Boxing Live: The person who stands to benefit the most from the Tyson Fury vs. Oleksandr Usyk fight negotiations failing is Joe Joyce.
Fury has previously stated that he would box Joyce in an all-British blockbuster fight if he didn’t secure the Usyk undisputed title match.
Nonetheless, Joyce is still interested in seeing Fury vs. Usyk.
“I’m hopeful it will come to pass. It’s the [heavyweight title match] without a doubt. When was something last uncontested? They must engage in that conflict. It must take place. After that, you can start new battles,” Joyce from London said to Sky Sports.
“Please, start organising the fight, men. I believed it to be on. What prompted it this time?”
Joyce still wants to face Fury, and it would be the biggest match of his professional career.
But Joyce is aware of how important Fury-Usyk is for the sport as a whole and how much better it would be for him to confront the victor in the end.
“I already have the WBO interim title; I need the whole one. Once people challenge me for it, we can all have epic battles and live happily ever after,” said Joyce.
“Undisputed is what everyone wants to see. It has been so very long. Once one fight has taken place, another one is waiting in line.”
On April 15, Joyce will fight fellow Olympic silver medalist Zhilei Zhang.
He said, “Before I go beat up Fury, I’ve got to beat up Zhang first.”
“I want to perform destructively, defeat him in a stylish manner, and then advocate for the Fury bout. It is the battle I desire. I want to fight,” according to Fury.
“I’m praying that the [Fury-Usyk] battle goes all the way in the interim.
“A major fight with Zhang, and hopefully everything works out so I can fight Fury thereafter.”
As the interim WBO champion and Usyk’s obligatory opponent, if negotiations for Fury vs. Usyk cannot be revived, Joyce may finally take against his former amateur foe.
Heavyweight boxing, though, is everything but consistent.
Sometimes, things are a little bit beyond our control, Joyce reflected. When things don’t go as planned, it’s very frustrating.
“I just need to keep winning and sooner or later I’ll be unchallenged,” he said.
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