Anthony Joshua delivers brutal assessment of Tyson Fury’s performance against Usyk

Anthony Joshua is preparing to face Jake Paul on December 19 at the Kaseya Center in Miami. Ahead of that bout, Joshua has appeared on the Mr. Verzace Podcast alongside host Rick Reeno and Joshua’s promoter, Eddie Hearn.

When speaking about Fury, Joshua dismissed “The Gypsy King” as being his focus before delivering a scathing assessment of Fury’s performance in the first fight against Usyk.

Anthony Joshua Slams Tyson Fury’s performance vs Oleksandr Usyk

Earlier in the week Joshua was asked about potentially going easy on Paul, and he said: “if I can kill you, I’ll kill”. This comment drew criticism from Tyson Fury, who called his fellow Brit a “classless loser.”

When appearing on Rick Reeno’s podcast, AJ was dismissive of looking ahead to a potential 2026 fight with Fury, before Reeno asked AJ of his assessment of Fury’s performance against Usyk. Referring to Usyk vs Fury 1:

“He nearly got knocked out. I wish Usyk caught him with one more shot. I was like, ‘Come on please.’ I was like on the edge of the seat throwing the punch. I wish Usyk knocked him out — he needs to be humbled. I swear if I ever get the opportunity, I’ll make sure I’ll lay him flat on his back,” said Joshua.

Anthony Joshua vs Jake Paul full fight card

• Anthony Joshua vs Jake Paul, 8 rounds, heavyweights
• Alycia Baumgardner vs Leila Beaudoin, 12 rounds, for Baumgardner’s WBO/IBF/WBA women’s super featherweight titles
• Anderson Silva vs Tyron Woodley, 6 rounds, cruiserweights
• Jahmal Harvey vs. Kevin Cervantes, 6 rounds, super featherweights
• Cherneka Johnson vs Amanda Galle, 10 rounds, for Johnson’s women’s undisputed bantamweight title
• Caroline Dubois vs Camilla Panatta, 10 rounds, for Dubois’s WBC women’s lightweight title
• Yokasta Valle vs Yadira Bustillos, 10 rounds, for Valle’s WBC women’s strawweight title
• Avious Griffin vs Justin Cardona, 8 rounds, welterweights
• Keno Marley vs Diarra Davis Jr., 4 rounds, cruiserweights

Should Joshua come through his fight against Paul, winning by KO as expected, A Fury showdown looks a possibility in 2026. Are we finally going to see these two Brits collide? If so, who wins and how?