Tyson Fury can’t hide true feelings after Anthony Joshua knockout
Tyson Fury was watching on from ringside as Anthony Joshua was knocked out by Daniel Dubois on Saturday night, with hopes that the two superstars will finally face each other now seemingly dead in the water
by Jacob Leeks · The MirrorTyson Fury failed to hide his frustration over Anthony Joshua's defeat as he watched on from ringside.
Joshua took on Daniel Dubois for the bout at Wembley Stadium on Saturday, with Fury mooted as a potential future opponent. Those plans went up in smoke though as Dubois dominated proceedings.
Though Joshua did fight back in the fifth round, Dubois was able to plant a brutal right hook on his opponent's chin, sending him crashing to the canvas. Joshua was unable to recover with the referee ending the fight.
Fury is gearing up for his own bout against Oleksandr Usyk but has been heavily linked with taking on Joshua. Questions are mounting over Joshua's future in the ring following another brutal defeat though.
And it appears Fury was less than thrilled with the result at Wembley. Fury was sitting front and centre to watch the fight but left quickly after Joshua was knocked out.
The 36-year-old was seen turning away as other attendees stood to applaud Dubois for his win. While he insisted before the fight that he did not care who won, Fury remained stony-faced in the immediate aftermath of Dubois' win.
He did praise Dubois after the fight though, insisting he had shown his talent. Fury also pushed his belief that Joshua's defeat was something that is normal in heavyweight boxing.
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“He [Dubois] did a fantastic job. He did a very good job and fair play to young Dan. Everybody wrote him off you know, coming here he was the world champion and everyone chatted like he was bum and he showed what he’s made of and it’s very good for him, fantastic, fair play,” he said.
"It's heavyweight boxing boys it happens, s*** happens. You get knocked spark out. It could have been me. In the heavyweight division it's what happens. You're one punch away from being smashed.
"What went wrong is what always going wrong in heavyweight boxing: good right hand to the end of the chin. That was it. It's up to the man, whatever he wants to do. If he's got good ambition to come back then he's got to do it.
"He'll have to make his own decisions, he's a big boy. I thought it was a 50/50 fight. Age don't wait for anybody. You don't see many heavyweights get hit, get knocked down and continue."
Fury will now be building up for his fight against Usyk in December. The Gypsy King lost to the Ukrainian in their first fight back in May on a split decision.
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