with Team Usyk and quashed rumours that he could retire from the sport.<\/p>\n

As a result, it is believed that Fury-Joshua is being targeted for the end of the year, if not early 2027, and speaking to Sky Sports<\/a>, Bellew predicted that Joshua\u2019s superior power may well see him come out on top against \u2018The Gypsy King\u2019 when they collide.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve always said it\u2019s going to be AJ, I think styles make fights. But you have to go on the most recent performances and Fury\u2019s only been defeated by the magnificent Oleksandr Usyk. This could come down to who lands first.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019ll have to edge towards Anthony Joshua because he\u2019s the one with the destructive power of the two. It\u2019s a genuine 50\/50. You don\u2019t know what you\u2019re going to get. In all honesty, [it is about] who has got more left.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fury-Makhmudov takes place on Saturday, April 11, at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, with Conor Benn set to make his Zuffa Boxing debut in the co-main event of the bill<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The long awaited all-British heavyweight showdown between Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua looks likely to happen this year,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":496273,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-496272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=496272"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496272\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/496273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=496272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=496272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=496272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}