Cardiff on December 11: Fury and Joshua finally share a stage on Sky Sports Boxing
The launch press conference at last puts the two heavyweights face to face, with Eddie Hearn's reaction tacked on at the end.
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Tyson Fury vs Anthony Joshua Launch Press Conference 👀
After a decade of maybes, Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua sat side by side at a launch press conference, and Sky Sports Boxing spent its week on almost nothing else. The fight is set for December 11 at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, and of the fifteen uploads the channel posted, the full press conference is the one drawing the biggest crowd. It passed 100,000 views, with Eddie Hearn's reaction about six minutes in.
Around it came the pieces: the first face-off, an interview the channel itself labels awkward, a Fury prediction it found funny enough to flag with a laughing emoji, and a short asking what happened with a Rolex and a sparring session. The title "The adonis vs the blancmange!" suggests the old trash talk has not gone anywhere, even if the room sounds friendlier.
That friendliness is what the comments keep circling. Many viewers point out how much banter the two shared and how rarely either man has looked at an opponent so warmly, while others wonder whether the fight comes years too late for both. A few line up the opponents they have in common, from Wladimir Klitschko to Oleksandr Usyk.
The channel ran well above its usual daily pace, about two and a half million views over the week, third best in its group of combat sports channels of similar size. Mighty had the biggest week there, while Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship was quieter than usual. Last week Dillian Whyte, who has fought both men, called this fight on the same channel; now the two have started calling it themselves.
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What viewers say
I like the way they had banter together here it's nice to see
@April-rp2kmSee it on YouTubeYou can tell these 2 deep down like each other. When has Joshua and Fury ever sat there looking sideways at their opponent. Never 😅
@iHankySee it on YouTubeI've never heard Fury so respectful
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