What Tyson Fury REALLY thinks of Anthony Joshua win as ‘freakshow’ claims blasted

Joshua produced a superb display, knocking Ngannou out with a huge shot in the second round that the Cameroon star failed to get up from.

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Boxing Hall of Fame promoter Frank Warren has blasted claims Anthony Joshua’s victory against Francis Ngannou was a freakshow and revealed how Tyson Fury reacted to the stunning knockout from ringside.

In just his second boxing bout since switching from MMA, ex-UFC star Ngannou was brutally knocked out by Joshua inside two rounds, getting caught flush by a thumping right hand from former two-time world champion Joshua. Just four months earlier on his boxing debut, Ngannou had shocked the word by taking WBC champion Fury the full 10 rounds and even scored a knockdown in the third round before going onto lose on a controversial points decision.

Warren, 72, who teamed up with Saudi royal court adviser and chairman of general authority for entertainment Turki Al-Sheik and promotional rival Eddie Hearn to stage last Friday night’s stellar bill in Riyadh, has criticised some quarters of the media who claimed Ngannou only got knocked out because he was a novice in the sport.