Why British boxing will dominate the heavyweight division for years to come

Tyson Fury compared to Muhammad Ali after stunning win over Deontay Wilder
In years to come, people will ask, where was you when Tyson Fury delivered the most destructive performance in British boxing history on foreign soil?
You heard right. Fury’s demolition of Deontay Wilder at the MGM Grand on February 22, 2020, is the best performance you’ll possibly see outside of the UK in boxing history.
It's a moment you’ll look back on in time and tell your children and grandchildren how a 'Gypsy King' touched greatness. Many were lucky enough to be in Las Vegas to witness the spectacle while millions around the globe tuned in to see the Fury pummel Wilder inside seven rounds.
Wilder now has the chance to trigger a clause in their contract to invoke a rematch between the pair for the WBC and Ring Magazine titles. If he wants the trilogy, then he’ll have to sign the contract by March 23. Take Wilder out the equation and you have the top three fighters in the heavyweight division from Britain.
No.1 has to be Fury, followed by Anthony Joshua and Dillian Whyte. What a time to be alive for fans from the UK. Fury holds the WBC and Ring Magazine titles, Joshua has the WBA, WBO and IBF straps while Whyte is mandatory to the WBC title and is guaranteed a shot at the green-and-gold belt as long as he doesn’t taste defeat in 2020.
? ?? Tyson Fury
— Boxing365 (@boxing365dotcom) February 25, 2020
1️⃣ ?? Anthony Joshua
2️⃣ ?? Dillian Whyte
3️⃣ ?? Deontay Wilder
4️⃣ ?? Luis Ortiz
5️⃣ ?? Andy Ruiz Jr
6️⃣ ?? Alexander Povetkin
7️⃣ ?? Joseph Parker
8️⃣ ?? Michael Hunter
9️⃣ ?? Adam Kownacki
? ?? Oscar Rivas
An heavyweight era of British dominance incoming? ? pic.twitter.com/lo28KckqJO
Right now, as it stands, Fury and Joshua have the chance to do something which hasn’t been done before in boxing, and that’s for two British fighters to face off in a clash to determine the undisputed champion of the world. Coincidentally, Britain’s Lennox Lewis was the last man to have held this status in 2001. If they somehow agreed to fight each other in 2020, then the winner would have to take on Whyte afterwards. Between the trio, they have defeated every contender in the heavyweight division. Their combined record as it stands reads 80-2-1.
Joshua inflicted Whyte’s sole defeat in 2015, Joshua avened his only defeat against Andy Ruiz Jr and Fury defeated Wilder in their rematch after the first encounter in 2018 was scored a split-draw by judges. Fury, Joshua and Whyte are all on the right side of 30 and have years left in the tank should they have the desire to continue like Wladimir Klitschko and Lennox Lewis, who retired at the ripe age of 40.
By the end of next year, you’d imagine all three have fought each other and with a decade in the sport potentially remaining, there’s a great chance there will be rematches and even trilogies. Boxing may have hit a bit of a slump in the US, but in the UK, it couldn’t be more of a contrast as Britain finally gets the chance to claim the bragging rights of the heavyweight division



