ANTHONY JOSHUA has seemingly responded to Tyson Fury’s retirement U-turn and jibes at Oleksandr Usyk.
Fury stunned the boxing world by announcing his fifth retirement from the sport less than a month after his second-straight defeat to pound-for-pound king Usyk last December.
Tyson Fury announced his fifth retirement from boxing less than a month after losing his rematch with Oleksandr Usyk[/caption]
Fury, however, has continued to train and performed a public U-turn this week[/caption]
Long-time rival Anthony Joshua seemingly sent Fury a Mike Tyson-inspired message after seeing the Gypsy King’s recent rant at Usyk[/caption]
But the Gypsy King performed a public U-turn this week by posting a video of himself with head coach Sugarhill Steward in the gym to his socials and saying: “You know what’s coming.”
He followed that up with an explosive rant at Usyk on Instagram, insisting he won their bouts and that he’d fight him “any time, any place” in a trilogy.
Fury’s rant at the Ukrainian has seemingly caught the attention of Joshua, who has appeared to remind the Wythenshawe warrior that he’ll fight him at the drop of a hat.
Earlier this week, AJ shared an iconic post-fight interview from Mike Tyson, in which the boxing legend said: “You know me.
“If things are right, I’ll fight anyone. In any place… in their backyard.”
Joshua and Fury, 35 and 36 respectively, seemed dead certs to throw down in a long-overdue Battle of Britain this year after the latter’s consecutive losses to Usyk.
Fury, however, seemingly put the final nail in the coffin of the domestic dust-up with his latest hanging up of the gloves.
Former two-time unified heavyweight champion Joshua, however, hasn’t given up hope of sharing the ring with his long-time rival.
He recently told iFL TV: “I feel like it’s the best fight [for me].
“But I think Fury, commercially, is a great fight and it’s a great man’s fight as well. So I think it makes sense.
“People might say [Joseph] Parker, people might say – I don’t know.
“You could say it’s been years in the making. But listen, the heavyweight division has been thriving.
“And why I say it’s probably still a great fight is as I said Parker is, for me, a great story of someone that never gives up.
“And the thing is, there is going to be one winner and one loser and there’s going to be bloodshed. And it ain’t gonna be mine.”
AJ hasn’t fought since his ill-fated bid to reclaim the IBF heavyweight title last September against Daniel Dubois, who knocked him out in the fifth round of their Wembley war.
Anthony Joshua hasn’t given up hope of sharing the ring with Tyson Fury[/caption]