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Anthony Joshua Responds To Fury – “I’m The Best Heavyweight Out There”

Written by Patrik Kuitunen on 13th April 2018.

Tyson Fury announced his comeback on Thursday alongside promoter Frank Warren with ambition as he vowed to take back the heavyweight throne.

“The Mack is back! You are all on notice,” stated Fury to Boxing Social.

During the press conference, one of the hot topics was the current WBA, WBO, IBF and IBO World heavyweight champion, Anthony Joshua.

Fury is known for his press conferences and Thursday was no different when he was asked about Joshua.

“Joshua is a big old dosser, a belt carrier for me and it will be an easy fight, no contest.

“I have a tip for him: ‘Get a handful of rice and throw it’ that’s the only way he’ll land on me,” stated ‘The Gypsy King.’

The calm and collective Joshua says he’s ready to face Fury and make it ‘big.’

“If he wants to fight me next, he can fight me next. If he wants to fight ten fights down the line, he can do that as well,” said Joshua to the Press Association according to ESPN.

“It’ll be a situation that, when the opportunity does come, he’ll [Fury] be saying he’s the man who beat the man, he deserves this, he deserves that, and then he won’t fight me,” continued Joshua.

‘AJ’ has the belts and Joshua knows he calls the shots.

“I’m the flag-bearer, the best heavyweight champion out there now. The ones who are scared to step up talk a good game, but don’t really back it up so I get bored of it,” told Joshua.

The unified heavyweight champion is prepared to take on all challenges whether it be Wilder, Fury or latest WBA mandatory challenger, Alexander Povetkin.

“When Tyson Fury’s ready, we’ll make it big, we’ll make it fun. When [Deontay] Wilder’s ready, we’ll make it big, we’ll make it fun.

“With or without Fury, my career will go on. With or without Wilder, my career will go on. With or without Povetkin and the WBA belt, my career will go on. I’ll keep on doing this for another 10 years, and then I’m done,” stated ‘AJ.’

Joshua’s management is currently trying to get a deal done with Wilder’s people in hopes of giving the fans one of the biggest title fights in recent heavyweight history and deal with Povetkin later.

“If Wilder was as serious as he says he is he would jump at the opportunity. I haven’t heard from the president of the WBA, but that’s a conversation to be had. If there was a situation where Wilder accepted the challenge and it was something he was looking to do this year, it would be a conversation with the WBA, to see how we could hopefully postpone Povetkin until 2019. I didn’t work this hard to give things away.”