{"id":569187,"date":"2026-05-06T12:13:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T12:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/569187\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T12:13:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T12:13:07","slug":"hell-put-his-lights-out-british-boxing-legend-duke-mckenzie-predicts-fury-vs-joshua","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/569187\/","title":{"rendered":"“He’ll put his lights out”: British boxing legend Duke Mckenzie predicts Fury vs Joshua"},"content":{"rendered":"

Barring cuts, injuries or losses in \u2018warm-up\u2019 fights, Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua will finally face off later this year.<\/p>\n

The fight was announced last month as \u2018signed and sealed,\u2019<\/a> with \u2018AJ\u2019 first fighting in July against little-known Kristian Prenga and Fury considering an interim bout of his own. Despite those obstacles, it appears that fans are closer than ever to seeing the all-British heavyweight clash that has been discussed for the best part of a decade.<\/p>\n

If it does happen, Duke McKenzie MBE is well aware that both men are past their best, telling TalkSPORT Boxing<\/a> that it may not be the best fight in the division, but that it still features two of the biggest names in the division.<\/p>\n

The former three-weight world champion then predicted an Anthony Joshua knockout.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis isn\u2019t the Tyson Fury of old, this is an old Tyson Fury now \u2026 Joshua\u2019s not the fighter that he once was. So what we\u2019ve got now is two ex champions \u2026 But I do feel that Joshua has got just enough in the tank, because the last thing you lose as a fighter is a punch.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cTyson is a real fighter and he does pose a real threat to Anthony Joshua, but I don\u2019t see Fury being able to do what he used to do. Given the fact that Joshua is a big man mountain, he\u2019s not a little slim frame like Deontay Wilder. [Tyson] is not going to be able to do that with AJ. I just see AJ\u2019s big right hand probably putting his lights out.\u201d<\/p>\n

With Joshua\u2019s next bout booked for Saudi Arabia on July 25, attention now turns to Fury and whether he will push to stay busy with a fight of his own.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Barring cuts, injuries or losses in \u2018warm-up\u2019 fights, Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua will finally face off later…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":569188,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-569187","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\/569187","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=569187"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/569187\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/569188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=569187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=569187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=569187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}