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Britain\u2019s heavyweight boxing champion Tyson Fury responded to taunts by fellow British boxing champion, Anthony Joshua, with a promise to beat Joshua inside six rounds of their mega-fight when it comes to pass.
Fury was firing back after comments Joshua made while chatting with Gary Neville\u2019s \u2018The Overlap\u2019 programme. Joshua had claimed, when asked about Fury: \u201cI\u2019ll smoke that guy\u201d apparently aware that Fury would be listening and wanting to taunt him.
And Joshua was right because Fury arranged for his own interview to counter Joshua as the counter-puncher he is famous for being. Fury told Neville: \u201cAJ couldn\u2019t smoke a cigarette, never mind smoke the \u2018Gypsy King\u2019 \u201c, dropping the nickname with which he became popular.
Fury continued: \u201cThe difference between me and him? He\u2019s a businessman and I\u2019m a Spartan. I\u2019ll show him that when I get in the ring. I will absolutely annihilate that bodybuilder. He wouldn\u2019t go past six rounds. It would be over quickly. He knows that and his whole team knows it.\u201d
However, as THEWILL reported, before both fighters will have a chance to have a go at each other, Joshua will first defend his IBF, WBA and WBO belts against Oleksandr Usyk on September 25. Fury is up for the third installment a trilogy bout against Deontay Wilder on October 9.
These bouts disrupted the hopes of many boxing fans expecting to witness greatness with the attempted unification of all the titles under one undisputed heavyweight champion of the world. The date and venue were set for this epic contest before things changed with Wilder legally forcing a third match against Fury.
It brought an end to the laborious and extended negotiations to reach a deal that was favourable to both camps and Saudi Arabia had already picked up the bill for hosting the highly-anticipated fight with an August 14 date set for the bout.
The initial delays that negotiations for the fight faced were blamed on Fury and his camp. Joshua was forced to speak out. He said: \u201cI just know on my end, and my management team and my promoter \u2013 we\u2019ve done everything we can to make this happen and as long as I\u2019m champion, I\u2019ll compete with anyone.\u201d
At that time, Fury responded: \u201cI have never been optimistic about this fight happening. Even when the deal was done, I was never optimistic. Guess what? It never happened. I do think, sooner or later, it has to happen.
\u201cEven if we go AWOL, throw all the belts in the bin, to fight each other? I would do that. But I\u2019m not sure he would be willing to do that.\u201d
The two British champions will have to win their September and October matches for it to remain realistically possible for a new set of arrangements to begin so that a new date is set and both camps ready for what still remains a showdown for the modern times.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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