Robert Garcia, ANTHONY JOSHUA’s new trainer, is looking forward to an "awesome” fight with Tyson Fury, undefeated WBC World Heavyweight Champion - IF his man can overcome Oleksandr Usyk.
Joshua will be looking to regain the unified heavyweight title on August 20th in Saudi Arabia, when he faces Usyk in an eagerly awaited rematch.
Garcia believes it would be "awesome" to see Joshua fight Fury
Joshua's win would place him in a position to tempt Fury into retirement for an all-British title match.
Joshua's new coach Garcia said Fury is not being mentioned at the camp for now.
Garcia wants Joshua to remain laser-focused on taking revenge on Usyk's 2021 home loss at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
The Mirror was told by the highly-respected boxing coach: "Right now, we have to get prepared for Usyk.
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"We haven’t even brought Tyson Fury up during camp, a fight against Tyson Fury would be amazing if we could get through Usyk.
"But for now, we are focused on the task ahead and beating Usyk.
"It will be special for me to have a heavyweight champion in the world because the heavyweight division in the world is the largest and the one that draws fans into boxing."
AJ's local pub is open to the Gypsy King, regardless of whether Joshua takes Fury on for an undisputed title fight.
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Joshua claims Fury is "one the lads" who would drink under Joshua's table.
SunSport asked Joshua who he would rather drink with: Mike Tyson or Tyson Fury. Joshua replied, "It has to be Tyson Fury. He's my favourite."
"He's one the lads.
"Guinness and Ribena down The Badger. He would have me drink under the table.
"He's welcomed down The Badger."
