WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury belittled Anthony Joshua for losing to Oleksandr Usyk and claimed he will take the Ukrainian’s three belts.
Back in September 2021, Usyk surprised many in the world of boxing by comfortably beating Joshua for the IBF, WBA and WBO championships.
Fury followed that up the next month by defeating Deontay Wilder for the second time in three fights, making it the first successful defence of any world title he has held over a stop-start but impressive career.
Usyk must face Joshua in a rematch, expected to take place around April, while Fury is due to face Dillian Whyte in a WBC-ordered mandatory defence.
With those fights out of the way, Fury would look on course to meet Usyk at some point this year to crown one of the duo as undisputed heavyweight champion.
Speaking on Twitter, Fury insulted Joshua for losing the belts.
“You know what I can't believe? That AJ has gone and given Ukraine all the heavyweight belts back after all my hard work in stealing them,” referencing his victory over Wladimir Klitschko back in 2015.
"You big useless dosser. You let a little man come up from middleweight and set about you and take all your belts.
"Now it is going to take a real British Lancaster Bomber like me to go and bring the belts back to Britain!"
Fury then included Usyk in the invective, before saying he would secure a win against the current three-belt champion.
"You are useless dossers," he said. "Honestly bring them to me. I am the 'Gypsy King'. Bring them to me and I will put them in their place."