Peter Fury has shared his thoughts on his nephew Tyson’s long-awaited upcoming battle against domestic rival Anthony Joshua.
The two British heavyweights are expected to square off later this year, but only if they win their respective warm-up fights and remain injury-free.
First, Joshua must come through his outing against Kristian Prenga, a relatively unknown heavyweight who he will face in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on July 25.
Tyson Fury, meanwhile, is set to enter a second warm-up fight in August, despite coming off a unanimous decision victory over Arslanbek Makhmudov in April.
In fairness, the Makhmudov win ended a 16-month spell of inactivity following his second points defeat to Oleksandr Usyk, and so the 37-year-old clearly feels he could do with another tune-up exercise.
This is likely to come against unbeaten 41-year-old Nelson Hysa, who boasts a record of 24-0 (22 KOs) but has not defeated anyone of note.
Regardless of how Tyson looks in his next fight, though, uncle Peter, who used to train ‘The Gypsy King’, has told About Boxing that he sees the Joshua clash as a genuine 50/50 contest.
“I have no idea what they’ve got left. May the best man win. It’s the one that comes with the right tactics that’s going to win it.
“One’s got good attributes; [the other] has good attributes. So I think it’s evenly matched. It’s not going to be easy for either of them.”
Peter trained Tyson up until his upset victory over Wladimir Klitschko in 2015. Since then, Fury has worked with British coach Ben Davison and is now trained by SugarHill Steward.
