Tyson Fury Believes Joe Joyce Is A Tougher Opponent Than Oleksandr Usyk

Tyson Fury doesn’t think Oleksandr Usyk is the toughest opponent for him.

Although many think Fury-Usyk is the biggest and most competitive fight at heavyweight, ‘The Gypsy King’ doesn’t think so. Instead, he believes Joe Joyce would be a tougher fight for him than Usyk for a few reasons, but the main one Joyce’s size.

“People have been asking me all night, ‘Who is a tougher fight, Usyk or Joyce?’ And in my opinion, Usyk is the slicker boxer, but Joe Joyce is The Juggernaut, and I think Joe gives me a tougher fight than Usyk, 100 percent,” Fury stated to The Sun. “Big Joe, 6’7′, and 19-and-a-half stone like a juggernaut coming forward at me, trying to smash me to pieces. Or Usyk trying to steal a jab, running around the ring, trying to nick a point here and there. So, I think that Usyk is a very good fighter, I’m not going to take anything away from him. He’s the undisputed cruiserweight champion, and he’s the unified heavyweight champion.

“So he’s had a fantastic career, but I think I’ll do a job on him,” Fury said. “We’re hopefully gonna see the biggest year of my career. 2023, we’re gonna get the big fights that the fans really crave. First of all let’s talk about Usyk. I’m ready, I’m willing, to take on Usyk next – whether it’s gonna be in Saudi Arabia or back here in the UK. Both places will be fantastic. And let’s give the fans one champion, one name, one face. Usyk’s up to the challenge. He came over tonight, so fair play to him. He’s not an easy boxer to figure out, he’s a slick, southpaw mover with very good skills, Olympic gold medalist. And he’s coming on some good form so I’m really looking forward to the challenge.”

As of right now, the hope for many is Fury will face Usyk next and perhaps if he does get the win, then the Joyce fight will happen.

Do you agree with Tyson Fury that Joe Joyce is a tougher fight than Oleksandr Usyk?