Anthony Joshua is expected to take on the winner of the upcoming undisputed world heavyweight title fight between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk, and one of Fury's previous opponents believes "AJ" could defeat his countryman should the British stars square off.
Fury and Usyk meet in Riyadh on May 18 for the undisputed heavyweight crown, live on DAZN PPV, with a rematch between the two also set for later this year.
However, Otto Wallin believes there's a scenario where Joshua and Fury could face off immediately following this month's bout, and he could see Joshua claim victory against the current WBC champion.
“Let's say that Fury beats Usyk, then maybe they can make a deal with Usyk that he gets paid and steps aside, and AJ gets the winner afterward. That would be good," Wallin told VegasInsider.com. "Everybody wants to see Fury against Joshua. I think it could be possible, but we'll see.
“I've always said that I thought Fury was going to beat AJ quite easily. I don't know now though. Joshua is very good, and his trainer Ben Davidson obviously knows Fury as he used to be his trainer.
“I think it would be a very good fight. Fury is so up and down and it's hard to figure him out.
“When he fights Usyk we're going to see more. He has fought Ngannou, and before he fought Derek Chisora, so it's hard to know where Fury is at. Against Ngannou he had a really tough fight and AJ just went in there and knocked him out.
“We'll know more about Fury after the Usyk fight and see where he's at. If he doesn't look good in that fight, I think AJ will beat him.”
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