Anthony Joshua was impressed by the way Tyson Fury bulldozed his way through Deontay Wilder to become the new WBC heavyweight champion in their rematch in February.
However, had it been Joshua in a rivalry with Wilder, the unified world heavyweight champ says he would have handled "The Bronze Bomber" very differently than how Fury did in their first fight, which ended in a controversial split draw back in December 2018.
"In terms of doing something similar, I wouldn't have done what he (Fury) done in the first fight," Joshua told Sky Sports during a recent interview. "Maybe I would have probably taken it to Deontay Wilder a bit more, because I don't think Deontay Wilder has been taught to box on his back foot.
"He doesn't know how to flow and move side to side, and move back and control the fighter," he continued. "When Tyson Fury was edging forward, on back foot balance, Deontay Wilder was struggling to move forward with his right hand. It proved to be a very difficult fight for Deontay Wilder in the end."
Despite pointing out what he would've done differently in the first fight, "AJ" did commend Fury for revamping his strategy and attacking Wilder incessantly toward a resounding seventh-round TKO in their rematch.
"I believed Tyson Fury could potentially do what he done," Joshua said. "I just felt like Deontay Wilder is a formidable ex-champion and has a chance to come back, but I just knew that when he gets to the top level, it will be difficult, because it's one thing getting there and it's another thing staying there.
"We've seen in some of his fights, it's been difficult for him and then he lands his punch and he's been victorious," he continued, speaking to Wilder's 41 knockouts in 44 fights. "But I always believe that when you go to war, you can't have one weapon in your arsenal, which was his right hand. Once that was taken away from him, which Tyson Fury did, I'm not going to go into tactics, but he was able to annihilate Deontay Wilder and expose him for some of his weaknesses.
"Tyson Fury did a great job tactically and I'm looking forward to their rematch."
The Fury-Wilder trilogy was originally targeted for this summer; however, the coronavirus pandemic has pushed that back to at least the fall. Plus, Wilder revealed Wednesday on "The PBC Podcast" that he suffered a torn left biceps in the Fury rematch and recently had surgery to repair the muscle.
"Recovery's going well," Wilder said. "I'm in (physical) therapy. I ended up injuring it during my last fight, somewhere up in there. But everything's going great with it. You know, that's another thing, I'm just focusing on recovery, getting myself back to full health and getting ready to (return).
"Hopefully, this corona stuff will be out the way and we can get back to camp, and get ready to go again sometime at the end of the year."
It's a safe bet that Joshua will be watching, considering the winner will hold the missing piece since AJ wants to reign as the undisputed king of the heavyweight division.
During the same sitdown interview with Sky Sports, Joshua called out Fury and said "come fight me" to prove who's best.