Fury's prediction for heavyweight blockbuster

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Heavyweight champion Tyson Fury has backed Joseph Parker to travel retired connected apical against Joe Joyce successful the "battle of the bully guys" successful Manchester this weekend.

The unbeaten Fury (32-0-1, 23 KOs) gave his prediction days retired from the highly anticipated WBO interim satellite heavyweight rubric combat astatine Manchester Arena, picking the New Zealander to triumph by either precocious stoppage oregon a unanimous decision.

Fury's frank appraisal volition travel arsenic nary surprise, fixed that helium and Parker person go adjacent friends successful caller years.

Joe Joyce volition look erstwhile satellite champion Joseph Parker successful a titanic clash for the interim WBO satellite heavyweight rubric connected Sunday, September 25 from 7.30am AEST. Watch unrecorded and exclusive connected Stan Event

The Aucklander has trained astatine the Gypsy King's Morecambe gym successful the northbound of England since helium teamed up with his cousin, Irishman Andy Lee, past year.

But Fury is besides connected affable presumption with his mild-mannered compatriot Joyce (14-0, 13 KOs), utilizing him arsenic a sparring spouse earlier the archetypal of his 3 fights with Deontay Wilder, and joked that determination should beryllium a peculiar loop connected the enactment for the "nicest feline successful the satellite of boxing."

"Prediction for the fight, I deliberation it is going to beryllium a hellhole of a combat and whitethorn the champion antheral win," Fury told his promoter Frank Warren's Queensberry Promotions.

"But I americium edging towards my man, Joe Parker, by precocious stoppage oregon unanimous points decision.

"It is simply a conflict of the bully guys. There should beryllium a title, WBO interim, but besides conflict for the nicest feline successful the satellite of boxing belt!"

While Joyce and Parker are some assured of triumph connected Sunday greeting (AEST), determination is precise small animosity and plentifulness of respect betwixt the pair.

Neither is known for their trash speech and the deficiency of atrocious humor was evident erstwhile they sat down with erstwhile two-weight satellite champion Carl Frampton for the accepted BT Sport face-off segment.

Joyce precocious sparred with erstwhile satellite rubric challenger Carlos Takam astatine his Las Vegas campy to hole for Parker, idiosyncratic helium knocked retired successful six rounds lone past year.

He said it was not antithetic for rival boxers to get on extracurricular the ringing and simply flick a power erstwhile they climbed done the ropes.

"It is truly large to person him (Takam) present successful Vegas. You know, it is not the archetypal clip I've done that. Like erstwhile I got successful GB (Olympic squad) I bushed Frazer Clarke, and past I virtually shared a country with him, truthful immoderate boxers you tin beryllium affable with but erstwhile it comes to fight... similar Joseph Parker, I'm affable with him and Fury," Joyce said.

"But erstwhile you get successful the ring, past you person to person a antithetic mindset due to the fact that it is simply a contention and you are up against your hostile and you privation to win. So you tin shingle hands afterwards basically."

The victor of Sunday's blockbuster successful Manchester volition determination a measurement person to an eventual satellite rubric changeable against WBO titleholder Oleksandr Usyk – though Parker volition archetypal person to flooded Joyce again successful a contractually agreed rematch.

Joyce is ranked No.1 by the WBO, with Parker 2nd successful the aforesaid organisation's ranking.

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