"He's an idiot": Joshua criticizes Fury for his attitude towards Usyk

Former two-time world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua (28-3, 25 KOs) harshly criticized his compatriot Tyson Fury (34-1-1, 24 KOs). The Watford native admitted that he was happy about the Gypsy King's defeat by Oleksandr Usyk (22-0, 14 KOs).

Joshua made such frank statements in an interview with The Independent. The 34-year-old Briton emphasized that Fury simply disgraces the sport with his attitude and statements about other boxers. Anthony also expressed confidence that he would fight Tyson.

"I'm glad Fury didn't become the absolute champion, I just think he's an idiot. I've always said that this idiot is disrespectful. The way he treated Usyk with no respect, calling him a little rabbit and a middleweight, is not good for the sport. Usyk is a good fighter, there's no denying that. I don't care if he wins or loses anymore, I just want to fight him. Fury has been dodging a lot of top-level people. He needs to get on with it, come and fight me and stop wasting my time," Joshua said.

On September 21, the Briton will fight his compatriot Daniel Dubois (21-2, 20 KOs). At stake will be the International Boxing Federation (IBF) belt, which Usyk refused to give up. It became known that the IBF left no choice for our champion. This situation outraged the head of the Absolute Fighting Championship Dana White.

Recently, Fury appealed the result of the fight against Usyk on May 18. Prior to that, Tyson first named the reason for his defeat in the fight with Oleksandr. In addition, the British fighter got into a drunken scandal, which alarmed his camp.

Ukrainian Oleksandr also announced his radical plan to continue his career after the rematch with Tyson. Usyk named the most difficult moment of the fight with the Briton. Our boxer also spoke frankly about his opponent.

As OBOZ.UA previously reported, British media said that a real war was unfolding in world boxing over the title of Oleksandr Usyk.

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