Anthony Joshua smashed a DAZN punch machine with a big left hand, but still couldn't beat Tyson Fury's incredible high score of 993.
The former world heavyweight champion is known as one of the biggest punchers in the world, and has knocked out the likes of Wladimir Klitschko and Dillian Whyte during his career. He had scored a relatively low number of just 848 during an appearance on the Graham Norton Show in 2017, which resurfaced when Tyson and then younger brother Tommy both scored higher.
Tyson nearly broke the system at his gym during Joseph Parker's training camp, hitting a massive score of 993, although it's likely the calibration on the two machines was different. Things got worse for Joshua's ego when Tommy, a light-heavyweight who is better known for Love Island and his feud with Jake Paul than legitimate fights, landed 949 on the same machine.
Now, Joshua has taken on the DAZN Boxing Show's punch machine challenge, which appears to be better calibrated than Norton's. He landed a massive 965, breaking the record that shows on the screen as 960, which would put him ahead of the younger Fury, although he admitted to being disappointed with the result saying "I can't believe it's not gone to 999."
The heavyweight duo had appeared to be on a collision course for a December 3 bout as recently as last month, but the deal fell apart at the last moment due to contractual issues. Instead, Fury looks set to face one of either Mahmoud Charr or Derek Chisora, while Joshua will face a ranked opponent in an effort to rebuild his world title credibility at heavyweight.
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They have had a long-standing rivalry dating back to a 2010 sparring session, but have fallen at the final hurdle of making a fight deal on multiple occasions. The most recent one was last month, but last year they had a similar issue when an arbitrator demanded Fury fight Deontay Wilder for a third time instead of facing Joshua for the undisputed title.
A deal was all but signed in Saudi Arabia between the two parties, with an August 14 date agreed, before the last minute arbitration result cost them the date. Fury went on to defeat Wilder, but in the meantime Joshua was beaten by Oleksandr Usyk for his belts, and the fight fell by the wayside as the pair moved on to different things.
Fury has since beaten his mandatory challenger Dillian Whyte, while Joshua lost his rematch with Usyk, and the fight seems as far away as ever despite late notice talks this year. Fury is likely to take a tune-up fight in December, similarly to Joshua, and then move on to an undisputed bout against Usyk early in 2023.
