TYSON FURY claims he is the greatest heavyweight boxer ever and says Anthony Joshua has “made a laughing stock of British boxing”.
The Gypsy King slated “idiot” world champion AJ for avoiding a unification fight with Yank Deontay Wilder.
Fury told the Telegraph: “If he?s a fighting man, he should have taken the fight.
“He didn?t so I have to step in. I?m not afraid to fight any man in any backyard.
“If I can?t beat Wilder and Joshua on the same night, I?m a bum too.”
Fury’s promoter Frank Warren hopes to soon tie up a showdown with Wilder in New York or Las Vegas late this year.
Ex-champ Fury – back hungrier than ever after his drug ban – insists he would humiliate fellow unbeaten boxers Joshua and Wilder in the ring.
He said: ?I?ll beat them both twice, just to show them how s*** they really are. I will beat them senseless.
“People may listen to this and think this man?s a lunatic. He?s been out for a year, but I am the greatest boxer that has ever lived in the heavyweight division.”
People may say I?m arrogant but I am because I?m the best. And the best don?t mess. And I am because I back it up every single time.?
Fury takes on former two-time world title challenger Francesco Pianeta in his second comeback fight at Windsor Park, Belfast, on August 18.
Meanwhile, AJ is overwhelming favourite to beat the mandatory challenger for his WBA title, Russian Alexander Povetkin, when he also defends his WBA Super, IBF, WBO and IBO belts at Wembley on September 22.
