Fury has to take on Joshua in a Battle of Britain
LENNOX LEWIS believes Tyson Fury will still have to face Anthony Joshua to clear up the heavyweight division if he beats Oleksandr Usyk.
The Gypsy King puts his WBC heavyweight title on the line against WBA, IBF and WBO belt holder Usyk in the first undisputed heavyweight title fight since Lewis beat Evander
Holyfield in 1999. But British boxing icon Lewis said: “Yeah I think he does need to fight Joshua because it’s a British thing. I’m sure the British fans want to see that match-up.
“Throughout history that has always been the plan. There’s always a big British fight between two enormous heavyweights.”
Joshua got people excited with three wins in 2023 against heavyweight contenders before he dismantled UFC fighter Francis Ngannou in March.
Lewis added: “I’m sure a lot of people are saying, especially after the Francis Ngannou fight, ‘What about Anthony’s right hand? It’s back and he looked great’.
“But the kind of boxer Ngannou is not the same boxer Fury is.
When you look at the one-two, is that gonna hit Tyson Fury?
“Maybe not in the first couple of rounds, maybe in the last couple of rounds, you never know how the fight will go.
“You’ve got two different styles that are going to clash and everybody is wondering what’s going to happen and the only way to find out is if they fight.”