Larry Holmes gives his honest assessment of Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury - and it's not great

Boxing legend Larry Holmes has given a brutal verdict on Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury‘s fighting careers.

Joshua’s highly-anticipated world heavyweight title rematch with Oleksandr Usyk is expected to be confirmed for July 23 in Saudia Arabia, according to reports.

Fury, meanwhile, announced his retirement from the sport after successfully defending his WBC heavyweight title last month against Dillian Whyte at Wembley Stadium on April 23.

AJ, 32, activated his rematch clause after surrendering the WBA, IBF, WBO and IBO belts to Usyk back in September.

But Holmes says that result only proved Joshua is like ‘a ripe tomato’ ready for picking.

He told The Telegraph: “Anthony Joshua, he hasn’t really shown a lot.

“He’s like a ripe tomato. He might have it. But who has he fought?

“I’m not going to knock him, and say he’s a bad fighter.

“To be called great, you need to be compared to some truly great fighters, and he hasn’t got that far yet.”

Fresh off his victory over Whyte, Fury, 33, recently returned to the UK after enjoying a vacation with his family in the south of France.

And Holmes has also given his honest assessment of the Gypsy King. The former heavyweight world champion admits that he doesn’t think he is anything special.

He said of Fury: “Same thing. Guy who’s big, nice size, strong.

“It would have been an interesting fight, me and him, but I have change-ups, going in, or staying out. Side to side, switch hitting.

“Look, I’m happy with all the gifts I was given, I can’t complain.

“I don’t like to knock nobody but I like to tell the truth.”

This isn’t the first time that Holmes has claimed that they wouldn’t have a hope of beating his class of legends, including Muhammad Ali, George Foreman, Earnie Shavers,