Tyson Fury hits out at Anthony Joshua in first reaction to Daniel Dubois’ win over Fabio Wardley

Tyson Fury used Daniel Dubois’ emphatic stoppage of Fabio Wardley this past weekend to take aim at rival Anthony Joshua.

Dubois became a two-time heavyweight champion on Saturday night in Manchester by snatching the WBO belt from fellow Briton Wardley in an easy fight of the year contender.

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The challenger was knocked down twice in the first three rounds, but rallied to punish Wardley on the feet, leaving his opponent’s face a royal mess by the final bell.

Wardley, much to his incredible display of heart and grit, was never put down once by Dubois during the contest, despite visibly stumbling to and from his corner towards the end.

But the Ipswich man was nonetheless well beaten by Dubois, who hadn’t tasted victory since one of the biggest upsets of 2024 when he dropped Joshua four times en route to a shock win.

Reacting to Dubois’ win on Sunday, Fury, who is expected to fight Joshua at the back end of this year on Netflix, spotted an opportunity to throw some shade in the direction of ‘AJ’.

Fury targets AJ’s chin

“Well, I’ve just been sat here thinking, after Dubois’ unbelievable fight last night,” Fury explained.

“Dubois fought big baby [Jarrell] Miller, stopped him, but never put him down.

“Then he fought [Filip] Hrgovic, stopped him, but never put him down.

“He fought Wardley last night in an unbelievable fight, stopped him, but never put him down.

“He hit [Oleksandr] Usyk with some big bombs, never put him over.

“But yet he fights Anthony Joshua and pummels him, puts him to the floor five times.

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“I’m not saying Anthony Joshua’s chinless, but they’re the facts. Take it as you wish and as you will.

“Everybody else never went over, not a singular person, Big Baby Miller, Hrgovic, Usyk or Wardley.

“But Joshua goes down five times. Chinny, get up, slink!”

Fury is fresh off a comeback win over Arslanbek Makhmudov last month and has signed to fight Joshua this year.

Joshua will take a warm-up bout first and is booked to face Albanian heavyweight Kristian Pregna in Saudi Arabia on July 25 before fighting Fury.

Promoter Frank Warren has suggested Fury vs AJ is likely to go down in October, but the former may wish to contest a second warm-up fight, which could delay proceedings.

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What’s next for Dubois?

Dubois, meanwhile, could rematch Wardley next, get his revenge against Usyk in a trilogy, or take on Moses Itauma in another domestic dust-up.

His dad, Stan, told talkSPORT on Monday that he would prefer to see Dubois face another British heavyweight, not Usyk.

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