In case you haven't been following along, Tyson Fury has been trashing Anthony Joshua lately on Twitter. According to Fury, he made far easier work of Wladimir Klitschko than Joshua did. What's more, Fury claims he can meet and beat Joshua right away, in the summer 2018 - even after a two year layoff from the ring. While there's little doubt that Fury is an extremely confident and, yeah, charming guy, one has to take what the man says and tweets with a grain of salt.
Why? Because we've heard this song before. Fury, for whatever reason, is more of a wild card than Freddie Roach's Hollywood gym. He seems serious now, but would Fury really be able to step inside the ring with Joshua within the next several months with any realistic chance of winning? I'd say he actually would be able to - if he could stick to living the life of a pro fighter. I'm not sure Fury is willing and/or able to live that life right now, though. Truth be told, he hasn't given fans any reason to be confident.
What this particular fan would like to see is a clean, sober, lean and serious Fury. Trash talking is part of the man's game - as well as part of the fight game, so that won't ever change. If Fury could show a consistent seriousness, however, his tweets might seem less like more of the same, and more like something to be taken seriously.
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