Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua are expected to collide before the end of the year in a long-awaited grudge match, and now a British heavyweight who has sparred both men has shared his prediction for the fight.

The two fighters have been expected to meet ever since ‘The Gypsy King’ announced his comeback and defeated Arslanbek Makhmudov upon his return in April, where he publicly called for a summer showdown with ‘AJ’ during the aftermath. 

Refusing to dance to his rival’s tune, Joshua maintained that he would require a warm-up fight before a clash with Fury can be formally announced – hoping to build up further experience with new trainer Iegor Golub whilst shaking off some ring rust.

Both Fury and Joshua will fight this weekend, with further details regarding their meeting set to be unveiled if both men come through their respective opponents unscathed.

Speaking with Boxing King Media, Kash Ali, who has sparred both Fury and Joshua, revealed that he is favouring Fury, impressed by his points win over Makhmudov.

“For me, Tyson Fury [is the favourite]. Stylistically, I know Joshua as well, but even when Tyson fought [Wladimir] Klitschko, I was one of the few people, if you go back 15 years, that said Tyson was going to beat Klitschko. 

“They both are still good, they are both former champions, but they are probably coming to the end of their careers now. They have got a couple of years left, then they will be done, but I favour Tyson just from his skill-set – even though he has not been active – his fights have been good. 

“Whereas with Joshua, he lost to [Daniel] Dubois and then he boxed Jake Paul – which is not really a competitive fight for him.”

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Fury takes on Mariusz Wach in Thailand on Friday, whilst Joshua faces Kristian Prenga in Jeddah on Saturday.

AJ Styles is considered as one of the greatest in-ring stars of all time. However, even a Wrestling Wizard like the Phenomenal One was part of a major botch that crowned an unplanned Champion in WWE. The incident took place at the 2017 WWE Battleground event where AJ didn’t kick out against Kevin Owens leading to Owens becoming the US Champion. AJ addressed the botch on the latest episode of his podcast.

AJ Styles joined WWE in 2016 after making a name for himself in companies like TNA Wrestling, Ring of Honor and New Japan Pro Wrestling. He immediately became a huge star in the company as he defeated John Cena in singles action twice and became the WWE Champion before the end of his debut year in the promotion. After becoming an established main event star in the company, AJ got involved in the United States Championship picture in 2017.

AJ defeated Kevin Owens to win the United States Championship and was set to defend it in a rematch at Battleground 2017. During the match, Owens tried to pin AJ and he was supposed to kickout. However, AJ forgot to break the pin which led to Owens becoming the new Champion in an unplanned spot. On the latest episode of his Phenomenally Retro podcast, AJ Styles addressed the botch and took full responsibility for it.

“This had nothing to do with winning or losing, it had everything to do with someone screwing up, turns out it was me. And I took full responsibility for it. I’m a perfectionist when it comes to being in that ring and when something doesn’t go as planned, I get a lot of shame. So that’s the reason I was pissed, not because I lost the match and it turned out to be awesome anyway because I got to win it back in Madison Square Garden,” he said.

It is great to see AJ take responsibility for the botched spot instead of making any excuses.

AJ Styles retired at the 2026 Royal Rumble event

AJ Styles was offended by the disrespect Gunther showed towards John Cena after retiring him at Saturday Night’s Main Event. Styles challenged the Ring General to a match on RAW and was very close to winning it before Gunther turned the tides with deceit. Styles lost the bout but challenged the former Intercontinental Champion for a rematch.

Gunther said that he’ll only face AJ Styles if he puts his career on the line which happened to be the case at the Royal Rumble PLE in Saudi Arabia. The Phenomenal One passed out to Gunther’s Sleeper Hold marking the end of his in-ring career.

AJ Styles is now a Hall of Famer in WWE.