Anthony Joshua calls out Tyson Fury for summer showdown after 02 crowd demands and says facing Brit would be an ‘honour’

ANTHONY JOSHUA has called on Tyson Fury to fight him in the summer after taking on crowd advice.

Following his unanimous decision victory over Jermaine Franklin, AJ asked the crowd who they wanted to see him fight next.

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In one loud voice, the O2 Arena crowd chanted “Fury”.

Upon hearing the crowd’s plea, Joshua called out the Gypsy King for a summer bout.

He said: “You know me, I like to provide for the fans. I know who the fans want. Who do the fans want?

“They said Fury? The ball is in his court, I will 100 per cent be honoured to compete for the WBC heavyweight championship of the world.

“I stand here and say that proudly, it would be an honour, so wherever you are if you’re listening. You know my management, you know my promoter.

“We’ve had dialect before, so let’s continue this and hopefully we can get this on sooner rather than later. We ain’t getting any younger.”

Fury recently saw talks for a unification bout with Oleksandr Usyk fall through.

The Ukrainian’s promoter blasted Fury’s terms as “absolutely unacceptable”, despite Usyk accepting a 70-30 split.

Fury also saw talks with Joshua breakdown last year, but now AJ has laid down the gauntlet once again.

AJ’s fight against Franklin ended in chaos as the pair got into a fracas and needed to be pulled apart by security.