Tyson Fury never leaves a single chance to go after his rivals. Through his social media, interviews, and appearances at events, Fury takes shots at his fellow heavyweight punchers. These days, Anthony Joshua seems to be on his radar as the WBC champ has launched some scathing verbal attacks on his compatriot.
In a fresh conversation with Max Kellerman, Fury took aim at ‘AJ‘ once again.
‘The Gypsy King’ said, “I think he’s a useless bum and then he fought a boxer half of his weight and foot shorter than him. And got outboxed and everything.”
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“I’ve got to go and take it to the man and try and win the fight, so yeah, if you, if you, think going into a boxing fight for the world heavyweight title is not even trying to win. Then yeah, I give him that title being a great… for me.”
“He’s a useless old bum. He won’t get, he won’t get past Oleksandr Usyk in his next fight. His career is over.”
Last year, Anthony Joshua capitulated to his second pro-boxing loss against the undefeated Usyk. From the first gong till the last, nothing went right for the Briton.
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Now he’s in contention to rematch his Ukrainian foe and possibly get over the line. However, Tyson Fury doesn’t think it will happen. He even mocked Joshua’s achievement from over a decade ago.
Tyson Fury mocked Anthony Joshua over his 2012 Olympic gold
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Tyson Fury ‘The Gypsy King’ aimed at his rival compatriot over his Olympic achievement as well and escalated the rivalry to another level.
The WBC champion said, “I think he’s a useless old dosser, Anthony Joshua. He got kicked to the gold medal in London. He robbed the Cuban blind in the first fight. So he shouldn’t even got medal.”
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Joshua has not responded to Fury and the boxing world will wait to see if he does so any time in the future. What did you make of Fury’s comments against ‘AJ’? Let us know.
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