‘I Want To Take His Head Off’ – Anthony Joshua on Tyson Fury

Recently the BBC unearthed an interview where a 22-year old Tyson Fury spoke about a sparring session with Joshua. The self-proclaimed Gypsy King aka Tyson Fury, who had made his pro debut in December 2008, said: “Anthony Joshua’s red hot. He gave me a big uppercut, if I had a bit of a weak chin I’d have been knocked out for a month. I rate myself as one of the top heavyweights in the world but for three rounds he gave me a beating. I thought: ‘Oh my God, an amateur’s killing me!’”

Anthony Joshua version of sparring was that: “I was hungry then and I’m even hungrier now. There was a Rolex [on offer then by Tyson] but now there is an even bigger pot of gold at the end of this rainbow and I want to take his head off his shoulders when that fight happens. I’m sure that I’ll win.”