Tyson Fury aims fresh dig at Anthony Joshua and threatens to snub fight again
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Tyson Fury has threatened to snub Anthony Joshua for their all-British showdown - by chasing a third fight with Oleksandr Usyk. The Gypsy King is facing Usyk in a rematch this weekend looking to regain his seat at the top of the heavyweight table. Fury, 36, is confident he is going to avenge his May defeat to the Ukrainian which will leave them tied at 1-1.
But it is understood that Joshua has skipped a February 22 rematch with Daniel Dubois owing to fitness concerns and the chance to face Fury next - whether he wins, loses or draws this weekend. Fury is trying to distance himself from that by claiming he will go for the decider against Usyk if he wins this Saturday in Riyadh.
“When I win on Saturday night, I think there’s gotta be a trilogy next year for sure,” Fury told Al Arabiya. “Joshua’s in tatters at the moment. He has got to pick up the pieces from his last fight. But the fight with Usyk – one on Saturday and the one afterwards – would be fantastic for me.”.
Joshua was stopped inside five rounds by Dubois back in September to leave his career on the brink. But he has been given hope that Saudi boxing supremo Turki Alalshikh would push for the Fury fight. Usyk is the favourite with the bookmakers to beat Fury again after he became the first undisputed heavyweight champion since Lennox Lewis in 1999 by beating the Gypsy King in May. Fury felt he won the bout with one judge scoring it 114-113 in his favour, but the other judges gave it 115-112 and 114-113 to Usyk.
