Tyson Fury accuses Anthony Joshua of copying him by fighting in Saudi Arabia just 5 weeks after his WWE appearance

TYSON FURY believes that his WWE Saudi Arabia showdown is another bloody nose for British rival Anthony Joshua.

The Gypsy King will wrestle Braun Strowman in Riyadh on Thursday, just five weeks before AJ’s boxing rematch with Andy Ruiz Jr in the same spot.

And the 6ft 9in former world champion compares the situation to Joshua’s 2017 win over Wladimir Klitschko — 16 months after Fury had already run rings around him.

The Morecambe giant, 31, said: “Everything I do first they copy but I have already got there.

“It was the same with Wladimir. I took him first and then they had the leftovers.”

Fury revealed he took the decision to jump head first into wrestling after one late-night phonecall.

The Gypsy King appeared on the WWE’s weekly Raw and SmackDown shows to hype the fight and will now grapple with a 28st monster in the desert.
He said: “I got a call at 7pm on a Wednesday evening and the next thing I am flying out to LA.”

Fury recently revealed that he may only take three more fights in his career.

He told PA Sport: “I don’t think I will have many more fights. Maybe another three maximum. That’s it.

“I don’t know what [Wladimir] Klitschko’s motivation was. I think I am coming to the tail end of my boxing career at the ripe old age of 31.

“It’s a young man’s game. I’ve had my time in the sun. A few more fights and I will relax on the beach somewhere.”

Fury went on to reveal that he is not motivated by the belts: “His (Wilder) belt doesn’t mean anything to me because alphabetical titles don’t mean anything to me. I am above all that.

“When you are the lineal heavyweight champion, you are the best of your era.

“There have been 44 lineal heavyweight champions and I am number 44, so whatever alphabetical titles exist out there – and there are a lot of them – I am not interested in them. I have won every one.

“Every big organisation belt I have won before; including The Ring Magazine and everything else. The belts, I am not interested in.”