his YouTube channel<\/a>, Allen said drawing on his sparring experiences with the two former heavyweight champions may not be relevant in 2026.<\/p>\n\u201cI always picked [Tyson] to beat Joshua because I always held Tyson in the highest regard as the best that I\u2019d been in with. Joshua, for me, I would rate him probably fourth, third or fourth \u2026 You always think Fury will beat him based off that. For many years that was my train of thought.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn 2026, it\u2019s a totally different fight now, because we don\u2019t really know what they\u2019ve got left. I didn\u2019t think Tyson was amazing [against Makhmudov], I thought he was a bit off the pace, but that fight will bring him on a lot. 12 rounds would\u2019ve done him a favour but I\u2019d have liked to see him get Makhmudov out of there, he\u2019s that many levels above him.<\/p>\n
\u201cThen you look at Joshua. The Jake Paul thing, I don\u2019t think it has [got the rust off Joshua]. I don\u2019t think the [Fury] fight will happen next. I think Wilder is still a hard fight for Joshua.\u201d<\/p>\n
As for a prediction, \u2018The White Rhino\u2019 \u2013 who faces Filip Hrgovic next month at the Eco-Power Stadium in Doncaster \u2013 still sides with Fury, with the caveat that Joshua\u2019s superior power could end it all in an instant.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe question is who wins, Fury or Joshua in 2026? I still make Fury the favourite. No matter how old he gets, he\u2019s a natural with it. Anthony Joshua has probably looked after himself a lot better, but Fury\u2019s just a natural. He\u2019s just got it. My prediction would be Fury on points if it\u2019s to happen next \u2026 but you\u2019d be watching through your fingers as a Fury fan, because I think it would only take one from Joshua to end it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Promoter Eddie Hearn\u2019s latest update on the fight is that talks continue behind the scenes. He is targeting a top 20 heavyweight for the summer<\/a> \u2013 Joshua\u2019s first fight back since a car crash in which he was injured and two of his closest friends, Sina Ghami and Latif Ayodele, died.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua are edging closer to a fight in 2026 after years of failing to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":541950,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-541949","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/541949","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=541949"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/541949\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/541950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=541949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=541949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=541949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}