{"id":298775,"date":"2023-12-21T15:24:55","date_gmt":"2023-12-21T15:24:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=298775"},"modified":"2023-12-21T15:24:55","modified_gmt":"2023-12-21T15:24:55","slug":"fans-label-anthony-joshua-biggest-bell-in-boxing-after-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/boxing\/fans-label-anthony-joshua-biggest-bell-in-boxing-after-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"Fans label Anthony Joshua &apos;biggest bell*** in boxing&apos; after interview"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Fans label Anthony Joshua the &#8216;biggest bell*** in boxing&#8217; after blunt interview ahead of his blockbuster clash with Otto Wallin circulates on social media<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The 34-year-old didn&#8217;t give the impression he was keen to discuss the fight\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Joshua tells his critics: Keep putting pressure on me&#8230; I&#8217;ll keep getting better!<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>He&#8217;s ready! We&#8217;re seeing a new and confident AJ now &#8211; Listen to The Hook\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Boxing fans on social media have decried a interview given by Anthony Joshua ahead of his &#8216;Day of Reckoning&#8217; headline fight against Otto Wallin.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The British heavyweight gave a string of blunt answers as he was questioned over his preparations for the fight ahead of Saturday&#8217;s bout as he readied himself in &#8216;fight mode&#8217;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Joshua knows victory will likely set up a huge fight with Deontay Wilder &#8211; who is also featured on the card facing off with Joseph Parker &#8211; next year, but first Joshua must see off the threat of Wallin, who has only lost once, against Tyson Fury on points.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The 34-year-old was a man of few words under questioning on Tuesday evening as he tersley shared how he was &#8216;just focused&#8217; on his process ahead of the box office clash.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But fans were divided as the video of the interview circulated on social media, with a number calling out the boxer&#8217;s attitude.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/21\/13\/79212907-12889931-image-a-70_1703166551051.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Anthony Joshua cut a terse figure when being interviewed on Tuesday evening ahead of the &#8216;Day of Reckoning&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/21\/14\/79213757-12889931-Joshua_previously_clashed_with_one_of_the_interviews_Dev_Sahni_a-a-22_1703170686908.jpg\" height=\"427\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Joshua previously clashed with one of the interviews, Dev Sahni, at an earlier press conference<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;What an absolute bell*** Anthony Joshua is!&#8217; One user commented. &#8216;One of the biggest bell***s in the sport&#8217;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Another agreed: &#8216;He&#8217;s trying so hard to be focused but it&#8217;s the opposite, being focused is being yourself and he&#8217;s method acting what he thinks focused is.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;All hype no substance.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>A third continued: &#8216;Definitely feels like the old AJ was all an act&#8217;, while one user suggested that he was &#8216;just trying to play the bad boy&#8217;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>One even suggested: &#8216;Every fight gives us a different version of AJ. This is a weird phase.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But others were more sympathetic to Joshua&#8217;s curt responses, with one user questioning:\u00a0&#8216;The man said he is in fight mode what more do you want lol&#8217;.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/21\/14\/79216089-12889931-image-a-29_1703170692916.jpg\" height=\"124\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/21\/14\/79213271-12889931-image-a-23_1703170686911.jpg\" height=\"190\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/21\/14\/79213267-12889931-image-a-24_1703170686911.jpg\" height=\"119\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/21\/14\/79213283-12889931-Fans_took_to_social_media_to_share_their_thoughts_on_the_clip_as-a-25_1703170686912.jpg\" height=\"108\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Fans took to social media to share their thoughts on the clip as it quickly gained traction<\/p>\n<p>Another said: &#8216;Having watched the Louis Theroux interview, I think AJ just can&#8217;t be bothered to act out for the media anymore. The same media who say he&#8217;s washed up.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Go on AJ (hands up emoji).&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Some also suggested that the choice of one of the interviewers &#8211; Queensbury&#8217;s Dev Sahni &#8211; may have played a role in his reticence.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sahni clashed with Joshua during the press conference announcing the blockbuster card in November, after the interviewer attempted to speculate on whether the Watford-born fighter would face Jarrell Miller.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In response to his line of questioning, Joshua snapped back: &#8216;You&#8217;re not my promoter to judge me on my career.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Sahni then asked AJ about his upcoming fight, but the Briton was having none of it and urged Eddie Hearn to pose him the questions instead.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Why isn&#8217;t Eddie asking me questions,&#8217; he said. &#8216;You&#8217;re my promoter.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/21\/14\/79213289-12889931-But_some_users_argued_that_the_former_world_champion_had_every_r-a-26_1703170686913.jpg\" height=\"190\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>But some users argued that the former world champion had every right to respond as he did<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/21\/14\/79212901-12889931-The_34_year_old_will_go_toe_to_toe_with_Otto_Wallin_on_Saturday_-a-27_1703170686913.jpg\" height=\"425\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The 34-year-old will go toe-to-toe with Otto Wallin on Saturday night in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/21\/15\/79212785-12889931-image-a-93_1703171473431.jpg\" height=\"187\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Hearn then proceeded to take over the questioning to cap off the awkward exchange.<\/p>\n<p>When Sahni once again prompted Joshua on the question of Miller, who he was due to meet in June 2019 before a failed drugs test of Big Baby&#8217;s forced a star-crossed meeting with Andy Ruiz Jr instead, AJ was blunt.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He&#8217;s a drugs cheat,&#8217; Joshua said, before adding that he was &#8216;definitely not&#8217; planning on fighting the Brooklyn native.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Him and Dillian (Whyte) would make a good fight,&#8217; he added, in reference to his cancelled bout with Whyte after he also returned an adverse finding.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/boxing\/article-12889931\/Fans-label-Anthony-Joshua-biggest-bell-boxing-blunt-interview-ahead-blockbuster-clash-Otto-Wallin-circulates-social-media.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Fans label Anthony Joshua the &#8216;biggest bell*** in boxing&#8217; after blunt interview ahead of his blockbuster clash with Otto Wallin circulates on social media The <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/boxing\/fans-label-anthony-joshua-biggest-bell-in-boxing-after-interview\/\" title=\"Fans label Anthony Joshua &amp;apos;biggest bell*** in boxing&amp;apos; 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