Fury Has Had A ‘Cupcake’ And A ‘Cookie’ Instead Of Joshua, Says Tim Bradley

“Come on, man. What are we doing?” Bradley said. “We’ve been waiting on this for a long time. AJ needs a tune-up fight after everything he’s been through. But damn, Fury, you just had a cupcake. Now you’re getting a cookie. What are we waiting on?”

Bradley also expressed frustration that both heavyweights are now well beyond their primes after spending years on separate paths.

“I don’t understand how they’re both from the same country and they never fought before,” Bradley said. “Now we’ve got to wait until they’re older in their careers, past their prime. One retires, then comes back. He retires again, then comes back. Come on, Fury. Get in there and fight. Get it over with.”

Bradley reserved some of his strongest criticism for reports that Fury-Joshua could take place in Las Vegas rather than the United Kingdom.

“That’s the dumbest. I don’t understand these people’s business mind,” Bradley said. “They’re English fighters. Why wouldn’t it be over there? Wembley. That’s where the fight needs to be because the fans are going to come out and support it. That’s an all-British showdown. It makes no sense to bring it here in America.”

Bradley acknowledged that Joshua’s popularity in the United States has grown following his victory over Jake Paul and understands the business case for staging the fight in America. Even so, he believes the event belongs in front of British fans who have waited more than a decade to see the heavyweight rivals finally share the ring.