Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury have vowed to secure knockout victories when they meet on December 11 at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff, Wales following information from ringmagazine.com.
Joshua (30-4, 26 KOs) said he's coming with full aggression from the first round against Fury (36-2-1, 25 KOs) and is ready to throw caution to the wind. Fury countered that he will do whatever he wants en route to a stoppage win for the vacant WBA “super” heavyweight title.
“It’s about a battle of will,” Joshua said in an interview with The Ring’s Mike Coppinger.
“He does great things, he does bad things. There are things I’m going to work on in the gym, like I did with Kristian Prenga. But sometimes the night just unveils things that are unexpected, and I just have to dig deep to make it an exciting fight while it lasts.”
Joshua knows a major upset could be on the cards, either positive or negative.
In his last outing in July, he was floored twice in the opening round before fighting back to stop Kristian Prenga, in what was meant to be a warm-up bout following his survival of a fatal car crash in December.
“I don’t believe that Fury is worried about fighting another puncher because he’s definitely comfortable with being in the ring with punchers,” Joshua said. “But if I’m going to be completely honest, I don’t believe just being a big puncher is what I bring to the table. I’m good at measuring distance. I feel I’m an excellent counterpuncher. I have a great heart, great anticipation and a great reading of the game.
“People can be distracted by the way I look, by the way my abs are chiseled, and my biceps are pumping, but if you look beyond that, you’ll see someone who has a boxing brain and a level of IQ that has led me to become a two-time heavyweight champion of the world.”