{"id":6209,"date":"2020-02-24T13:45:15","date_gmt":"2020-02-24T13:45:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oddsmonkey.com\/blog\/?p=6209"},"modified":"2020-02-24T13:45:15","modified_gmt":"2020-02-24T13:45:15","slug":"tyson-fury-favourite-for-everything-in-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oddsmonkey.com\/blog\/media-journalism\/tyson-fury-favourite-for-everything-in-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Tyson Fury favourite for everything in 2020!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tyson Fury is odds-on to beat Anthony Joshua, as and when he faces him &#8211; but Bookmakers also see him on course for other triumphs in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Fury clinched the WBC World Title with a dominant win over Deontay Wilder in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p>Now many are predicting that the most likely scenario for Fury is an all British unification fight with Joshua holding the other Heavyweight belts &#8211; the\u00a0IBF, IBO, WBA and WBO.<\/p>\n<p>Should Joshua meet Fury, Bookmakers firmly believe that the Gypsy King will overcome AJ and is priced at 1\/2 to win.<\/p>\n<p>Joshua is currently in talks to fight\u00a0Kubrat Pulev, but that is not signed off and he is favourite to be Fury&#8217;s next opponent, even though it is believed Wilder would also like a third fight to complete the trilogy.<\/p>\n<p>it is 2\/1 that Joshua is Fury&#8217;s next opponent, ahead of Wilder at 5\/2 and another Brit Dillian Whyte at 4\/1.<\/p>\n<p>But it is not just in the ring that Bookmakers are anticipating glory for Fury as he is the early favourite to be named the Sports Personality of the Year.<\/p>\n<p>He is classed as 2\/1 favourite, ahead of potential Dina Asher-Smith, Laura Kenny and Adam Peaty &#8211; who are all tipped to do well at this year&#8217;s Tokyo Olympics, whilst Jordan Henderson, Harry Kane and Raheem Sterling are seen as contenders &#8211; with the finals for Euro 2020 being held in England.<\/p>\n<p>OddsMonkey spokesman Peter Watton commented: &#8220;Tyson Fury is literally on top of the boxing world after claiming the WBC title from Deontay Wilder, but what next?<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Yes everyone wants him to face Anthony Joshua and he is odds on to win that, but he is now a very short price favourite at 2\/1 to win the Sports Personality of the Year &#8211; which would be a major turnaround for him given he was not even included on the shortlist in 2018 despite being one of the favourites for the honour.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;However, there is a big year for sport ahead with the Olympics and Euro 20202, so it remains to be seen if he will be on course come December when it is decided.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Sports Personality of the Year odds:\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nTyson Fury 2\/1<br \/>\nDina Asher-Smith 9\/1<br \/>\nLaura Kenny 9\/1<br \/>\nAdam Peaty 10\/1<br \/>\nJordan Henderson 10\/1<br \/>\nHarry Kane 12\/1<br \/>\nRaheem Sterling 12\/1<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Tyson Fury&#8217;s next opponent odds:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nAnthony Joshua 2\/1<br \/>\nDeontay Wilder 5\/2<br \/>\nDillian Whyte 4\/1<br \/>\nAnthony Ruiz Jr 6\/1<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Tyson Fury fight odds:<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span>1\/3 &#8211; Tyson Fury<br \/>\n5\/1 &#8211; Deontay Wilder<\/p>\n<p>1\/2 &#8211; Tyson Fury<br \/>\n6\/4 &#8211; Anthony Joshua<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Odds and stats accurate at time of writing\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Spokesman Peter Watton is available for further comment or one-on-one interviews on this subject or anything connected with a betting market \u2013 for more information please contact\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:press@oddsmonkey.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">press@oddsmonkey.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>You can also check out all our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oddsmonkey.com\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">latest Press Releases\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 which you are free to use<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"gmail-alignnone gmail-size-full gmail-wp-image-2792\" src=\"https:\/\/www.oddsmonkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/pressreleasebanner.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 865px) 100vw, 865px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.oddsmonkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/pressreleasebanner.jpg 865w, https:\/\/www.oddsmonkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/pressreleasebanner-300x120.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.oddsmonkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/pressreleasebanner-768x306.jpg 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"865\" height=\"345\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tyson Fury is odds-on to beat Anthony Joshua, as and when he faces him &#8211; but Bookmakers also see him on course for other triumphs in 2020. 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