"I think Tyson Fury is absolutely the best heavyweight ahead of Joshua out there right now," Pavlik was quoted by Metro UK as saying. "We want to see Fury fighting Joshua now.
"Fury vs Wilder III will be postponed," the WBC tweeted. "We wish Tyson Fury's team and him speedy recovery from COVID." Recall that Fury handed Wilder a brutal beating in seven one-sided rounds in their second fight in February last year.
"But I think Fury can win. For Wilder to win he has to knock Fury completely out, and he couldn't do that the first time. "For Fury to win, he can hurt Wilder or out-box him. Fury has more to his arsenal so that's why I'm leaning to him.
Anthony Joshua has said he would be ready to fight world champion, Tyson Fury in December 2022. The British boxer was responding to a public challenge on Monday for a 'Battle of Britain'.
World heavyweight champion, Tyson Fury, has said that he suffered racism in 2020. According to the British boxer, he and his wife, Paris Fury, were turned away from a restaurant in the United Kingdom due to his Traveller heritage.
Tyson Fury was undecided about a rematch with Oleksandr Usyk after losing his unbeaten record in one of the biggest fights in boxing history Tyson Fury was undecided about a rematch with Oleksandr Usyk after losing his unbeaten record in one
The money at stake when Ukrainian boxer Oleksandr Usyk takes on Britain's Tyson Fury in a rematch, has been revealed. On Saturday, Usyk and Fury will face off again, for the second time in 2024.
But Fury believes Joshua should resign from boxing if he is beaten by the Ukrainian for a second time. "I think if he doesn't beat Usyk in his rematch, I think he's finished, retire, done," Fury told Boxing Social.
Anthony Joshua has tipped Oleksandr Usyk to defeat Tyson Fury in their undisputed heavyweight title clash. However, he admits he would prefer to fight Fury in the future.
The scorecards read 115-112 and 114-113 for the Ukrainian, with a third judge scoring it 114-113 to Fury. It meant Fury, 35, lost for the first time in a 16-year professional career.
It is a big blow to the undisputed heavyweight championship fight between Joshua and Fury on August 14 in Saudi Arabia. A court ruled this week that Fury who is WBC champion, must fight Deontay Wilder again by September 15.
Tyson Fury has confirmed that his world heavyweight title bout with Anthony Joshua, will take place August 14. The 31-year-old Joshua holds the WBA, WBO and IBF belts, while Fury, 32, is WBC champion.
However, both Fury and Joshua must first deal with Deontay Wilder and Kubrat Pulev respectively, before facing each other. Fury took to social media to taunt Joshua this week and he has reacted to the remarks.
Recall that Fury and Joshua are both on course for a heavyweight unification fight next year. Fury knocked out American boxer, Deontay Wilder, in his last fight in Las Vegas last February.