“I am Gonna Walk Through Him”- Anthony Joshua Puts Tyson Fury on Notice

Anthony Joshua wants to fight Tyson Fury to settle the debate on who is the best Heavyweight at present. However, the WBA/WBO/IBO/IBF Champion maintains that he is focused solely on his next mandatory title defense against Ukrainian pugilist Kubrat Pulev. In a chat with Chris Mannix on the Sports Illustrated boxing podcast, he spoke about his next opponent as well as ‘The Gypsy King’ whom he wants to face soon. 

Anthony Joshua focused solely on Kubrat Pulev

“It’s in a way overlooking Pulev, but I’ve gotta look through Pulev because I’m gonna walk through Pulev. That’s the mindset. I’ve gotta walk through him. When it comes to Pulev, he ain’t on my level. I want the boys at the top. I ain’t worried about the boys, you know, around me. I’m walking through them all, and that’s the mindset that we have to have as fighters. So, I’m looking at Tyson Fury like I’m gonna walk through him as well because I had my issue last year, I got through it and I wanna correct it.”

“And I told you like people don’t know what that does for a fighter mentally when he loses in front of the world, and what it takes to come back.”

‘AJ’ silenced doubters with a victory in Saudi Arabia last December. He beat Andy Ruiz Jr. And avenged his sole loss as a professional. The Brit was knocked out in the 7th round at Madison Square Garden in what was his debut bout on the other side of the pond.

Earlier spoke to iFLTV about how he appreciates having time off as the last 8 years of his life have flown by so fast. He reiterated this point here as well.

“Having this time to reflect has been a blessing in disguise. It’s been a blessing in disguise, so we’ll see what the future holds.” 

“I Can’t Even Remember Half of It”- Anthony Joshua on The Past 8 Years of His Life

His immediate challenge will be ‘Kobrata.’ The bout was to take place at London’s Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on the 20th of June. Now it will be postponed to a later date. 

Will ‘AJ’ back his words and overcome Pulev to stake his claim to the Fury match? One thing is for sure. After the Ruiz bout, he will never take an opponent lightly.