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Anthony Joshua has a big fight coming on April 29, when he faces Wladimir Klitschko at Wembley Stadium, but former heavyweight champ Tyson Fury, who’s been out of action since late 2015, has come out of the woodwork to throw around some insults and whatnot, with Joshua responding in kind.
Here’s part of their very professional Twitter exchange:
@anthonyfjoshua is a poor mans @frankbrunoboxer pic.twitter.com/r8dnkcT4WV
— TYSON2FASTFURY (@Tyson_Fury) April 18, 2017
Typical @Tyson_Fury always tlking BS around fight time. Same offer as lst time. X2 ringside tickets dn't bring a plus 1 it's for ur fat ass https://t.co/pdExyUQTbd
— Anthony Joshua (@anthonyfjoshua) April 18, 2017
@anthonyfjoshua I might be fat, but your a paper champ & paper Chined weightlifting rudeboy wannabe badman! Know your place chump!Or I'll come back & ok u.
— TYSON2FASTFURY (@Tyson_Fury) April 18, 2017
Shut up & give me a date when you'll b back! YOU'RE the only reason we haven't had a fight yet! b about what u say. I ain't going know where https://t.co/fgM70skdbl
— Anthony Joshua (@anthonyfjoshua) April 18, 2017
Joshua (18-0, 18 KO) hasn’t fought yet in 2017, after beating Charles Martin, Dominic Breazeale, and Eric Molina in 2016. The 27-year-old superstar is taking a big step up against Klitschko (64-4, 53 KO), who also hasn’t fought since his 2015 loss to Fury.
Fury had this take on the matchup a few days back:
Klitschko to old at 41, Aj boxing to become a billionaire, when it's about £ things never workout, must have ❤️Of the game
— TYSON2FASTFURY (@Tyson_Fury) April 14, 2017
Fury’s battles with his mental health have been the most noted reason he’s been out of action, and he’s also ballooned in weight (as you can see in the photo up top), making many question if he’ll fight again, and if he does, if he’ll be a shadow of the man who outmaneuvered Klitschko and ended his long reign of dominance in the heavyweight division.
But if Joshua does beat Klitschko — or, hell, even if he doesn’t — there would be sensational money in a Joshua-Fury fight in the United Kingdom. Whether or not it can or will happen is another story, but there will definitely be a lot of bank to make if the two men are serious about fighting sometime.