Anthony Joshua has revealed when his feud with Tyson Fury first started amid the tense relationship between the two Britons.
Fury had put the call out to prospective boxers to meet him in the ring at Finchley Boxing Club back in 2010 – and anyone who could knock him out would be awarded a Rolex watch.
That was until he met AJ, two years before bursting on the scene at the Olympics at London 2012, who managed to best the Mancunian.
Speaking recently on James Cordon’s This Life of Mine podcast, Joshua said: “This guy called Tyson Fury, I had no idea who he was, comes out into the gym and the word on the street was that Tyson said he is the best heavyweight and that if anyone knocks him out, they get his Rolex watch.
“I’m looking at the cash, I said, ‘Rolex yeah? Let’s go!’
“The bell goes, we go at it. I think that we sparred about three or four rounds.
“Even Tyson actually, he did an interview promoting the fight saying: ‘There is this kid called Anthony Joshua, I sparred him down at Finchley Boxing Club and I will tell you what, he is s*** hot.