Ricky Hatton has concerned that we may never get a chance to see the Anthony Joshua vs. Tyson Fury mega-fight with the way things have been going.
The former two-division world champion Hatton believes the Joshua-Fury fight is “doomed” and will never happen.
Fury has had nothing but bad luck since dethroning WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder a year and a half ago in February 2020.
Tyson wanted to fight Joshua for the undisputed championship in August, but that plan was foiled by the U.S arbitrator ruling that Fury must face Wilder next.
Recently, Fury tested positive for COVID-19, which has pushed back his scheduled July 24th meeting with Wilder to October 9th.
Hatton believes that the longer the Joshua-Fury fight takes, the more it favours Joshua. Although the 31-year-old Joshua is only a year younger than the 32-year-old Fury, he looks considerably younger.
“Fury vs. Anthony Joshua now seems further away than ever. What happens now?” said Ricky Hatton to the Metro.
“It all just pushes the fight further back. As a fight fan, you fear the worst, the biggest fight in British boxing history. Is it actually going to happen? It just seems we are doomed,” said Hatton of the Joshua vs. Fury mega-clash.
Hatton is leaving out the real possibility that Fury could lose to the highly motivated Wilder in their trilogy fight on October 9th.
“When you think about it, Tyson had two comeback fights; he went straight in against Wilder and went straight in for the rematch,” said Hatton. “He wants to get his career and his legacy done and dusted.
“Whereas for AJ, the younger, fresher of the two, it doesn’t matter as much if this drags out another two or three years. It does for Tyson. The longer this drags out, the better this is for AJ.”