I will knock out Anthony Joshua – Tyson

TYSON FURY vowed to knock out Anthony Joshua ‘just for bants’ and claimed he would ‘obliterate’ Oleksandr Usyk.

Fury was last year in talks to fight AJ but was eventually ordered into his contracted trilogy bout with Deontay Wilder, which he won in round 11.

Joshua was two weeks earlier beaten by Usyk, ending hopes of the blockbuster Battle of Britain.

But Fury is not ruling out an eventual fight with AJ, telling DubaiEyeSport: “I’m not sure what to think about Anthony Joshua anymore.

“Quite frankly, nobody cares about him anymore. But I’ll knock him out just for bants.”

Fury, 33, is now set to face WBC mandatory challenger Dillian Whyte, also 33, in his next fight.

But only after negotiations with Usyk, 35, for an undisputed title decider collapsed when Joshua, 32, could not agree a step-aside deal.

Fury was asked if the Ukrainian is a more dangerous opponent than Wilder, 36, the man he drew with in 2018 but twice beat in subsequent rematches.

And he replied: “Hell no. What’s he gonna do? Tap dance around the ring and run away?

“He didn’t do any damage at all to Anthony Joshua and definitely ain’t doing damage to me. I’ll obliterate him.”

Fury switched his tactics in his last two fights with Wilder, choosing to go on the offensive opposed to boxing smart on the outside.

But he claimed either style will work against Whyte and will decide what approach to take on the night. – thesun.co.uk