ANTHONY JOSHUA has fuelled talk that a heavyweight showdown with Tyson Fury is on the cards by claiming he is “hungry and fired up.”
An all-British heavyweight unification scrap between the two giants is the fight that boxing fans are desperate to see.
Anthony Joshua is fired up to face Tyson Fury in a huge British showdownCredit: PA:Press Association
But both have contractual obligations to fill before the duo go face-to-face.
AJ must first fight Bulgarian brute and IBF mandatory challenger Kubrat Pulev while Fury has a third fight with fierce rival Deontay Wilder.
Only then could the pair square up for undoubtedly the biggest fight in British boxing history.
And champ Joshua, 30, eyes the Gypsy King as “just another opponent.”
Speaking on Instagram, the Watford-born fighter 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.”
Fury warned Joshua not to blow the chance for their massive money showdown by losing to Pulev.
He told Sky Sports: “If I get knocked out by Deontay Wilder, then it won’t be on, will it.
“It will be another fight with Wilder and so forth and so on. If he loses to Pulev, so close, but so far away.
Tyson Fury has to fight Deontay Wilder for a third timeCredit: PA:Press Association
“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.”
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Source: Boxing - thesun.co.uk
