Tyson Fury swatted aside Anthony Joshua’s suggestion that he is a “superstar in the making”, insisting that he has no interest in being famous and instead promised to deliver a vicious knockout when the pair meet in 2021.
Joshua had extended an invitation to Fury to join the WBO, WBA and IBF champion’s promotional team and management company in order to maximise publicity ahead of the pair’s hugely anticipated undisputed heavyweight title fight touted or next year.
After Fury asked to be removed from the BBC Sports Personality of the Year shortlist, Joshua said: “I do think he should come over to Matchroom and 258 Management and let us handle his career.
“He’s a superstar, he’s a superstar in the making with the right management. He could go all the way.
“Build it up, award him Sports Personality of the Year. That video he did should be him saying, ‘I’m accepting my award’, not that, ‘I don’t want to be a part of it’.
“We’ll have a look at his PR, we’ll strip it all back and make this fight what it’s supposed to be. He’s got a lot of potential.”
Fury responded to Joshua on Monday in bullish fashion, claiming he’s a “fighting man” and that he’d rather “stay real” than chase stardom.
“Anthony Joshua, has it ever dawned on you I’m not interested in being a superstar, or famous?" Fury wrote.
“I’m a fighting man and only interested in smashing your face in. You keep the stardom, I’ll stay real, you big dosser.
“I’m coming for you, superstar. Tick tock, tick tock.”
Joshua defends his titles against his IBF mandatory challenger Kubrat Pulev this weekend, with his promoter Eddie Hearn previously claiming that a two-fight deal had been agreed with Fury for 2021.
