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Tyson Fury impressed with Anthony Joshua's response against Andy Ruiz Jr

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Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua could fight next year if they come through December bouts unscathed.

Tyson Fury has revealed his new-found respect for Anthony Joshua and predicted the pair could meet in back-to-back world heavyweight title unification bouts next year.

Both Fury and Joshua are set to return to the ring in separate fights in December, representing the final hurdle to a meeting which has already been verbally agreed.

And unbeaten Fury admitted he was impressed with the way Joshua shrugged off his shock defeat by Andy Ruiz Jr in June to rebound with a win in Saudi Arabia six months later.

Anthony Joshua rebounded from his shock loss to Andy Ruiz Jr. (Nick Potts/PA)

Fury told Talksport: "He handled it like a man, he took it in his stride and that was it – he didn't make a million excuses.

"I would hope that I could conduct myself like that if that happened to me. He just said, 'fair play, I was beaten by the better man on the night', and that was class."

Fury warned a lucrative meeting between the pair is far from certain with Joshua set to face former title challenger Kubrat Pulev, while Fury is expected to confirm a bout against German Agit Kabayel.

Tyson Fury believes he could fight Anthony Joshua twice next year (Bradley Collyer/PA)

Fury added: "We've both got to get through our upcoming fights and heavyweight boxing is not a given, anything can happen at this level.

"These guys like Pulev have been waiting for a title shot for the last five years so it's going to be a tough fight (for Joshua).

"Provided we both come through our next fights then I would like to think that this fight will finally get made, when we're both at the peak of our careers and we're both world heavyweight champions – and I'd like to think it could happen twice next year."

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