Anthony Joshua reiterated his desire to finally fight Tyson Fury after he had knocked out Jake Paul in Miami.Joshua stopped the YouTube star in the sixth round of their fight after enduring frustrating early rounds, but insisted he still wanted to face long-term rival Fury in his next fight.
Promoter Frank Warren revealed last week that Fury had “indicated” he would return for the blockbuster British bout and Joshua issued a fresh challenge in his post-fight interview.
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He told Netflix: “I can’t wait to go into 2026. If Tyson Fury is as serious as he thinks he is, and he wants to put down his Twitter fingers and put on his gloves, and come and fight one of the realest fighters out, there then I’ll take on the challenge.”Step in the ring with me next if you’re a real bad boy.
“Don’t do all that talking, ‘AJ is this, AJ is that’, let’s see you in the ring and talk with your fists.”
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Joshua knocked out Paul in the sixth round
Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn also stated his determination to secure the elusive Fury clash.
“We want the Tyson Fury fight of course. That’s the fight, the biggest fight,” said Hearn.Joshua returned to the ring for the first time since a knockout loss to Daniel Dubois last September and gave an honest assessment of his display against a novice opponent, who was having just his 14th boxing bout.
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Paul was unable to continue after being floored heavily in Miami
“It wasn’t the best performance,” said Joshua.”The end goal was to get Jake Paul, pin him down and hurt him. That has been the request and that was on my mind. Took a bit longer than expected but the right hand found the destination.”Jake Paul has done really well tonight, I want to give him his props. He got up, time and time again. It was difficult in there for him, but he kept on trying to find a way through.”You have to give Jake his respect for trying, trying and trying. But he came up against a…
2025-12-20 07:20:00
