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Topics: Anthony Joshua, Boxing, UK News
Poppy Bilderbeck
A video has revealed what appears to be Anthony Joshua confronting a group of students after they heckled him from their halls of residence window. You can catch the clip here:
The Loughborough University students reportedly drunkenly called out to the two-time former unified world heavyweight champion as he walked past, claiming Joshua is scared of Tyson Fury.
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However, the 6ft 6inch professional boxer was having none of it, and so seemingly decided to come into the students' flat and have a word with them about their drunken antics.
After pressing the buzzer to the flat and being let up, Joshua calmly addressed the students' heckling. In the video, Joshua can be heard saying: "Remember you’re running your mouth because when I bring people up here and I start cracking your glass jaws, none of you will like it.
"When your jaw starts breaking, people start chasing you out of this uni, none of you will like it. Watch your mouths because you don’t know who you’re talking to sometimes."
The boxer also added he's not into all the 'public eye bulls**t'.
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Joshua and Fury were set to take to the ring on 14 August, 2021 in Saudi Arabia. However, the fight was called off after Fury was ordered to fight Deontay Wilder again.
While Joshua and Fury have yet to go head-to-head in what would be one of the biggest heavyweight fights of all time, Joshua has felt the pressure from The Gypsy King because of the war of words between the two.
Joshua admitted Fury's taunts got to him during his bout against Ukrainian fighter Oleksandr Usyk.
Speaking after the fight, Joshua referred to being called a 'big stiff body-builder' – an insult frequently used against him by Fury.
In December last year, Fury even took to the stage in Manchester during his homecoming tour of the UK to brand Joshua a 'p***k', encouraging the crowds to chant the insult with him.
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A witness to the Loughborough students' heckling of Joshua and the boxer's response explained the group probably hadn't 'expected him [Joshua] to retaliate', and that they don't think the group will be 'doing something like that again'.
"Why would you target one of the toughest guys on the planet?" they said.
Another reflected: "Lots of profanity and abusive language was chucked at him while the students hid in an upstairs window. They picked on the wrong man.
"They should be more careful."
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The students' beer fear must've been intense the next morning. And next time, they should really pick on someone their own size.
LADbible has contacted Loughborough University and Anthony Joshua for comment.