Anthony Joshua React To Tyson Fury’s Message “Be Humble” Keep on praying for my downfall fat boy. I’ll see you soon. One Fury at a time.”

Tyson Fury’s message of support to Anthony Joshua as he watched him brutalise a mutual rival was branded as “humble” by fans, but their relationship quickly turned sour.

The first recorded tweet from Fury to Joshua amid their years-long feud was a supportive one, as he watched while the future two-time heavyweight champion knocked out Kevin Johnson within two rounds. He told his future arch nemesis that he was “looking like a machine,” adding that the win was a “great job,” and asking “who can stop this steam train?”

However, anybody who’s been following boxing for the last few years in the UK knows that the friendliness between the pair didn’t last very long. Just months later, Joshua had claimed in an interview that Fury was “jealous” of him.

And the Manchester native, who at the time was heading into a deep depression and lengthy time out of the ring, was offended at the idea, telling Joshua: “Jealous of a weightlifter who is fighting for a paper title? Lol you help me! Lol ok, [I] need a gym door man.”

Joshua hit back at that particular tweet, responding with “Keep on praying for my downfall fat boy. I’ll see you soon. One Fury at a time.” Not one to let others have the last word, Tyson hit back by laughing off Joshua’s suggestion and saying that he hopes his rival wins so he could get an easy payout.

Infamously, the Fury vs Joshua feud really start at ABC gym in Finchley 12 years ago, in September of 2010. Then a brash 11-0 prospect in the professional ranks, the future lineal champion was offering a bet for his new Rolex watch to any amateur in the country who could drop him in a sparring session.

In stepped Joshua, fresh off the ABAs with minimal experience, and still two years away from the London Olympic games where he would win gold and become a household name. The pair sparred an even three rounds, with Joshua believed to have taken the first, Fury the second and then a close third.

They then met again during a taping of Sky Sports’ Gloves Are Off in 2013, where they were cordial with an underlying tension, before Fury’s 2015 tweet, which was uncharacteristic of the pair. Since that tweet, they went back and forth exchanging aggressive messages, with Fury at one point calling Joshua a “poor man’s Frank Bruno”.

Joshua hit back at Fury by offering him two ringside tickets to his bout with “I might be fat, but you’re a paper champ and paper-chinned weightlifting rudeboy wannabe badman,” Fury wrote. “Know your place chump! Or I’ll come back and KO you.”

Fans have been waiting on Fury vs Joshua ever since, and at multiple points it has seemed the fight was just hours away from being booked. While at his heaviest in 2017, Fury shared a video declaring he and Joshua would be fighting, but it never materialised, and to this day the bout still hasn’t happened.

Fury has spent the last few years trolling Joshua, including multiple Facetime calls with his rival, and a host of other tweets. When his rival posted a photo of training with the caption “a great modern day fighter will be able to compete in any era,” he joked “that’s you out the window then chump!” that week, joking that it didn’t mean he could bring a plus one, as he would be so fat he’d need two seats. The Manchester native responded in kind, mocking his rival for being a “wannabe rudeboy”.

“I might be fat, but you’re a paper champ and paper-chinned weightlifting rudeboy wannabe badman,” Fury wrote. “Know your place chump! Or I’ll come back and KO you.”

Fans have been waiting on Fury vs Joshua ever since, and at multiple points it has seemed the fight was just hours away from being booked. While at his heaviest in 2017, Fury shared a video declaring he and Joshua would be fighting, but it never materialised, and to this day the bout still hasn’t happened.

Fury has spent the last few years trolling Joshua, including multiple Facetime calls with his rival, and a host of other tweets. When his rival posted a photo of training with the caption “a great modern day fighter will be able to compete in any era,” he joked “that’s you out the window then chump!”