When you are ready I won’t turn down the fight, Joshua tells Fury
Two-time unified heavyweight champion, Anthony Joshua, has informed Tyson Fury that he would be available for him whenever he is ready to fight.
“When Tyson Fury is ready, I will not turn down that fight. I’m thinking the wider puncher, and I think like I’m an underdog,” said Joshua. “As you said, I’m not #1 the minute, and I’ve got to put my name back where it belongs. What that’s based on is trust.
“When I get back in the ring, they’re going to lose if they bet against me. I’ve got to put trust back into my name, and I was going to do that by demolishing Pulev. I was working towards greatness long before training camp, but this has slowed things down. I’ll be ready mentally when the time comes.
“Fury has been a professional for 11 years,” said Joshua. “He needed so much time to develop. He’s finally got to that stage where he’s gotten that straw of confidence. So congratulations. I look at what Tyson Fury has done, and I’m looking, ‘I’ve done what took him ten years in 3 years.
“Imagine where I’m going to be in 10 years.’ So I keep moving through it. I had my little issue with Ruiz last year, but I got through it. In another six years from now, when I’m where Tyson Fury is in terms of time, I should be unstoppable. I’m gaining massive knowledge about the boxing industry,” said Joshua.
No one expects Joshua to turn down the fight with Fury once it’s offered to him. Fury has better wins on his resume than Joshua, and that’s not going to change until AJ starts facing the top guys. Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn blew it for him when it came to Wilder by talking about flat fees. That fight should have taken place in 2018, but Hearn was looking to play the A-side card.
Just 12 months ago, the heavyweight division had three undefeated fighters at the top of their game.
Joshua was months away from facing Andy Ruiz Jr – though he thought it would be Jarrell Miller – and Deontay Wilder was reigning supreme as WBC champion after salvaging a draw with Tyson Fury in late 2018.
Today, Joshua is still the WBO, IBF, IBO and WBA heavyweight champion, but he had to prize them back from Ruiz Jr after a shock loss last June.
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Wilder was destroyed by Tyson Fury in February and lost his WBC title, meaning the Gypsy King is the last top heavyweight standing with an unbeaten record.