‘I’m not here to chase fame’

Over the weekend, Tyson Fury accomplished his successful comeback when he defeated Arslanbek Makhmudov in London. Shortly after defeating Makhmudov, Tyson Fury openly challenged Anthony Joshua to a fight.

Joshua was seated calmly in the gang watching the fight, reacted gracefully to Fury’s loudmouthed challenge, and gracefully refused it. “I need to provide you the fight that everybody has been waiting for. I need you, AJ, Anthony Joshua. Let’s give the boxing fans what they need, the ‘Battle of Britain’. I need to fight you next. Do you accept my challenge? You are an enormous wimp. Do you must fight or not? This time there isn’t a escape; after 10 years within the making, let’s dance!” Fury yelled.

Nevertheless, unlike many other smug athletes in the game, Joshua remained seated and refused to come back face-to-face with Fury. The duo as a substitute exchanged words from opposite sides of the ropes, with Netflix and Turki Alalshikh suggesting a fight agreement for this summer.

Joshua later clarified that he would not engage in any promotional stunts, as he wished to avoid overshadowing Fury, who was having fun with his comeback victory against Arslanbek Makhmudov (H/T talkSPORT).

“It’s on him. It has been hard to get it done previously. Look, he’s the one which retired. I’ve been in the sport, never retired. I’ve been standing strong for the last 13 years. It’s on him. He disappears, come back, disappears. I’m not here to chase fame, or chase hype,” Joshua said.

“I’m an actual person and fight whoever is in front of me, whether it’s him or the subsequent person. It don’t matter to me,” Joshua continued. Further when asked if he was actually planning to fight Fury next, “The Watford Warrior” said, “We’ll see. I used to be just in a serious incident just 4 months ago and I want to see what’s occurring with my return to the ring. I’m here and keeping my eye on the sport. There’s real stuff happening in my life.”