Tyson Fury has said he is eager to take on Anthony Joshua in a unification fight. He however warned his heavyweight rival that neither of them can afford to slip up in their upcoming bouts.
Fury has been contracted to fight Deontay Wilder for a third time contrary to counsel while AJ is due to take on Kubrat Pulev.
Fury says he is determined on beating Wilder and stressed that neither he, nor Joshua, can take their eye off the ball if they want to set up a unification fight in 2021.
‘If I get knocked out by Deontay Wilder, then it won’t be on, will it,’ Fury told
‘It will be another fight with Wilder and so forth and so on. If he loses to Pulev, so close, but so far away. ‘In heavyweight boxing, you can never count your chickens before they hatch, so one fight at a time. One victory at a time.
‘All going well, god willing, we get on the big fight with me and Joshua, the all-British showdown and I can give the fans what they want to see, especially the British fans. ‘It will be the biggest fight since I believe Lennox Lewis and Frank Bruno. It was a while ago, Cardiff Arms Park.’
When asked about Fury on Instagram Live, Joshua said:
“You know what? There will be even bigger [fights in my career] because I’m not going anywhere. ‘I’m here to make history. I’m hungry, I’m fired up, Fury’s just another opponent at the end of the day. ‘It’s going to be big for everyone else but I’ve got to keep myself together and I look at Fury like he’s just another fighter.”
