Undefeated Heavyweight boxer Tyson Fury has lashed out at
IBF, WBA, WBO, IBO world champion Anthony Joshua.
Joshua, who beat Andy Ruiz Jr in December to reclaim the
world heavyweight titles, made a public offer to assist Fury as a sparring
partner so as to prepare him for his upcoming rematch with WBC heavyweight
champion Deontay Wilder which takes place on February 22 at the MGM Grand in
Las Vegas.
Fury upon hearing Joshua's offer of training with him,
quickly accepted it publicly- but since then there has been no word from Joshua
or his managers.
Seeing that both fighters haven't fought each other before,
and that they are both British and could make a lot of cash from fighting each
other in the UK, the sparring proposal from Joshua seemed very strange, as fans
would rather want to see a real fight than see both fighters train. But Fury
accepted the offer and has now come out to criticize the British-Nigerian
boxer.
"They offered hot air as usual. I accepted, they
haven’t turned up, take what you want from it, that’s it.
'Joshua’s nothing like Wilder but I’d like to bring him over
and give him a good hiding anyway. But they’re not going to come, let’s face
it," Fury told BoxingScene.com.
"They’re not going to come over and get beat up in
sparring. It was just a stupid offer at a stupid time - wasn’t thinking, I
accepted straight away, me being me, and that was it. I don’t read into it too
much, he ain’t coming, simple as. He ain’t got the bollocks to turn up and
spar, end of."
Fury also criticized for the first time, Joshua's win over
Andy Ruiz in their Saudi Arabia rematch.
"I don’t think it was a great performance. I thought it
was a hit and run, sh-thouse style, coward. Every time he stood still Andy
rocked him to his boots. But it was what it was. He got the decision, fair
play. On to the next one," Fury said.
