Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua are scheduled to fight Dec. 11 in Cardiff, after nearly a decade of speculation. Both are far from their primes and have fallen in the heavyweight rankings; the writer says their careers have converged, giving the long-awaited bout fresh appeal.
Since the start of 2024, Fury and Joshua have a combined record of 5-3, the article says. Fury has twice lost to Oleksandr Usyk, while Joshua lost to Daniel Dubois—setbacks the writer says left them at a similar point in the heavyweight pecking order.
Their best periods rarely overlapped: Joshua became heavyweight champion in 2016 and peaked against Wladimir Klitschko the following year, when Fury was retired. When Fury won the WBC title in 2020, Joshua was coming off a loss to Andy Ruiz Jr.
