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title: "Joe Joyce Reveals Anthony Joshua Incident That Angered Him: “It’s Left A Bad Taste”"
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published: "2024-03-05T17:20:28Z"
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# Joe Joyce Reveals Anthony Joshua Incident That Angered Him: “It’s Left A Bad Taste”

Joe Joyce has revealed a run-in with Anthony Joshua that led to him becoming angered and has said that the incident ‘left a bad taste.’

Joyce is hoping to get back to winning ways this month. [He takes on Kash Ali in his first fight since bruising back-to-back defeats to Zilhei Zhang in 2023](https://wp.boxing-social.com/news/joe-joyce-jokes-about-biting-ban/), both of which came by knockout, and both of which marked the first time Joyce had been hurt, let alone stopped.

[Now, speaking to Online Betting Guide,](https://www.olbg.com/) the former Olympian and Team GB man has given an explanation of why he doesn’t have too much affection for Joshua, ahead of his showdown against Francis Ngannou this week.

> “Personally I like Ngannou. I’ve spent more time with him recently than I have Joshua. There’s been a bit of needle with Joshua, a bit of back and forth in the press.
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> “I didn’t enjoy him gloating when he was watching a video of the fight we had in the amateurs. I saw a clip of him watching our fight back with his friends and giggling and laughing at it. It was some footage I saw.
>
> “I’ve not spoken to him for a long time but it left a bitter taste in my mouth. He was my teammate and he supported me through the bad decision I had in Rio and I supported him leading up to the London Olympics because I got in the squad and it was always very competitive with him. I’d love to fight AJ one day.”

Should he win his upcoming fight, [and if Joshua comes through against Ngannou this weekend,](https://wp.boxing-social.com/news/anthony-joshua-francis-ngannou-five-points/) he may be able to position himself into world title contention and one day get his wish of settling the score with Joshua in the ring.