“Tyson Fury Is A Fraud, You Lied To The Fans And Used My Name For Clout Not A Fight” – Anthony Joshua Blows Hot

Anthony Joshua has sensationally claimed that Tyson Fury was never interested in fighting him, accusing his heavyweight rival of being a ‘liar’ and a ‘fraud’.

The two Brits were due to face off in Saudi Arabia in August after finally agreeing a deal for a mammoth undisputed bout, though the fight is now set to be scrapped after Deontay Wilder won his arbitration case for another rematch with Fury.

Negotiations had dragged on for months and the Gypsy King’s camp – as well as the fighter himself – were accused of stalling, only publicly agreeing to the fight days before the Wilder ruling came out.

Now Joshua has hit out at Fury, accusing him of clout-chasing, and feels he never had any intention to sign the contract on their now-shelved undisputed fight.

Tagging his fellow Brit on social media, AJ wrote: ‘Tyson Fury, 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’s camp are already believed to have pencilled in a date of July 24 to fight Wilder in Las Vegas, leaving Joshua scrambling for an opponent with promoter Eddie Hearn trying to secure a bout with Oleksandr Usyk.

Earlier in the day, Joshua had also hit out at Wilder on Instagram, writing: ‘I’m thinking about starting a Go Fund Me page to raise money for Wilder’s step-aside payment so I can smoke that fat guy with skinny legs from Manchester.

‘These heavyweights need a podcast or something because they do more talking than fighting.’

Wilder is believed to be demanding a $20million (£14m) fee to step aside, with a trilogy fight against Fury in two months’ time now looking the most likely outcome.

Should both Fury and Joshua win their hastily arranged summer bouts, the unification fight could be back on for December of this year – though some bridges will need to be built judging by AJ’s recent outburst.Photo Credit: Getty