“Losing Rematch”: Fans Go Wild as HE Turki Alalshikh Gets Tyson Fury to FaceTime With Anthony Joshua

Fans had a gala time as they watched His Excellency Turki Alalshikh set up a Facetime talk between the former world champions, Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury. The banter witnessed some amusing comments from several users and followers. Both Joshua and Fury have an uphill task ahead of them in the coming months.

The Mancunian has a rematch with Oleksandr Usyk to deal with. ‘AJ’, on the other hand, as it is increasingly appearing, would be going against now newly installed IBF heavyweight champion Daniel Dubois at a Riyadh Season Wembley show later in September. Tyson Fury suffered his first professional defeat at the ‘Ring of Fire’ on May 18. Whereas Joshua rides on the back of an eminently successful outing against Francis Ngannou at the ‘Knockout Chaos’.

Digital Deal-Making: Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury Talks For a Potential 2025 Square Off

The DAZN tweet has minute-and-a-half-long footage of the discussion that took place between Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua. With Fury appearing at the other end of the line, His Excellency Turki Alalshikh addressed the former WBC heavyweight champion, saying, “Champ, finish the job in 21 of December and look who waiting for you,” and showed him Anthony Joshua. Jabbing his index finger, ‘AJ’ said, “I’m waiting for you. I’m waiting for you.”

Amidst laughter, Fury could be heard saying, “Go on, I’ve got to get the job done…” He repeated that he was going to get the job done. ‘AJ’ continued that he’s waiting for him. HE Turki Alalshikh interjected. “Either way, he waiting for you.” Fury seemingly asked him back as to what date he had in mind for the Joshua fight. The Chairman, General Entertainment Authority, Saudi Arabia replied, “In the first or the second quarter of 25, okay, AJ waiting for you, and the world waiting for you.”

In response, when Fury said, ‘Can’t wait,’ Joshua pointed at his right punch and said that it couldn’t wait either. There was laughter all around. Fury shot back, “I can see that no problem; I’ve got two of them as well.” The banter continued. Finally, when HE Turki Alalshikh said, all said and done, everyone wants to see them fight, Fury stressed that he had to deal with Usyk first. HE Alalshikh once again reminded him of the rematch date of December 21 and expressed hopes of meeting him and the family soon.

Bell ‘The Cat’ First!

To most fans, it appears that Tyson Fury turned out to be the favorite target to poke fun at. Quite a few teased him about the Usyk fight. Let’s check out what some of them had to say about the exciting line-up.

This user referred to the 1986 Hollywood movie based on the Marvel Comics character ‘Howard the Duck’. They sounded very confident that Tyson Fury would eventually avoid fighting Anthony Joshua. The Olympic gold medalist will once again become a title holder, and Fury will suffer another defeat during the rematch with Usyk, as the user prophesized.

Then the next user appeared all together against the idea of talking about a potential match in 2025, when the division already has an undisputed champion. After all, he was the one who outboxed and outsmarted both of them. So Tyson Fury will first have to breach the mighty walls of the Ukrainian champion to even the score.

The next fan also suggested a similar point. They urged Tyson Fury to get done with the Usyk business first. In fact, they seem to suspect whether the Mancunian will even go back to face the Ukrainian champion.

The next follower took a dig. Between Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury, fans will finally get to see the best boxer who failed to defeat Oleksandr Usyk!

But a Tyson Fury fan didn’t fail to mark their presence. They stated matter-of-factly that ‘The Gypsy King’ will inflict Oleksandr Usyk’s first career loss on December 21. In the meantime, Anthony Joshua will score a win against Daniel Dubois. Undoubtedly, both ‘AJ” and Fury will round up for a clash in 2025, they stated.

Incidentally, Tyson Fury created quite a stir a few days ago when he spoke about the May 18 fight. Speaking on the podcast ‘Furocity’, he said that fighting Oleksandr Usyk felt like fighting an amateur. The statement drew considerable reaction from the boxing world.

For ‘AJ’, the first task would be to inflict a defeat on Daniel Dubois. It doesn’t sound as easy as it seems. The young boxer has been in really good form of late. But the win will make Joshua a world champion for the third time. If he indeed succeeds, then he can afford to wait and watch what happened on December 21. If Tyson Fury evens the score, then the match in 2025 has a high chance of being made. Otherwise, it could be a trilogy with Usyk.

What’s your take on the Joshua-Fury fight? Who will be your pick for the win if the fight finally turns up on the horizon?