By Charles Brun: John Fury claims unbeaten interim WBO heavyweight champion Joe ‘Juggernaut’ Joyce would be a “meaningless” fight for his son, Tyson Fury, to take next in the summer because it wouldn’t involve him fighting for another world title.
Joyce is believed to be the frontrunner for Fury’s next fight in the summer now that he’s blown his chances of fighting Usyk due to the repeated roadblocks he put in the negotiations.
Interestingly, John doesn’t think it’s a good idea. He’s under the impression Fury, 34, won’t be able to be properly motivated for the fight against Joyce because he wouldn’t have the chance to add another title to his collection.
If making more dough is what Fury is really after at this stage of his career, it shouldn’t matter that Joyce only holds the interim WBO belt. Fury can make a lot of green fighting Joyce on PPV, as it would bring in a lot of buys in the UK from fans, and he could add to his estimated $65 million net worth.
Outside of a clash against Anthony Joshua, Joyce would be the best payday for Fury against a British fighter.
Fury already beat the journeymen Dillian Whyte and Derek Chisora, so he can’t trot one of them out again to try and peddle another mismatch on the gullible public.
John feels that the fight that the fans want to see is Tyson (33-0-1, 24 KOs) against IBF, WBA & WBO champion Oleksandr Usyk, and anything else, like a fight against the dangerous ‘Juggernaut’ Joyce (15-0, 14 KOs, for instance, is unimportant.
“How do you get yourself up for that? Joe Joyce doesn’t have any belts,” John Fury told the Metro about Tyson potentially fighting him next.
“Of course, he [Joyce] deserves his shot at the title, but when you are gearing up to fight for undisputed and then you’ve got to go back to the drawing board and start again, it is the question of getting up for it,” said John.
One would interpret John’s reluctance in Fury facing the hard-hitting pressure fighter Joyce as a case of him running interference to save Tyson from getting royally thrashed and suffering his first career defeat at the hands of the 6’6″, 260-lb ‘Juggernaut.’
“He wanted to be undisputed, and now that is not happening. I think his head is all over the place with it. To fight Joe Joyce at this stage of the game is meaningless.
“No one is interested in Joe Joyce. No one is interested in anything other than the undisputed bout, which is all Tyson wants,” said John.