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title: "Mike Tyson Talks Potential Fury-Joshua Showdown: “He’s Not Going To Touch Him”"
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published: "2022-07-26T12:23:00Z"
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# Mike Tyson Talks Potential Fury-Joshua Showdown: “He’s Not Going To Touch Him”

With Tyson Fury calling out Anthony Joshua on social media, momentum for the all-Bristish heavyweight showdown has started to build again.

In recent weeks [Fury has twice repeated claims](https://wp.boxing-social.com/news/tyson-fury-repeats-fight-joshua-for-free/) that he will come out of ‘retirement’ for the AJ fight, but under one condition – it must be on free-to-air television:

> “Mr Businessman, he’s not a fighting man.”
>
> “I swear to God I hope he wins the fight against Usyk so I can come out of retirement and fight him for free.”
>
> “However, the terms are this: I want it at Wembley Stadium, I want it free to enter and I want it free-to-air television in this country.”

With renewed talk of the potential showdown a [Fight Hype TV](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhqzPvwjRsY) interview with Mike Tyson discussing the potential bout has resurfaced.

When asked how he sees a fight between the two Brits going, the former heavyweight champ said:

> “You know I love Joshua but I think Tyson’s too elusive and he’s \[Joshua\] not gonna hit him.”

‘Iron’ Mike added that Joshua’s speed, or lack of, could be his downfall:

> “Listen we’re keeping it honest right, I like Joshua a lot right, maybe he punches harder than Wilder – but he doesn’t punch faster than Wilder.”
>
> “If he doesn’t punch faster than a Wilder he’s not going to f\*\*\*\*\*g touch this guy and that’s just what I see.”
>
> “He \[Joshua\] punches hard but he doesn’t punch fast, if Tyson Fury can get away from Wilder’s fast punches –\
> Joshua might be in trouble”

Before any possibility of a Fury-Joshua fight, AJ must first overcome his toughest challenge to date. The Brit is already in Saudi Arabia for his rematch [against Oleksandr Usyk on August 20 as he bids to win his titles back](https://wp.boxing-social.com/news/joe-calzaghe-breaks-down-usyk-joshua-2/).