Jamie Moore on Tyson Fury, Anthony Joshua, Wladimir Klitschko, Tony Bellew and more
Friday 14 October 2016 17:02, UK
Jamie Moore gives his views on another busy week with Tyson Fury, Anthony Joshua and Wladimir Klitschko topping the list, while he also looks ahead to Tony Bellew's first defence and answers the weekly weird question...
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Tyson Fury has vacated his world titles rather than being stripped. Does he emerge with some credit?
He should because I think it was the perfect decision. Once the hearings were done, Tyson would probably have been stripped anyway - I would've been massively surprised if he wasn't - but it was right. We know he is not mentally or physically ready to fight at the moment so in the meantime, let's see who gets the titles, let's see them fight each other and when he is ready again, Fury should fight the top guys.
Don't forget, Tyson Fury was not knocked off the perch, he just had other issues that took him off the perch.
Don't forget he was not knocked off the perch, he just had other issues that took him off the perch. In a fighting sense Tyson Fury is still the number one and until someone beats him, he will remain the number one in my eyes. I would imagine we are looking at a 12-month ban for the drugs but that will give him plenty of time to get the help he needs, to sort himself out and come back.
Anthony Joshua-Wladimir Klitschko is on everybody's lips, so is it the right fight to fill the void?
I can see why it will happen, but I am not sure I would be rushing for it, especially if Tyson Fury wasn't out of the equation. If Fury was fit to fight, we know his style is all wrong for Klitschko and he'd have beaten him again but now he is out, I would try to build up Joshua-Klitschko into a huge stadium fight in the summer.
I do think it's a bit rushed but of course, now the other two titles are vacant and Klitschko can go down a different route, it might well be the best time to grab him. It is a gamble to take because Klitschko was the top man for more than 10 years and AJ is still in the early stages of his career, but even if he does lose, it won't be the end of the world. It might be a gamble, but a calculated one at worst.
Going down from heavyweight to bantamweight, Ryan Burnett is defending his British title in Liverpool on Saturday night, so are you a fan?
I have been really impressed with this lad. I remember watching him win the British title against Jason Booth in November and although Booth is experienced, I think Burnett tried too hard to get the knockout. That happens with young fighters, especially if they'd just produced a couple of good knockouts before that. People are starting to speak highly about him.
It is all part of the learning curve and the first defence of that British title is another test. I do really rate him, though; he's got all the assets to make it to the very top and he's with a great trainer in Adam Booth to guide him. I really think it is just when, not if, Burnett can go all the way and the good thing down at bantamweight is they tend to move them on quickly.
Tony Bellew is topping the bill against BJ Flores and with all the talking done, give us a simple prediction...
Flores has got a chance but only a very small one. We know styles make fights and I've got to say Flores is tailor-made for Bellew. On top of that, we clearly saw that Bellew doesn't like him at all and I just think we are going to see the champion put on a cracking performance.
Down the years, we have seen fighters reach the pinnacle of their career by winning the world title, but then they kick on and I think we are going to see that with Tony. He is a big puncher and a massive cruiserweight as well, and even the head to head showed just what Flores is up against. Bellew is going to win and win in style, in six rounds.
It has been said that Bellew-Flores was built on a battle on social media, so if you were going to make a comeback which fighter would you call out on Twitter?
Well, it means me making a comeback, so the first thing it will have to be for is the biggest prize out there, so I'd have to throw all my eggs into one basket and take on Gennady Golovkin. And the one thing is he doesn't seem to be very active on Twitter, so that would make me look good to start with.
I am confident I would win the build-up on Twitter so maybe if we took it further and had a 12-tweet fight to become the middleweight champion of the world, I'd have a chance. But there is no way he or anyone else would get me back in the ring.
Watch Tony Bellew defends his WBC cruiserweight world title against BJ Flores live on Saturday night, from 8.00pm, on Sky Sports 2.
