FURY NOTHING TO TEACH ME
ANTHONY JOSHUA has hit back attyson Fury’s offer to train him by saying: There’s nothing he could teach me. fortnight ago,wbc world heavyweight champ Fury questioned Joshua’s decision to team up with Robert Garcia after parting company with Rob Mccracken.
He claimed the only way his fellow Brit would win back the WBA,WBO and IBF belts he lost to Oleksandr Usyk last year was if he let Fury train him for his rematch with the Ukrainian next month.
Joshua is having none of it, though.
He said: “Is there anything I could learn from him? Honestly, no not really. For a man that’s retired, go and have a beer, relax, go and help some people who need it, what are you talking about me for?”
For now what Fury is doing is enjoying retirement after beating Dillian
Whyte in April, although Joshua and his promoter,
Eddie Hearn, are adamant they can tempt him back into the ring again if he beats
Usyk.
Hearn said:
“Let’s be honest, when AJ wins his fight, that’s happening. It’s the biggest fight ever in boxing, not just in boxing today.”
Joshua added: “It’s his choice because this is a fight we’ve been chasing for how many years?
“It’s not up to us, he has to make that decision for him.” Fury isn’t the only heavyweight who has been talking about Joshua, with Joe Joyce claiming the former champion is more businessman than fighter these days and that he has a glass jaw.
Joshua said: “He needs to just focus on himself. “I definitely don’t have a chin like Joe Joyce and I definitely wouldn’t want to take the punches that Joe Joyce takes, either.
“But good luck to him whatever he’s doing and he’s on my hit list as well so… all with good timing, Joe will get what’s coming to him.”
First on Joshua’s list is his shot at regaining his belts against Usyk and he wants redemption.
He added: “Things happen, not just in boxing but in life in general, and if they do happen to you don’t get too bummed out, keep your head up.
“In sport, winning is the only thing.that’s the only thing everyone’s interested in, so God willing, I come back and I do what’s right and become a three-time champion.”