Tyson Fury's 'cousin' appeared to gatecrash Anthony Joshua's press conference after his win over Jake Paul - but all was not quite what it seemed in the end.
British fighter Joshua took on YouTuber turned boxer Paul overnight at the Kaseya Center in Miami, Florida, in a bout which was broadcast live on Netflix.
The fight was scheduled to last for eight rounds, but Joshua secured victory in the sixth by knocking out Paul, who failed to beat the referee's count in the ring after being knocked to the canvass on multiple occasions throughout the encounter.
It was Joshua's first fight since last September, when he was beaten by Daniel Dubois at Wembley Stadium for the IBF heavyweight title.
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Joshua's record now stands at 29 wins from 33 fights after beating Paul, who was taken to hospital with a suspected broken jaw following the loss.
Paul's record now reads as 12 wins from 14 bouts, with his two defeats coming against Joshua and Tommy Fury.
Following Joshua's win, the next aim for him appears to be a fight against Fury, who announced his retirement from boxing in January this year following his second loss in a row to Ukrainian fighter Oleksandr Usyk.
Speaking after the victory over Paul, Joshua's promotor Eddie Hearn confirmed the plan is to fight Fury in 2026 at some point, a suggestion that AJ backed himself when asked about it.
Hearn said: "We can do that straight away. No interim fights. If Tyson's ready and AJ's ready, we don't have to fight in February or March."
Joshua himself then intervened and did an impression of Fury as he called out his opponent.
AJ said: "I'd give the dosser eight weeks, 24 hours to sign a contract!
"Let's see if he's a man!"
Addressing the next question in the press conference room, it appeared that Joshua had clocked that one of Fury's relatives was present.
He said: "We have Tyson Fury's cousin here! Let me hear your skills!"
Hearn then asked: "Tyson, what are you saying about maybe going straight into the fight with no warm-up?"
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The response, which sounded very much like the Gypsy King, was: "Well I tell you what, I'll do it right now. A hundred per cent. In fact into that Kaseya Center, put that ring together and put me in with him! A hundred per cent!"
However, it was not a member of the Fury family who was answering the questions, but instead it was the impressionist Al Foran who was in attendance and then proceeded to do an impersonation of John Fury.
He said: "I tell you what, you know it, we all know it, everyone here in America knows it, it's the biggest fight in boxing - let's do it! 100 per cent."
Hearn and Joshua continued to encourage Foran to do impressions, which he later did of Usyk, Mike Tyson, Chris Eubank Sr, and US President Donald Trump.
Topics: Anthony Joshua, Boxing, Eddie Hearn, Jake Paul, Tyson Fury
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