WORLD champion Shakur Stevenson has likened picking Tyson Fury to beat Anthony Joshua to betting on Floyd Mayweather.
The Gypsy King, 33, solidified his status as the best heavyweight in the world last month when he stopped Dillian Whyte in the sixth round of their all-British showdown at Wembley Stadium.
Meanwhile, Joshua is currently awaiting confirmation of his rematch with Oleksandr Usyk.
The Olympic gold medallist lost his three world title belts in September of last year when Usyk beat him by unanimous decision at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
Yet despite AJ suffering his second pro defeat in his last outing, many still want to see him face Fury – particularly if he can exact revenge on Usyk.
But Stevenson, 24, who unified the super-featherweight division last weekend following an impressive victory over Oscar Valdez, does not give Joshua a chance against WBC champion Fury.
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When asked about how he sees a Fury-Joshua showdown going, he told DAZN: “Betting on Tyson Fury is like betting on Floyd Mayweather.
“It’s for sure… I’m telling you, Tyson Fury, if he fights any of them guys, it’s like Floyd vs Andre Berto.”
Stevenson is referring to Mayweather’s penultimate pro fight in which he was the overwhelming favourite against fellow American Berto.
Meanwhile, Fury’s promoter Frank Warren recently claimed a super-fight between The Gypsy King and AJ would not be difficult to make.
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He told talkSPORT: “If that happened, we’d have to work out what the percentages would be.
“I would obviously be arguing that Tyson gets more. But whatever it is settled at, that’s how it would be split.
“It would work out that there would be a certain guarantee.
“How these things move on is that there’s a pot and it would be determined by how much money we get into the pot with pay-per-views and things like that – then how it’s split.
“So there’s a guarantee against the split. But it could be a £200million fight.”
