Anthony Joshua has launched a scathing attack on Tyson Fury, branding him a 'd***-rider' after Fury used Daniel Dubois's victory over Joshua to question the latter's chin. The comments came ahead of Joshua's press conference for his upcoming fight against Kristian Prenga.
Fury had previously pointed out that Dubois, who stopped Joshua in the fifth round in 2024, failed to knock down other opponents such as Jarrell Miller, Filip Hrgovic, Fabio Wardley, and Oleksandr Usyk. Fury suggested this indicated Joshua had a weak chin.
Joshua responded: 'I just felt like, as a boss, you can't ride the next man's success. It's Dubois's success. How are you sitting there thinking that, because Dubois had success, 'Yeah, that's what part of what I'm doing.' It shows the type of mentality that he has. That's not a boss.'
Joshua also referenced Fury's controversial win over Francis Ngannou in 2023, where Ngannou dropped Fury before losing on points. Joshua himself knocked out Ngannou in the second round in 2024. 'We could all talk about what Ngannou done to him,' Joshua added.
The two heavyweights are expected to face each other later this year, with Joshua first taking on Prenga on July 25 in Saudi Arabia. Joshua also revealed he might read Fury's autobiography to understand his psyche, joking he would 'get someone to nick it'.
