{"id":693252,"date":"2026-07-15T16:06:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T16:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/693252\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T16:06:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T16:06:09","slug":"tony-bellew-and-carl-froch-make-their-tyson-fury-vs-anthony-joshua-predictions-wont-go-the-distance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/693252\/","title":{"rendered":"Tony Bellew and Carl Froch make their Tyson Fury vs Anthony Joshua predictions: “Won’t go the distance”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former world champions Carl Froch and Tony Bellew<\/a> have offered conflicting predictions for the long-awaited showdown between Tyson Fury<\/a> and Anthony Joshua<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The two British heavyweights are set to collide later this year, just so long as they complete their respective warm-up matches against Mariusz Wach and Kristian Prenga.<\/p>\n

First to the ring will be Fury, who, despite unanimously outpointing Arslanbek Makhmudov in April<\/a>, is looking to bank more rounds against the 46-year-old Wach<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Or at least, that appears to be the plan for when they collide at the Max Muaythai Stadium in Pattaya, Thailand, on July 24.<\/p>\n

Joshua, meanwhile, will face the unproven Prenga a day later in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, fighting for the first time since his sixth-round finish over Jake Paul<\/a> in December.<\/p>\n

There is no shortage of speculation about Joshua\u2019s mental wellbeing, though, particularly after he was involved in a tragic car crash that took the lives of his two close friends.<\/p>\n

Froch, for instance, is unsure that the 36-year-old still wants to box, telling Fight Your Corner<\/a> that he sees Fury outboxing his rival.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think Tyson Fury wins on points, quite comfortably. He\u2019s past his best, Fury \u2013 has slowed down. But so is AJ.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think [Joshua will] be in the right headspace. I don\u2019t really think he wants to box anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bellew, too, remains unconvinced that Joshua is back to his best, but nonetheless believes that his friend has the power to render Fury unconscious.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe only thing I can really commit to is \u2026 it ain\u2019t going the distance. The reason I can\u2019t put my hand on my heart and go, \u2018I think [Joshua wins]\u2019, is because I need to see [him] in a ring and see what he can do.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf he gets in that ring and lets his hands go for six rounds \u2026 he\u2019s got the capabilities to knock anybody out. That\u2019s what I will be predicting.\u201d<\/p>\n

With Froch backing Fury on points and Bellew favouring Joshua by stoppage, it would appear that no one is quite sure how their domestic dustup will unfold.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former world champions Carl Froch and Tony Bellew have offered conflicting predictions for the long-awaited showdown between Tyson…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":693253,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-693252","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\/693252","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=693252"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/693252\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/693253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=693252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=693252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=693252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}