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Anthony Joshua has been branded “reckless, irresponsible and dangerous” by former world champion Johnny Nelson after footage emerged of the heavyweight star performing a risky golf buggy stunt.<\/p>\n

Joshua, who is preparing for a potential blockbuster showdown with Tyson Fury, shared footage from a holiday in the Dominican Republic showing him racing friends in separate buggies.<\/p>\n

At one stage, the 36-year-old appeared to try to move between the two vehicles while they were still travelling alongside one another.<\/p>\n

“Loser do 100 press-ups,” Joshua captioned the clip.<\/p>\n

But the footage has sparked a furious reaction from Nelson, who admitted he was stunned to see Joshua taking such a risk just eight months after surviving the horrific car crash that claimed the lives of his close friends Sina Ghami and Latif “Latz” Ayodele.<\/p>\n

Joshua was travelling in an SUV on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway in Nigeria last December when the vehicle collided with a stationary truck.<\/p>\n

Ghami and Ayodele were killed, while Joshua escaped with what were described as minor injuries.<\/p>\n

Nelson believes those circumstances make the latest footage particularly difficult to understand.<\/p>\n

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Anthony Joshua has been branded “reckless, irresponsible and dangerous” by former world champion Johnny Nelson after footage emerged of the heavyweight star performing a risky golf buggy stunt<\/p>\n

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“I saw it, and I put my head in my hands,” Nelson told Boxing King Media. “I thought, ‘what are you thinking? What are you doing, man?’<\/p>\n

“I know you’re young, I know you want to live life, but to understand what’s just happened to you…”<\/p>\n

Nelson compared his reaction to that of a concerned parent and insisted Joshua should never have put himself in such a position, regardless of whether the footage was eventually shared online.<\/p>\n

“It looked dangerous, it looked reckless,” he continued.<\/p>\n

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“And people have looked and thought: ‘You know what, this guy must have been through it.’ Now people are thinking, ‘you’re an idiot’.<\/p>\n

“Post it or not, it was just a stupid thing to do. It had danger written all over it, you can see the worst-case scenario.”<\/p>\n

Nelson added: “I hope your old man has a word with you, I hope your mum cusses you out.<\/p>\n

“I just hope they have a strong word with you, because that was reckless, irresponsible and dangerous.<\/p>\n

“After everything that’s happened, to do something like that, it begs belief.”<\/p>\n

Joshua has spoken emotionally about the devastating impact of losing Ghami and Ayodele.<\/p>\n

He broke down after returning to the ring against Kristian Prenga in July, having entered wearing his friends’ names on pennants attached to his chest.<\/p>\n

“I don’t want to talk about it anymore,” an emotional Joshua said during his post-fight interview.<\/p>\n

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He has also added “LATZ” and “SINA” to the outline of Africa tattooed on his bicep and previously vowed to support their families and preserve their legacies.<\/p>\n

The controversy comes at a significant moment in Joshua’s career, with negotiations intensifying over the long-awaited Battle of Britain against Fury.<\/p>\n

Fury fuelled anticipation on Tuesday by declaring: “Big news being dropped very, very soon. A big fight on the horizon. It’s the one you’ve all been waiting for.”<\/p>\n

November 20 and New York’s Madison Square Garden have emerged as the proposed date and venue for the heavyweight spectacular.<\/p>\n

However, Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn has maintained that further negotiations are required, with contractual issues surrounding the location still to be resolved.<\/p>\n

Hearn wants the bout to take place in the UK, though whether that happens remains to be seen. <\/p>\n