Audley Harrison has revealed who he believes would come out on top if a four man heavyweight tournament between Tyson Fury, Oleksandr Usyk, Deontay Wilder and Anthony Joshua ever came to fruition.
There are plans afoot to stage Fury vs Usyk and Wilder vs Joshua on the same card in Saudi Arabia, a night the likes of which the sport has simply never seen before.
This was initially thought to be as the first stage of a tournament where the winners would go on to face each other, however this is reportedly not the case.
On a recent Sky Sports appearance, Harrison explained why he thinks WBC champion Fury would emerge victorious if such a tournament was in the offing.
“Tyson Fury has already been Deontay Wilder. Right now, I think Fury has the psychological advantage over Anthony Joshua and I think he’d be too much for Joshua right now.”
“So I definitely think Fury will be the one standing on top of the pile. Even against Usyk, who is a very clever and sharp fighter, what Tyson Fury is now under SugarHill, he’s a different fighter.”
“He’s confident, he’s just got the right swagger for a heavyweight champion and I think he’s going to be your number one.”
Fury has not boxed since his comfortable win over Derek Chisora in December, and it remains unclear whether or not he will have a bout over the summer.
Andy Ruiz Jr, Zhilei Zhang and even Francis Ngannou have all been linked to a meeting with ‘The Gypsy King,’ after talks for an undisputed fight with Usyk this spring fell through.