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Anthony Joshua
TYSON FURY
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The numbers behind the biggest fight in British boxing history.
Comparing their careers
How the fight could unfold

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Tale of the tape
Nickname
Height
Reach
Age
Knockouts
AJ
198cm / 6’6”
208cm / 82in
31
Gypsy King
206cm / 6’9”
216cm / 85in
32
22 / 24
21 / 30
25 wins
0 draws
1 loss
30 wins
1 draw
0 losses
Anthony
Joshua
Tyson
Fury
Professional
record
Career timeline: “the story so far”
Bronze at the AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships.
Sep 2006
Joshua
Fury
Fury is not deemed ready for Team GB’s 2008 olympic squad and decides to turn professional rather than wait for 2012.
Jun 2008
Fury wins his professional debut with a first round knockout.
Dec 2008
Fury wins the English heavyweight title.
Sep 2009
Joshua wins the ABA championship but later turns down the chance to turn professional.
May 2010
Fury wins the British and Commonwealth heavyweight titles from Dereck Chisora.
Jul 2011
Fury wins the WBO intercontinental heavyweight title.
Jul 2012
Fury already has a professional record of 19-0.
Aug 2012
Joshua wins gold at the London Olympics.
Joshua wins his professional debut with a first round knockout.
Oct 2013
Joshua wins the WBC international heavyweight title.
Oct 2014
Fury defeats Chisora again to win the European, WBO International and British heavyweight titles.
Nov 2014
Joshua wins Fury’s former Commonwealth heavyweight title.
Sep 2015
Fury shocks the boxing world by defeating Wladimir Klitschko, winning the WBA, IBF, WBO and IBO heavyweight titles.
Nov 2015
Joshua wins the IBF heavyweight title, which Fury had previously vacated.
April 2016
Fury vacates his WBA, WBO and IBO titles.
Oct 2016
Joshua beats Wladimir Klitschko to become WBA and IBO heavyweight champion.
April 2017
Joshua adds the WBO heavyweight title to his collection.
Mar 2018
Fury wins his comeback fight:
his first in over
two-and-a-half years.
Jun 2018
Joshua loses his four belts to Andy Ruiz Jr in one of boxing’s greatest-ever upsets.
Jun 2019
Joshua regains his belts in a rematch via a unanimous decision.
Mar 2018
Fury claims the WBC heavyweight title in his second fight against Deontay Wilder.
Feb 2020
Anthony Joshua
TYSON FURY
VS.

How long could the fight last?
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Joshua
Anthony Joshua
TYSON FURY
VS.
Which rounds have their other
12-round fights been stopped in?
Round
Fury
1
2
2
0
3
0
6
1
2
2
1
7
Total
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Six of their previous 12-round fights have ended in the seventh round , including Fury’s most recent match and two of Joshua’s last four.
However there’s a good chance that these two will give us a full 12 rounds, as this has happened in three of Fury’s last five outings and two of Joshua’s last five.
seventh round
full 12 rounds
How do their fighting styles compare?
Both favour the orthodox stance used by the majority of boxers, with their left foot placed further forward in order to favour punches with their right hand.
orthodox
Based on each boxer’s three most recent fights that lasted at least six rounds.....
...Fury throws more punches
Joshua
Punches thrown per round
Fury
x14
30.7
40.2
Fury has thrown over 40 punches per round - attempting to strike his opponent
almost a third more often than Joshua.
almost a third more often
...Joshua is more accurate
31.4%
27.7%
Joshua
Fury
% of punches which landed
A higher proportion of the punches thrown by Joshua reach their target, but Fury’s greater frequency means that he hits his opponent more often per round.
9.6
11.1
Joshua
Fury
Punches landed per round
Who hits harder: Joshua or Fury?
41.9%
Joshua
Almost 6 in every 10 punches that Joshua has landed have been jabs, which explains his greater accuracy.
Jabs
An even larger proportion of Fury’s connections have been via power punches.
Power
punches
58.1%
Fury
Power
punches
Jabs
64.6%
35.4%
The third round could be explosive
On average, both fighters have started slowly but connected with far more punches during round three.
Joshua
Round
6.3
Fury's
power punches
round three.
Fury
6.7
1
2
3
x33
Joshua
Fury
8.0
9.0
Joshua
Fury
14.7
12.7
Punches landed per round:
Joshua
Round
Fury
Fury will continue to ratchet up the pressure
Punches thrown per round:
1
2
3
4
5
6
24
32
39
26
27
23
On average, each of Fury’s first six rounds has seen him throw more punches than the last, while Joshua has tended to conserve his energy
as the fight develops.
throw more
punches
conserve his energy
30
34
35
38
43
48