Fury hits out at Joshua for the way he defeated Ruiz Jr in title rematch

Tyson Fury has hit out at heavyweight rival Anthony Joshua by insisting his fellow Brit’s performance against Andy Ruiz Jr was a ‘load of s***’.

Joshua was hailed for his defensive display against Ruiz Jr as he showed he could outwit his opponent rather than go all-out for a knockout.

Fury was criticised by Joshua when the Gypsy King put in a similar performance against Wladimir Klitschko in 2015 which has led to the undefeated fighter calling out his rival.

Fury is quoted as telling The Sun: ‘Everyone has to do whatever they have to do to win a fight.

‘But if it was s*** when I was doing it, it was double s*** when he did it because it was a far worse job.

‘He just ran away all night, it was not a good fight, it was a load of s*** really.

‘He ran away terrified all night and when he did stand still for two seconds, he was rocked to his boots.’

Fury, who faces Deontay Wilder in a highly anticipated rematch in Las Vegas on February 22, rubbed salt into the wounds by suggesting Joshua has lost his aura after his shock defeat by Ruiz Jr in June 2019.

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He said: ‘I don’t think any of the fighters out there in the world are worried about AJ any more, his bubble has well and truly been burst.

‘No one is bothered about AJ anymore and they won’t be about Wilder either, when I burst his bubble too.’