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The Anthony Joshua vs Tyson Fury fight is finally a done deal. The Brit duo will confront each other not once, but twice for the undisputed heavyweight title. However, the official dates and location for this bout are yet to get finalized. Despite that, the Fury vs Joshua clash has become a hot topic in the boxing universe, garnering enormous eyeballs from bigwigs of the sport.

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Recently, the boxing great Floyd Mayweather was in an interview alongside Rob Moore. Here he gave his take on this epic heavyweight encounter between Fury and Joshua.

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“Very interesting fight. I mean, Anthony Joshua has a lot of experience. Tyson Fury has a lot you know as well as a lot of experience. But just I think with Anthony Joshua, losing a fight, that helped him become stronger. So I look forward to working with Anthony Joshua real soon.”

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“We communicate all the time, we talk all the time, and I’ve met Tyson Fury on a few occasions, a great guy, very interesting,” said Mayweather.

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Mayweather believes Anthony Joshua’s loss to Andy Ruiz Jr. changed his skill sets altogether. He became a different fighter after that loss, and that was abruptly visible in his last fight against Kubrat Pulev.

In fact, Mayweather was ringside in ‘AJ”s last fight and the duo even met backstage after the bout. In the above interview, ‘Money’ also spilled some beans on his sublime relationship with Joshua and his anticipation of working with him in the future.

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Overall, Mayweather seemed thrilled to see the duo collide and settle the debate of the best heavyweight of the modern boxing era.

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Is Anthony Joshua vs Tyson Fury the biggest heavyweight fight of this decade?

There have been enormous noteworthy fights in the heavyweight roster. But the Tyson Fury vs Anthony Joshua bout holds a mammoth significance as both the fighters have paramount prowess and fan following.

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Both of them have destroyed every opponent they’ve faced and this why they have stormed their way to the peak.

Moving into this fight, both Joshua and Fury will bring in their A-game to overpower each other. But the better man on fight night will prevail and cement his reign as the undisputed king of the heavyweights.

This fight will hook in millions of fans and can shatter the previous PPV records.

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How excited are you to see the pair take each other on? Who would you like to corner among Fury and Joshua?

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Prathamesh Singh Chauhan

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Prathamesh Singh Chauhan is a Boxing Author at EssentiallySports. He is a graduate from the International Institute of Sports Management who combines his love for sports, particularly combat sports, and his flair for writing and analysis to help him in his day-to-day work. He has prior professional experience with sporting organizations such as Star Sports, Khelo India, and NBA. Chauhan explores and analyses a sport he has been following ever since Anthony Joshua and Dillian Whyte engaged in a duel in 2015. He adores old-school punchers like Manny Pacquiao, as well as modern-day greats such as 'The Gypsy King'. In his downtime, he engages in rigorous workouts to cater to his love for fitness.

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