
“Fury is very talented. Wilder is very talented,” Joshua told Lucozade Sport’s The Running Show podcast.
Fury had been away from the boxing ring for 30 months after winning four Heavyweight title belts following his 2015 massive win over Vladmir Klitshcko. During that period, he almost drank poison, jumped off a bridge, took cocaine, became overweight, avoided his wife and kids but became a christian and started a remarkable journey towards coming back to active sports which resulted in his draw with then WBC champion Deontay Wilder in 2018 and his massive win over Wilder last month.
“Maybe Wilder thought it was going to be an easier fight because Fury had a long lay-off and had his own issues outside of the ring and stuff like that,” Joshua said.
“They were both physically conditioned for the fight but sometimes when you have been at rock bottom where Fury was the only way is up,” he added.
“You can’t actually go any lower than that so he picked himself up and only he knew how high he took his heights. You can only let yourself get to rock bottom again. I think he was at his highest height that night so it paid off for him,” Joshua said.
“Mentally he was at the best place possible and he just pulled off a great performance against a dangerous puncher,” he concluded.
Anthony Joshua who now holds the four heavyweight belts vacated by Fury five years ago due to mental health issues is expected to face Fury in a unification fight later this year.