Tyson Fury has responded to Anthony Joshua as the two British heavyweights look to announce their next opponents.
The ‘Gypsy King’ last fought in December and has since seen proposed fights with Oleksandr Usyk and Anthony Joshua fail to come to fruition. The WBC champion seemingly has his eyes set on returning in September but with no mandatory challenger it remains to be seen who Fury will face next.
Meanwhile, Joshua’s team have been focused on delivering him a suitable opponent for August 12. A rematch with Dillian Whyte is reportedly close to being announced, ahead of a big-money fight with Deontay Wilder in December, and ‘AJ’ has flown out to Dallas, Texas to begin his training camp.
The former unified heavyweight champion shared footage of himself using a mattress as a heavy bag, with the 33-year-old continuing his rebuild under coach Derrick James. However, this prompted a response from Fury, who labelled Joshua a "proper sausage" alongside several laughing emojis.
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It remains to be seen who Fury has lined up as his next opponent. Promoter Frank Warren has said that a ‘game-changer’ announcement will be made in the coming weeks but confirmed that Fury will not be part of a proposed undisputed fight with Usyk in Saudi Arabia, citing that the Skills Challenge Entertainment event may be postponed until early 2024.
Instead, Warren hinted that the WBC champion is interested in a possible cross-over fight with MMA stars Francis Ngannou and Jon Jones. "Yeah, he's up for that. He can't sit around twiddling his thumbs,” Warren told talkSPORT.
"The type of money something like that could generate - why are you waiting for people who keep saying, 'Let's wait until next year,' when you can make these fights now. Why wouldn't you do that now? I have no problem, if they wanna do that in the boxing ring, no problem at all.”
