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Fabio Wardley enhanced his reputation with an explosive knockout victory
Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury hold all the world heavyweight titles, but which British rivals are serious challengers? The Panel have picked out some contenders…
Britain currently dominates the top division as Joshua recently retained the WBA, IBF and WBO belts with a ninth-round knockout of Kubrat Pulev, while Fury became the WBC champion by stopping Deontay Wilder in February.
1:34 Anthony Joshua is ‘ready and keen’ for a massive clash with Tyson Fury
But which contenders could emerge from the domestic division to challenge for a world title?
Carl Froch
I’ve got to say Joe Joyce. I’ve seen him sparring hundreds of rounds at the England squad when I was there for the last four, five years of my career, and I’ve seen him in there with AJ.
He doesn’t look capable when he shapes up and lets his shots go, but he’s more than capable when he steps in the ring with anyone. We saw that against Daniel Dubois, when everyone was picking Dubois to win. It wasn’t really close was it, he bust him up with a jab.
I know he’s 35-years-old, but he’s fit and strong and full of self-belief.
Adam Smith
If you’re looking for a new name coming through in 2021, then you’ve got to say Joe Joyce. Yes, there’s younger heavyweights like Fabio Wardley, but I think what Joe Joyce has done, he’s proved a lot of people wrong.
There’s huge fights out there for Joe Joyce.
Johnny Nelson
Fabio Wardley. If you look at him, you wouldn’t give him the credit he deserves, but I’ve turned into a fan. He’s actually a lot better than I thought.
3:32 Fabio Wardley says KO win over Richard Lartey answered his critics
He’s got great foot movement, skills and reflexes. He’s really slipped under the radar.
Matthew Macklin
I think it’s still got to be Dillian Whyte. I know he got knocked out by Alexander Povetkin, but up until that shot, he was boxing really well. In the round previous, he had Povetkin down twice, and I thought he was on his way to probably getting a stoppage win. But that’s heavyweight boxing.
1:16 Dillian Whyte says Joshua produced a ‘strange’ display against Kubrat Pulev
Obviously Joe Joyce is coming off a good win over Daniel Dubois. All of a sudden, he puts himself in that mix.
Derek Chisora is also never going to be far away, even though he lost to Oleksandr Usyk, he made him work hard in there.
Dave Coldwell
I would say Fabio Wardley and David Adeleye, I like the look of both of those two. They’ve made good steady progress.
Wardley was very impressive in his last fight, especially the ending. He’s got the charisma and the personality, good style, exciting and he looks heavy-handed. He just needs to gain that experience.
I also like Adeleye’s style, a big puncher, and he seems keen to learn as well. He’s been going around the gyms, developing.
Andy Clarke
It’s got to be Joe Joyce. He’s someone who is going to be consistently underrated, no matter what he does. You look at him and he doesn’t really look that special, but he’s going to be very difficult for anybody to beat.
Yes, I think he could win a world title, if they fragment in the future. I would love to see Dillian Whyte against Joe Joyce.
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