{"id":651947,"date":"2026-06-22T09:46:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T09:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/651947\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T09:46:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T09:46:08","slug":"billy-joe-saunders-says-just-one-thing-will-seperate-anthony-joshua-and-tyson-fury-when-they-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/651947\/","title":{"rendered":"Billy Joe Saunders says just one thing will seperate Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury when they fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Despite being a long-time friend of <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/boxer\/tyson-fury\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tyson Fury<\/a>, Billy Joe Saunders has given a balanced assessment of the 37-year-old\u2019s expected clash with <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/boxer\/anthony-joshua\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Anthony Joshua<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The two heavyweights are set to square off after their respective warm-up fights, yet no date or location has been revealed for their long-anticipated showdown.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, \u2018AJ\u2019 must defeat Kristian Prenga in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on July 25, entering his first outing since securing a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.co.uk\/boxing\/story\/_\/id\/47259041\/jake-paul-anthony-joshua-live-updates-results-analysis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">sixth-round finish over Jake Paul<\/a> in December.<\/p>\n<p>This also represents the 36-year-old\u2019s first fight since losing his two close friends to a tragic car crash in Nigeria, further explaining why he is not rolling the dice against a more established heavyweight.<\/p>\n<p>Fury, meanwhile, ended a 16-month layoff and returned to action in April, <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/news\/tyson-fury-makhmudov-live-scorecard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">unanimously outpointing Arslanbek Makhmudov<\/a> with a relatively lacklustre performance.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The Gypsy King\u2019 therefore feels as though he could do with another warm-up fight, hoping to squeeze one in at some point in August.<\/p>\n<p>Regardless of whether this materialises, though, former two-weight world champion Saunders has suggested the Joshua fight will be determined by who can implement their tactics most effectively.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking with <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Hhy9LVqG1v8?si=kBg8SKFR1FkVdzXs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Stomping Ground<\/a>, Saunders explained that, while Fury might be the superior technician, Joshua should be credited for his physical prowess and accuracy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019ve both got their [own] attributes. AJ\u2019s stronger, a cleaner puncher. Tyson\u2019s a better boxer, more slick.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Whoever] can put together [the best] gameplan will win, I think.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Given Joshua\u2019s training relationship with Oleksandr Usyk, it might be that he has already gained an insight into what it takes to defeat Fury.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Despite being a long-time friend of Tyson Fury, Billy Joe Saunders has given a balanced assessment of the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":651948,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-651947","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\/651947","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=651947"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/651947\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/651948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=651947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=651947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=651947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}