Anthony Joshua has warning for people who ‘want to see me fail’ in Fury fight

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Anthony Joshua will seek revenge in the ring in the belief the power brokers behind his all-British showdown with Tyson Fury are in his rival’s corner.

A clash that has been a decade in the making will finally take place in Cardiff on December 11 after Joshua and his promoter Eddie Hearn successfully fought for it to be staged in the UK and not New York.

The duo’s stance put them at odds with Saudi Arabia’s boxing supremo Turki Alalshikh, his American business partner Dana White and broadcasters Netflix, who all pushed for Madison Square Garden as the venue.

Fury, meanwhile, has a close relationship with Alalshikh, an alliance with White, whom he requested be involved in the promotion of the bout, and a deal with Netflix for his reality TV show ‘At Home With The Furys’.

Fury has also revealed how White used his links with United States President Donald Trump to resolve his US visa issues. In Joshua’s opinion, it is clear they want Fury to win – a slight he intends answering at the Principality Stadium.

“I believe that, yeah,” he said. “I want to do good, I want to bring it to the UK and do good for people and do the right thing.

“But if that means that people will then hate me and want to see me fail, then I am going to stomp all over you and raise a war that you are not ready for.

“I want to do good, but if someone hits you, you stab them. If you f*** with me and you want to see me lose, I will f*** you up even more. It’s like that now.

“That’s just how it is. That’s just my mentality. Now it’s just ‘f*** everyone’ and that’s just it.”

Joshua and Fury faced off for the first time at the fight’s launch press conference in west London on Wednesday, where the tone was respectful and good natured.

Anthony Joshua during Wednesday’s press conference (John Walton/PA). (PA Wire)

However, Joshua is braced for an onslaught of mind games from his long-standing foe in the run-up to their collision in the Welsh capital, having been on the receiving end of his taunts for years.

“He’ll be trying to get under my skin, 100 per cent,” the 2012 Olympic gold medallist said. “I need to be stoic and calm because it’s nothing personal. I know what sort of person he is.

“Even if someone is loyal and good to you, you still don’t trust them. He can be really good to me, but I’ll still know that this is a fight.

“He doesn’t have to be a bad person, we don’t have to hate each other, even if he is being respectful, I need to remember that he wants to beat me.

“I know where I stand with it, it doesn’t matter what he says. I won’t be friendly because he’s friendly or rude because he’s rude. I will be stoic in my approach because I know that this is a fight.”

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