ANTHONY JOSHUA described Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder as gladiators after their showdown this weekend.
The Gypsy King, 31, pulled off one of sports greatest ever comebacks as he dethroned the WBC champion, 34, in Las Vegas.
AJ shared a snap of Tyson Fury’s customised Nigeria gum shield
The British champ posted this snap of Wilder in his corner
Joshua posted three pictures to his Instagram story following Fury’s incredible seventh-round stoppage victory.
The WBA, IBF, WBO and IBO title holder posted a picture of himself and his belts with the caption: “GLADIATORS.”
Fury paid tribute to AJ during the title fight as he showed off his green and white Nigeria gum shield.
Joshua shared a snap of this with his social media followers, alongside the caption: “GLADIATOR.”
And his final pic showed Wilder slumped his corner with an ice pack on the back of his neck.
Again, the 30-year-old added the caption: “GLADIATOR.”
Joshua returned to the top of the heavyweight division with his rematch win over Andy Ruiz Jr in December.
Anthony Joshua shared the pictures with his 11m Instagram followers
He is set to defend his world titles against Kubrat Pulev on June 20 in a rearranged fixture at Spurs’ stadium.
But Fury has already confirmed that he will take on the Watford-born bruiser if Wilder does not want a third fight.
The hard-hitting Gypsy King is expected to rake in £100million if he takes on AJ in the “Fight of the Century”.
Source: Boxing - thesun.co.uk
