LONDON: Tyson Fury claims Anthony Joshua is backing out of their muchanticipated all-British heavyweight showdown and has challenged Oleksandr Usyk to a trilogy fight.
Fury and Joshua have beenlockedintalksovera long-awaited meeting but the ‘GypsyKing’isimpatient at a lack of confirmation, calling his rival a ‘coward’ last week.
The two former heavyweight world champions are expected to meet in November but the location of the fight has yet to be agreed.
In an expletive-laden video posted on Instagram, Fury, 38, claimed Joshua was pulling out of the fight.
‘This will only lead me to a fight with Oleksandr Usyk,’ he said. ‘Oleksandr you’re his (Joshua’s) trainer and his sensei and you know he is... weak-minded... and that he would never fight the Gypsy King, which you have had the guts to do twice.
‘You got the decisions last time, fair play to you.
Good luck to you, let’s do it again. Let’s run it back in November.
Fury has twice lost to Usyk. Joshua has been working with the Ukrainian’s training team.-AFP