Nigerian-born world heavyweight boxing champion, Anthony Oluwafemi Olaseni Joshua has taken his rivalry with fellow-British pugilist, Tyson Fury to another level by accusing the man touted to face him for a blockbuster unification title fight of being ‘a fraud.’
Joshua’s latest outburst came at a point news emerged that their undisputed world title fight is on the brink of collapsing after ‘The Gypsy King’ was given a court order and 48-hour deadline to arrange a fight with USA’s Deontay Wilder.
Megasportsaena.com reports that an American court ruled on Monday that WBC champion Fury must take on Wilder again by September 15, meaning IBF, WBA and WBO title holder Joshua may instead fight Oleksandr Usyk next.
The governing body’s stance on Wednesday evening is a further blow to the planned undisputed heavyweight championship fight between Joshua and Fury for August 14 in Saudi Arabia.
Joshua posted towards Fury on social media: “The world now sees you for the fraud you are. You’ve let boxing down! You lied to the fans and led them on. Used my name for clout not a fight. Bring me any championship fighter who can handle their business correctly.”
Fury replied: “You are more full of [rubbish] than [promoter Eddie Hearn]. Your full team knew there was an arbitration going on, it was out of my hands! If I’m a fraud let’s fight this weekend bare knuckles until one man quits.”
