Anthony Joshua’s warning that he was ready to “kill” Jake Paul raised some eyebrows in Miami — especially as the buildup to today’s fight has been relatively good-natured — and they also met with a mixed response further afield.
Joshua’s long-term rival Tyson Fury called him a “classless loser” and a “big bum” for using such strong language, before threatening to “knock you spark out”.
“I think, you know what, he’s a little bit long in the tooth to be talking shit like that,” Fury said on his Instagram Stories. “He’s 37 years old at the end of his career, fighting a YouTuber, a Disney Channel guy, who Tommy (Fury) beat, and now he’s talking about killing him and all that to try and sell. Please. Barking up the wrong tree, idiot.
“Here’s a fun fact: If I ever come across you, bum, I’m knocking you dead spark out. I ain’t a YouTuber or a man half your size. I am him, the man. You’re a classless loser coming off a 15-month knockout defeat to a local lad. Imagine if someone from Morecambe knocked me out, you big bum useless dosser.
“Get up, and I can’t wait if Jake Paul knocks you spark out, you big bum.”