Tyson Fury ridicules Anthony Joshua

Tyson Fury has hit back at Anthony Joshua after his rival ridiculed him for fighting Otto Wallin. The Gypsy King takes on little-known Swedish fighter Wallin in Las Vegas

in September in another tune-up fight ahead of his rematch with Deontay Wilder next year, but Joshua wasn’t impressed with the opponent selection. Joshua said he would never fight ‘lower-tier heavyweights’.

After hearing the comments, Fury responded by questioning the caliber of Andy Ruiz Jr – AJ’s next opponent. ‘What about Andy Ruiz then? Was he a top tier heavyweight when he fought him? He got knocked out by him,’ Fury told Behind the Gloves.

‘No he wasn’t, that’s the answer to that question. Nobody knew who Andy Ruiz was. He was a two-week replacement opponent. ‘People only become somebody by getting an opportunity. This time last year Andy Ruiz was nobody, absolutely nobody.

Today he’s heavyweight champion of the world. If he wasn’t given the opportunity on two weeks’ notice then nobody would know his name.

Joshua will rematch Ruiz Jr in December and has gone on the offensive since announcing the rematch would take place in Saudi Arabia. ‘Fury’s gonna fight Otto Wallin, no-one talks about that,’ Joshua said. ‘I fought Wallin as an amateur. These guys are cream of the crop, they shouldn’t be fighting their type of people.

Anthony Joshua should never think I can’t fight anybody, he thinks he needs to talk a bit more after he got handled by Andy Ruiz, Tyson Fury said this when asked why AJ hits out on his rivals more frequently.