Tyson Fury couldn’t hold back when asked about Joshua’s legacy
Tyson Fury has commented further on Anthony Joshua’s future.
The WBC The heavyweight champion criticized the two-time former king unifying last weekend after he suffered a second defeat to Oleksandr Usyk.
Fury has targeted a bout with the WBA Super, IBF, IBO and WBO world champion, who also won ‘The Gypsy King’ old Ring Magazine belt, after he overtake Joshua with a split decision on Saturday at the Jeddah Superdome in Saudi Arabia.
Usyk turned 20-0 with 13 quick shots after taking the lead on 113-115, 116-112 and 115-113 scorecard before saying that the clash with 34-year-old former unified champion Fury for all marbles was the only fight on his mind.
And although Fury was quick to respond to the Ukrainian challenge, despite being enact a need for time and money for a war described as “biggest since Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier”, he has once again taken aim at his colleague Brit Joshua.
When asked what he thought of Joshua’s legacy, he said talkSPORT:
“I see AJ’s legacy being ravaged right now.
“No disrespect to Joshua, because he’s a 25-3 boxer or whatever he is but at the top level of boxing in the world, he can’t cut it.”
If a deal is agreed for Fury to meet Usyk, with Fury’s UK promoter Frank Warren confident it can be done with the seemingly agreed-upon 50-dollar split- 50, it will win the crown first undisputed heavyweight champion since Lennox Lewis in 1999.
Fury signed to fight former Olympic gold medalist Joshua (24-3, 22 KOs) last August for all belts, only if the all-British clash was skipped to move to a trio showdown Fury with Deontay Wilder.
And he added:
“Joshua has found his level again. He’s been up once at that top level, he’s lost three of his last five games. “
Now, Usyk is the one who firmly grasps Fury’s mind, as he tells his fellow champion’s team that “take out the checkbook‘Let him relieve’soldier‘ among the headers.
The capital of Saudi Arabia, Riyadh, is executive position for a potential £500m confrontation between the pair, with December 17, the eve of the FIFA World Cup final in neighboring Qatar, being considered the date of the battle.