Tyson Fury has turned boxing on its head – now Anthony Joshua awaits

Fury’s stunning victory over Deontay Wilder has set the wheels in motion for a historical showdown with Joshua. As Luke Brown writes, boxing cannot wait

Tyson Fury is world heavyweight champion once again (Reuters)

As recently as early December, the United States of America ruled the heavyweight division.

Deontay Wilder held the emerald green WBC belt. And Andy Ruiz Jr had the WBA, IBF, WBO and IBO belts. Both men fight under the Premier Boxing Champions banner and, for the first time in years, Great Britain’s heavyweights found themselves left out in the cold.

But in the space of just two rematches everything changed. First Anthony Joshua outpointed a woefully out of shape Ruiz. And then Tyson Fury sensationally stood in the pocket and stopped the previously undefeated Wilder, stealing not only the WBC title but the previously vacant The Ring magazine belt.