‘Ready and fully charged' – Anthony Joshua breaks silence on Tyson Fury retirement confirmation and hints it's STILL ON
The pair could make close to £100million each for the Battle of Britain
DING DING 'Ready and fully charged' – Anthony Joshua breaks silence on Tyson Fury retirement confirmation and hints it's STILL ON
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ANTHONY JOSHUA is refusing to give up on a Battle of Britain with Tyson Fury - despite his rival's doubling down on retirement.
Fury, 36, called time on his career for a FIFTH TIME in January just weeks after his second straight loss to Oleksandr Usyk.
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Tyson Fury recently doubled down on his fifth retirement from boxing
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A massive domestic dust-up with Anthony Joshua awaits Fury should he chose to fight again
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AJ hasn't given up hope of sharing the ring with his Brit rival
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AJ revealed his hope of still fighting Fury on his private Snapchat
The Wythenshawe warrior unsurprisingly performed a U-turn late last month but has since doubled down on his latest hanging up of the gloves.
But AJ isn't buying what The Gypsy King is selling and is confident their long overdue domestic dust-up will come to fruition.
Along with a picture of Fury in the ring, he wrote on his private Snapchat: "One of these days it'll be standing in the opposite corner.
"Read and fully charged spiritually."
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'FOR WHAT?' Tyson Fury insists he's STAYING retired in huge blow to Anthony Joshua
Fury and Joshua have been on a collision course to fight one another for over a decade but have yet to share the ring.
They agreed a massive two-fight deal in 2020, with the contests set to take place the following year.
But former long-time WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder scuppered the mammoth melees by winning his arbitration for a trilogy fight with Fury.
A post-prime punch-up with AJ will see Fury bag one last huge payday.
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But the Morecambe millionaire insists has nothing left to prove in the sport.
He said: "I hear a lot of talk about the Gypsy King returning to boxing and I ask this question: for what?
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'What would I return for More belts? I've won 22 of them.
'I've been rumped, that's it, fair play to them, they got their use out of me.
'But I'm happy, I am happy, content with what I have achieved and accomplished.
'I've been around the world and back again.
"And this is what retirement looks like for the Gypsy King, not too shabby.'
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