{"id":792856,"date":"2026-10-05T17:08:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T17:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/792856\/"},"modified":"2026-10-05T17:08:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T17:08:09","slug":"hall-of-fame-fighter-says-tyson-fury-vs-anthony-joshua-doesnt-deserve-to-be-for-a-world-title-lets-be-honest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/792856\/","title":{"rendered":"Hall of Fame fighter says Tyson Fury vs Anthony Joshua ‘doesn’t deserve’ to be for a world title: “Let’s be honest”"},"content":{"rendered":"

While Tyson Fury<\/a> and Anthony Joshua<\/a> are set to collide for the WBA \u2018super\u2019 title, a Hall of Famer has argued that neither deserves the chance to become a three-time world champion.<\/p>\n

Regardless of the potential prize at stake<\/a>, the two British heavyweights will finally square off at Cardiff\u2019s Principality Stadium on December 11.<\/p>\n

According to promotional material, it is a fight that has been 10 years in the making, with their Battle of Britain having often been debated in boxing circles.<\/p>\n

It is therefore a relief, to many, that they are now close to settling the score, albeit at a time when both men are no longer at the peak of their powers.<\/p>\n

Of the two, many will be favouring Fury based on his last two performances against Arslanbek Makhmudov and Mariusz Wach, which both resulted in convincing victories for \u2018The Gypsy King\u2019.<\/p>\n

Joshua, on the other hand, was made to survive two knockdowns before stopping Kristian Prenga in the second round<\/a> of their July encounter, with many suggesting his punch resistance has become a major issue.<\/p>\n

While speaking with Boxing News<\/a>, though, Irish boxing legend Barry McGuigan has claimed that neither man deserves to fight for a world title.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it does [devalue the WBA title], but money talks all languages. It\u2019s a big money fight.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven though both these guys have seen better days \u2026 it is a major event. Money talks and bulls**t walks \u2026 but let\u2019s be honest: they don\u2019t deserve to be fighting for a world title.<\/p>\n

\u201cBoth of them have been beaten \u2013 [Oleksandr] Usyk battered both of them \u2013 and he [Usyk has] proved, unreservedly, that he\u2019s the superior fighter.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat have they [Fury and Joshua] done, since they\u2019ve both been beaten by Usyk, to deserve to fight for a world title again?\u201d<\/p>\n

While Joshua was somewhat convincingly beaten by Usyk in 2021 and 2022, many felt Fury was far more competitive with the Ukrainian in their two encounters in 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"While Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua are set to collide for the WBA \u2018super\u2019 title, a Hall of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":792857,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-792856","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\/792856","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=792856"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/792856\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/792857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=792856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=792856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=792856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}