There will be clamour for a world title fight but the new British heavyweight champion is joyful to wait after beating Dillian Whyte and continue his boxing educationIt can be taken for granted at final that British boxing has two heavyweights capable of creating maximum excitement inside and outside the ring – and the career curve that will eventually bring Anthony Joshua and the triple-belt world champion Tyson Fury together has become ineluctably fixed.
They might meet towards the end of next year but more likely the following summer because boxing is a trade of more variables than a climate change summit. “We’ll effect it in our own time,” Joshua said after knocking out Dillian Whyte at the O2 Arena on Saturday night to win the British title vacated by Fury.
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Source: theguardian.com