ANTHONY JOSHUA and Deontay Wilder were both labelled “big dossers” by Tyson Fury – but Oleksandr Usyk has his full respect.
The Gypsy King and Usyk will unify the heavyweight division THIS WEEKEND.
Fury suffered a nasty gash above his right eye in sparring earlier this year which saw his clash with the Ukrainian on February 17 go up in smoke as a result.
But now the two are finally days away from going one-on-one in Saudi Arabia after being on a collision course to fight for 18 months since Usyk’s rematch win over Joshua in August 2022.
Fury has the WBC title around his waist, while Usyk possesses the WBA, WBO, IBF and Ring Magazine straps.
Ahead of the bout, Fury sat down to discuss the heavyweight division as a whole by ranking a number of stars from past and present in a clip for Queensbury Promotions.
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The undefeated 6ft 9in star was asked to rate a number of contenders into the following categories of ‘Friend’, ‘Respect’, ‘Workman’, ‘Dosser’ and ‘Big Dosser’.
British ace David Adeleye, 27, started it off in the ‘Friend’ column, while he respected Congo’s Martin Bakole, 30.
Retired Tony Bellew was placed under the ‘dosser’ category, where he was joined by fellow ex-retired Englishman David Haye.
But Derek Chisora, who Fury beat for a third time in December 2022, got the nod inbetween the friendship and respect zones.
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Croat Filip Hrgovic also got some respect from the Gypsy King – but there was none for Anthony Joshua.
When asked what category AJ came under, Fury wasted no time in making him the first entry into ‘Big Dosser’.
Joe Joyce, Jarrell Miller, Francis Ngannou, who beat outpointed after being floored by the UFC star last October, were all put under the “respect” section.
His close pal Joseph Parker was, unsurprisingly, in the friend zone then came David Price, a man Fury says “was the first big dosser”.
But regarding the Liverpudlian, he then revealed his admiration for him before jokingly saying: “I respect David Price. He was a big plumber David Price, the big plumber from Liverpool.”
Kubrat Pulev and Tom Schwarz were next up, with both coming into the “respect” camp before Saturday’s opponent Usyk joined them there after Mike Tyson was called a “friend”.
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Vitali Klitschko was up next, with the former Ukrainian world champ also getting the nod of respect.
Otto Wallin, the Swede brutally knocked out by Joshua in December but who inflicted a brutal cut on Fury in 2019, was labelled a “dosser”.
Fabio Wardley is also respected by Fury, then up next the Gypsy King said: “Dillian Whyte I’d class him as a friend but I’ll put him in the respect one.
Finally, AJ got some company in the “big dosser” section as long-term rival Deontay Wilder was placed there.
And Wladimir Klitschko, the Ukrainian legend who Fury shocked the world against in 2015, soon made it three in there.
The Gypsy King then finished it off by putting Zhilei Zhang under the “respect” column.
After the clip went viral, fans jumped into the comments, with some claiming that he dodges most of those he does not respect.
“All the guys he can’t beat he calls a dosser,” declared one.
Another added: “Didn’t think I could take this guy any less seriously.”
While a third said: “Not sure what a dosser is but I’m certain Fury’s the biggest one in boxing.”
And the choice of Miller, who was beaten by Daniel Dubois last year after previously serving a drugs ban, also raised eyebrows.
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One fan said: “Respecting a persistent Drug cheat like Miller.. How bizarre.”
While another replied: “Says it all when he puts Miller on the respect pile.”
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