Tyson Fury would beat Deontay Wilder, Anthony Joshua on one condition – Bellew EXCLUSIVE

Fury maintained his position atop the Ring Magazine heavyweight rankings last weekend by dispatching of little-known challenger Tom Schwarz in the second round in Las Vegas.

The Gypsy King walked to the ring clad in American stars and stripes with ‘Living in America’ belting out of the speakers in homage to Rocky IV.

Bellew featured in the later reincarnation of the Rocky films – Creed – and has kept a watchful eye over the heavyweight division since retiring in November 2018.

The Evertonian defeated former world champion David Haye in two pay-per-view bouts and agreed terms in principle with Fury, but the bout did not come to fruition.

Now looking from the outside in, the former cruiserweight world champion believes it will take a fierce knockout puncher at 200lb+ to give Fury his first taste of defeat.

“Anyone who goes past four rounds with Tyson Fury is going to lose, and that includes AJ,” Bellew told Express Sport prior to Joshua’s shock loss to Andy Ruiz Jr.

“I think, personally, he will get to him in those four rounds.

“But if it goes four rounds, you’re not going to figure him out; his foot movement is absolutely brilliant for someone of his size and weight.”

Many ringside experts believe Fury outpointed Wilder when the pair met last December in a dramatic encounter in which the Mancunian dominated bar two late knockdowns.

A sequel is slated for the first quarter of next year should Wilder still hold the World Boxing Council strap, and Bellew sees is going only one way because of three skills which Fury possesses.

“[Fury’s] not the fastest combination puncher out of all of them – that’s Joshua by a mile – but he is the fastest single punching heavyweight in the world,” Bellew added.

“He has the fastest jab in the world out of all of the heavyweights, he has the best boxing brain.”

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source: express.co.uk