Fury better than Joshua in every department, claims Warren

By our reporter On Jun 4, 2020 0

Tyson Fury “beats Anthony Joshua all day long” according to the Gypsy King’s promoter Frank Warren.

The two Brits hold all the heavyweight belts and fans are desperate for them to clash in an undisputed blockbuster.

But Warren is adamant it would be one-way traffic, believing his man is better in every department.

Speaking to Sky Sports, the legendary promoter said: “Has AJ got a better jab than Fury? No. Is AJ a bigger puncher? I don’t think so.

“Has he got a better chin? I don’t think so. Has he got the hand speed or footwork of Fury? I don’t think so.

“Tyson is so good in every department. When you saw him get off the floor from that punch by [Deontay] Wilder it tells you what he’s all about.”

Here SunSport of UK takes a look at these fighting elements to give a clue as to who would win the heavyweight clash.

Joshua went back to basics in the Andy Ruiz Jr rematch and completely outboxed the Mexican to win back his world titles.

In his own rematch, against Deontay Wilder, Fury mixed solid jabs with power punches many doubted he possessed to blast the American out of there.

The jab stats from the pair’s latest fights make interesting reading.

Joshua finished with a 24.1 percent success rate from the 12 rounds, landing 65 jabs from 270 thrown.

Fury, in his seven rounds against Wilder had a 22.4 per cent success rate, landing 24 from 107 thrown.

Fury has a big reach advantage and would need to be using that to keep AJ at bay if they fought.

But Joshua showed he still has all the jab and move skills ingrained on him coming through the amateurs.

Fury laughed off Wilder’s taunts that he had “pillow fists” – then showed the American that they were much more akin to granite in a stunning KO win.

But while the Morecambe magician does punch hard, he isn’t on the same level as Joshua.

Despite easily outboxing Ruiz Jr in the rematch, many were left disappointed that Joshua didn’t go for the finish against a clearly unfit opponent.

But after a freak shot scrambled his senses in their first meeting, that’s perhaps why.

Joshua has 21 KOs from his 23 fights, including impressive stoppages against Dillian Whyte, Wladimir Klitschko and Alexander Povetkin.

Fury also has 21 KOs from his 30 fights – the most impressive being his Wilder battering.