“John sh**ting himself!” – Tyson Fury father’s unexpected encounter with rival Anthony Joshua leaves fans in splits

Anthony Joshua and John Fury - father of rival heavyweight Tyson - shared a warm embrace when they met in Riyadh.

“John sh**ting himself!” – Tyson Fury father’s unexpected encounter with rival Anthony Joshua leaves fans in splits

Anthony Joshua and John Fury come face to face in Riyadh (Source: IMAGO)

John Fury daringly called out former world champion Carl Froch, after he spoke about his son on his YouTube channel. Fury also went viral wanting to split rival influencer-boxer KSI‘s head, in an unforgiving rant. He also made a wild callout to Mike Tyson at Riyadh’s Opening Season. One can sense a pattern here; John Fury will go to any lengths of nonsensical trash talks in boxing circles in build-ups of mega fights involving his sons Tyson Fury and Tommy Fury. This has included Anthony Joshua as well.

However, turntables see Joshua and John Fury meeting face-to-face in Riyadh. Tyson, the lineal WBC heavyweight, has long held a rivalry with Brit Anthony Joshua; for which his father has instigated build-ups. Fury must get past WBA, IBF, and WBO world champion, Oleksandr Usyk in May for such a hash-off. Meanwhile, Joshua faces Ex-UFC heavyweight and debutant pro boxing sensation Francis Ngannou.

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AJ will take on the former UFC heavyweight in the ‘Knockout Chaos’ headliner in Riyadh. The 10-round heavyweight clash PPV event on DAZN is part of Saudi Arabia’s efforts to extend combat sports culture. It takes place at Kingdom Arena – Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, at 11 a.m. ET. Joshua met Fury, prepping for the same. The footage, somewhat inaudible sees them embrace and AJ says – “I’ve watched everything you’ve said.”

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It’s anyone’s guess as to what he means. Along with his jibes, Fury has also hailed him as capable of being a 3-time champion. John Fury even lauded man-on-mission Joshua’s resolve at Riyadh’s ‘Day of Reckoning‘ PPV clash against Swedish heavyweight, Otto Wallin. Fans are thus split on AJ’s intentions in this interaction.

Fight fans react to Anthony Joshua meeting John Fury

John Fury is famous for his trash-talking drive within the boxing sphere. Cornering his sons, Fury has relentlessly snagged up chances to hit back at Anthony Joshua before. This is why the two of them meeting and embracing poses a certain tinge of bewilderment.

Fans react to Anthony Joshua-John Fury meet-up before Francis Ngannou matchup
Fans react to Anthony Joshua-John Fury meet-up before Francis Ngannou matchup (Source: IMAGO/Instagram)

Losing out his world titles and stepping into 2024 on a 3-win streak, AJ looks forward to following in the footsteps of Tyson Fury when he takes on former UFC star Francis Ngannou in Saudi Arabia on Friday. Hopeful for a win, he’s already at the scene, gearing up for the clash.

His chancing upon John Fury has accordingly instigated a lot of reaction from fans –

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A prime reaction quipped – “John sh**ting himself as soon as he sees somebody he has slagged off relentlessly in the past…:

Others have stated the irony in Fury engaging in immense online trolling and trashing, only to stand on business to a sensational heavyweight and shake on it. A few others have even gone further to insinuate that this only goes to show that trash-talk is all pseudo-build-ups. All in all, the card is shaping up with some interesting occurrences.

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