Tyson Fury says Joshua has got off lightly with reaction after Usyk defeat
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Tyson Fury reckons he’s the only show in town now Anthony Joshua lost his world heavyweight crowns.
And the Gypsy King believes he would have got far more criticism than his British rival if he lost to Oleksandr Usyk.
Fury, 33, defends his WBC title against Deontay Wilder at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas this weekend.
It comes two weeks after former undisputed cruiserweight king Usyk dethroned Joshua of the WBA, IBF and WBO belts.
“Let’s just say, if it was me who lost to a cruiserweight then they would have been kicking me in the b******s left, right and centre,” said Fury.
“Every man here knows that I’d have been written off.
“I don’t want to challenge him when he’s at his lowest and stick a few more knives in him and make him feel even worse.
“I’ve got nothing bad to say about Joshua. His business is his business.
“He had to take care of it and he couldn’t and that’s his problem.”
Fury likened Usyk’s win to his victory over Wladimir Klitschko in 2015 as a routine defence that went horribly wrong when he took the WBA, IBF and WBO titles from the Ukrainian.
“In this game, landscapes change all the time,” he said. “Wladimir Klitschko was supposed to be an easy victory against me, just a picked bum basically.
“That much so the IBF stripped me of a belt four days later because they didn’t I was going to win, therefore I wouldn’t have to defend my mandatory and Wladimir could.
“They were confident I would get beat up.
“Landscape changes time and time again, as we’ve seen.
“You can’t help what happens in boxing.
“You have some fights, you win some and you lose some. That is all it is. There is always going to be someone out there better than you on the night. That’s a fact.”
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Joshua’s defeat has ended hope of an all-British super fight between the pair for the undisputed crown unless ‘AJ’ can get the belts back off Usyk in a rematch.
But Fury fears his rival’s stock has fallen with his second career defeat and he is now the big star in the division.
“It’s not just one loss, he’s now been knocked out and he’s been beat on points,” he said.
“All these fights, they’re all big fights.
“If I fight you in a pay-per-view fight, people are still going to want to see what the Gypsy King is going to do.
“It’s the Tyson Fury roadshow. Always has been, always will be.”
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For unbeaten Fury’s roadshow to roll on, he needs to inflict a second defeat on Wilder in Sin City this weekend.
The self-proclaimed Gypsy King is the favourite but the American still has the equaliser of a right hand to contend with.
Dressed in an Armani robe and the WBC belt on his shoulder, he cut a relaxed figure as he met with UK media in Top Rank’s offices on Monday.
But he insists he has not taken the challenge this weekend lightly.
He added:“Since I beat Deontay Wilder, he’s been a bum and it’s ‘Oh he’s s***, Deontay Wilder is a bum, he was never any good, he can’t box, cliche s***e’.
“I don’t underestimate anybody. Especially not someone like him. He has got a point to prove. Out of all the fights I’ve ever had, this is the one I want to win the most.”
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- Deontay Wilder
- Tyson Fury
- Wladimir Klitschko
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