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# Fury: Wilder would KO Joshua in a round

WBC heavyweight king Tyson Fury says he doesn’t believe rival champion Anthony Joshua would last three minutes against the right-hand bombs of Deontay Wilder.

With WBA Super, WBO and IBF title holder Joshua now facing Oleksandr Usyk after an August mega-fight with Fury bit the dust, the Gypsy King’s focus has switched to American nemesis Wilder at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on July 24.

Last month, Wilder won an arbitration ruling to enforce a previously contracted trilogy bout with Fury and reshuffle the heavyweight pack. WBC title holder Fury now claims Wilder is a more threatening proposition.

“I’ll deal with these guys \[Joshua and Usyk\] later – the most important thing to me is Wilder, the most dangerous heavyweight in the world who would knock out Joshua in the first round,” Fury told *Sky Sports*.

“I’ve got to get past Wilder then those guys will get their five minutes of fame. I’ll give them the biggest beatdown they have had in their lives. As I’ve told \[Joshua’s promoter\] Eddie Hearn, the difference between me and them is they are businessmen and I’m a Spartan.

“This talk of undisputed means nothing to me. I’m not Eddie Hearn or Anthony Joshua. I fight because this is what I do – it’s what I was born to do. I’ve got nothing personal against Wilder. I don’t care about belts or that stuff being remembered. I care about smashing people.

“If Wilder is in front of me, I will give him a good hiding. The motivation? It’s what I was born to do. I’m not interested in money, belts or whatever comes with it. I’m interested in blood and the fight.”

Fury and Wilder shared a controversial draw in December 2018 before the Gypsy King scored an emphatic seventh-round victory in their February 2020 return. Next month, Wilder receives his chance to turn the tables.