THE HEAVYWEIGHT WAIT, WAIT, WAIT IS OVER
I t seems like only yesterday that Tyson Fury turned professional on the undercard of Carl Froch’s WBC super middleweight title triumph over Jean Pascal at Nottingham Arena. In fact, it was 18 years ago, December 6, 2008, when the world first saw “The Gypsy King” punch for pay, the very same night that Manny Pacquiao ended Oscar De La Hoya’s Hall of Fame career in Las Vegas. That was a long time ago. Anthony Joshua first captured the public’s imagination when he claimed Olympic super heavyweight gold in London on August 12, 2012. By that time, Fury was 19-0 and already the British and Commonwealth heavyweight champion. But even though both Brits were years apart in terms of professional development, they’d already crossed paths and would become inextricably linked. In 2010, when Fury was a highly touted prospect and Joshua was an ABA champion, the pair sparred. “He’s red hot. He’s very good,” Fury told Steve
THE ALL-BRITISH SUPERFIGHT BETWEEN TYSON FURY AND ANTHONY JOSHUA IS FINALLY UPON US AND IS POISED TO MAKE HISTORY ON MULTIPLE LEVELS, BUT FURY’S HEART BURNS WITH AN EVEN GREATER DESIRE By Tom Gray
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