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

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.

Speaking to iFL TV, he said: "I have seen a couple of the newspapers calling it a freakshow. It wasn't a freakshow. In the fight he had before that against Tyson (Fury) he showed that he could box and caught Tyson with a good shot.

"So you can't say that this one was a freak show because he has showed he can box. But (against Joshua) he got caught with a good shot. I genuinely felt that whoever landed the first meaningful, heavy duty shot would determine the fight.

"I'm not having all this nonsense that he got knocked out because he was an MMA fighter. Those punches would have done a job on anyone."

Warren also promotes the "Gypsy King" Fury, who will do battle for the undisputed heavyweight crown against Ukrainian star Oleksandr Uysk in Saudi Arabia on