Britain’s Got Talent winner and Misfits boxer reveals why Tyson Fury is winning popularity vote over Anthony Joshua

JORDAN BANJO reckons Tyson Fury’s all access reality series has helped him pull ahead in the popularity vote over Anthony Joshua. The Gypsy King is filming the third season of At Home With The Furys where he draws back the curtain on his chaotic life. Anthony Joshua ahead of his fight with Kristian Prenga Credit: Getty Tyson Fury returns against Mariusz Wach Credit: AFP BGT winner Jordan Banjo on SunSport’s No Glove Lost episode It is a far-cry from Joshua’s life he keeps very much private, including his relationship with son JJ. And Banjo – who won Britain’s Got Talent in 2009 and now boxes on the Misfits scene – reckons Fury’s open door approach has won over fans. Sign up for the Sport newsletter Thank you! He said on SunSport’s No Glove Lost episode: “You watch Tyson Fury, and the most outside of his fights, the most viral clip of his four-year-old son calling him a f***ing dafty or whatever it was. “That’s just the way he is. He’s way more accessible. His life is more accessible. He’s way more open. “AJ, it’s like you drive down Oxford Street, you know you’re going to see a billboard of him for Boss or Underarm or whatever it is. “You know that he’s open and accessible, but in a way where he’s standing there because he’s doing Clean Hearts or he’s helping kids or he’s opening a community center or he’s paying this or he’s paying that. It’s just a different type of access. “So I don’t think that it’s the fact that people don’t feel connected. I just think that, like you said, you can imagine yourself sat down in the pub screaming, get off at an England game with Tyson Fury as opposed to, you couldn’t imagine that with Anthony Joshua. “You imagine you walk into Anthony Joshua’s house and there’s a ballroom there, and you’re discussing the next brand that you’re planning to promote. So it’s just a bit different.” Most read in Sport BEST FREE BETS AND BETTING SIGN UP OFFERS Anthony Joshua vs Kristian Prenga - all the info Anthony Joshua faces Kristian Prenga in his huge comeback fight The Home of Boxing in 2026 There's a massive year of boxing ahead! It’s shaping up to be a blockbuster year of action inside the boxing ring. Anthony Joshua returns to the ring in July to face Kristian Prenga ahead of a potential blockbuster bout against Tyson Fury later in the year. The Gypsy King also features in a warm-up bout the day before AJ, as he takes on Mariusz Wach in Thailand. And Moses Itauma returns for his toughest fight yet against Filip Hrgovic in August. Here’s all the big fights coming up… July Fri 24 – Tyson Fury vs Mariusz Wach Sat 25 – Anthony Joshua vs Kristian Prenga – DAZN PPV Sun 26 – Errol Spence Jr vs Tim Tszyu August Sat 1 – Pierce O’Leary vs Mark Chamberlain – DAZN Sat 15 – Claressa Shields vs Kaye Scott – DAZN Sat 29 – Moses Itauma vs Filip Hrgovic – DAZN September Sat 12 – Conor Benn vs Ryan Garcia – DAZN *If you click a link in this boxout, we will earn affiliate revenue. Joshua, 36, and Fury, 37, have already signed contracts to finally fight at the end of the year. But Fury first returns in Thailand on Friday night against 46-year-old Polish veteran Mariusz Wach And 24 hours later AJ must come through 20-1 Kristian Prenga – a little known Albanian who has won all of his fights by KO. Banjo said: “Prenga is the perfect opponent, stylistically and the things he does. “And I think the best way for AJ to look good and get a good win, he’s perfect. I think the most notable opponent Prenga’s had is Joey Dawjeko. “For a casual fan, the people who really love Joshua, obviously, as hardcore fans, you look into it more. “But as a casual fan, you look at it and you go, Joshua’s fighting someone who’s 20 and 1 with 20 knockout. It looks good on the surface. “But when you scratch a bit beneath, you see how he fights, the style he has, the opponents he’s faced. “The record’s there, but Joshua’s gonna look good when it comes to Saturday night.” Comment now