A 'dosser' and a 'belt carrier'. Just a few taunts from Tyson Fury directed at Anthony Joshua, and the unified heavyweight world champion has now responded to the self-proclaimed Gypsy King.
Fury, 29, FINALLY announced his return to boxing. He's set to make the walk on June 9th in Manchester following a lengthy hiatus away from the sport.
He's been out of the ring since November 2015, where he dethroned reigning world champion Wladimir Klitschko in Dusseldorf, Germany.
Fury bagged the WBA (super), IBF, WBO and IBO titles. A few years removed from his memorable night, those aforementioned belts are now in the hands of Joshua.
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And in a press conference announcing his return, Fury continued the war of words.
While Fury will take a few tune-up fights before going in with the big boys, Joshua is eager to fight much, much sooner.
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"If he wants to fight me next, he can fight me next. If he wants to fight 10 fights down the line, he can do that as well," he said via ESPN.
Joshua added: "It'll be a situation that, when the opportunity does come, he'll [Fury] be saying he's the man who beat the man, he deserves this, he deserves that, and then he won't fight me.
"I'm the flag-bearer, the best heavyweight champion out there now. The ones who are scared to step up talk a good game, but don't really back it up so I get bored of it.
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"When Tyson Fury's ready, we'll make it big, we'll make it fun. When [Deontay] Wilder's ready, we'll make it big, we'll make it fun.
"With or without Fury, my career will go on. With or without Wilder, my career will go on. With or without Povetkin and the WBA belt, my career will go on. I'll keep on doing this for another 10 years, and then I'm done."
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