Ibiza Final Boss announces boxing debut on Tommy Fury vs Eddie Hall undercard<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nJoshua had planned to return to the ring in March following his stoppage win over YouTuber Jake Paul last Christmas. But the Olympic champion was involved in a serious car crash in Nigeria which killed two of his close friends, and so his return was pushed back.<\/p>\n
The 36-year-old has been spending time working on his conditioning in Ukraine with WBC, WBA and IBF champion Oleksandr Usyk, to whom he lost twice in 2021 and 2022. Usyk believes his former rival is still destined for greatness and said: \u201cAJ wins against Fury. AJ is the future undisputed heavyweight champion. I believe this because I\u2019ve seen how Anthony is training. He\u2019s a machine.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m a fan of the soccer team Dynamo Kyiv. Sometimes my team lose. But I don\u2019t say \u2018you\u2019re bad, you\u2019re bad\u2019. I say, \u2018things happen, this is normal in sport\u2019. \u201cWe must help each other. If we don\u2019t help each other we\u2019re not people, we\u2019re animals.\u201d<\/p>\n
After outpointing Makhmudov, Fury was baffled as to why Joshua didn’t join him for a face-off. \u201cHe\u2019s had his problems. We all have. God knows I\u2019ve had problems myself. I\u2019ve attempted to kill myself before. So I\u2019ve been through it. I\u2019ve been up and down,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve been one step out of the mental institution. We\u2019ve all had problems and that\u2019s life, unfortunately. If you\u2019re in this game, you\u2019re either a boxer or you\u2019re not. The problem is, taking interim fights in heavyweight boxing, you can get chinned by anybody. Even a journeyman can knock a good man out because they\u2019re heavyweights. They\u2019ve got power.<\/p>\n
\u201cI never mentioned Anthony Joshua in the whole build-up to this fight or since his accident. I\u2019ve given him the respect that he deserves and his space. But he came here for the job and I asked him to do a fight and he should have got into the ring, but he didn\u2019t give an answer. He didn\u2019t want it. He didn\u2019t look like he wanted it. He was just shell-shocked, didn\u2019t know what to say.<\/p>\n
\u201cLet\u2019s get it on. It\u2019s been 10 years in the making. And after all this time, there\u2019s still uncertainty about if this fight\u2019s going to happen next. Do I want it? Yes. But is it going to happen? I\u2019ve no idea.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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