Tyson Fury fight is ‘just bound to happen,’ says Anthony Joshua

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ANTHONY JOSHUA is only a day into his reign as IBF heavyweight champion but heโ€™s made no secret of his desire to fight the biggest names in the sport.

Virtually shrugging off the magnitude of winning a world crown in only his 16th pro bout, speaking backstage at the O2, Anthony said, โ€œI knew I wasnโ€™t losing so Iโ€™m calm. The reason why I donโ€™t want to make a big deal of it is when you win, I think youโ€™ve got to keep it balanced and if you lose youโ€™ve got to keep it balanced. You canโ€™t let it get to you to your head when you win and you canโ€™t let it get to your heart if you fail. So you just got to take it as it comes. We work hard. This stuff isnโ€™t by luck, trust me. The attention, the building, the training. The micro-management. If you know me, you know how due diligent I am with my hustle, I donโ€™t play games. Thatโ€™s why Iโ€™m pretty calm because I know what I want and Iโ€™ve got the greatest people around me to help me achieve my dreams so Iโ€™m not going to let them down neither.โ€

โ€œWeโ€™ve got more to go. Probably when I retire on top Iโ€™ll be happy but at the minute Iโ€™m still fighting. Iโ€™ve got to put this behind me and go on to the next destination,โ€ he continued.

That means working his way towards bigger names than Charles Martin, the champion he deposed with such ruthless ease on Saturday. โ€œYou rewind โ€“ Foreman, Ali, Frazier fought. Tyson, Holyfield, Lennox fought. Me, Tyson Fury, [David] Haye, itโ€™s just an era that weโ€™re in, we have to fight. We couldnโ€™t go through this era of us guys without fighting. That would be silly. Weโ€™ll get it on when the timeโ€™s right and everyone comes together and sits down properly. Itโ€™s just bound to happen at some stage,โ€ Joshua said.

He promises the title win wonโ€™t change his attitude. โ€œAs soon as I take a seat someoneโ€™s going to call me out again and Iโ€™m going to have to step up and defend whatโ€™s mine. So just a bit more hunger. Getting there is one thing, now maintaining it is going to be a bit harder so I just need to be a bit more disciplined now,โ€ Anthony concluded.

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