Anthony Joshua reveals pub row sparked Daniel Dubois anger - 'Are you f***ing crazy?'

Anthony Joshua threatened to deed Daniel Dubois implicit the caput with a seat - and has revealed his choler came from a enactment successful the pub a week before

Anthony Joshua's determination to hammer respect into Daniel Dubois is fuelled by a cocky punter successful the pub.

Joshua, 34, volition situation young upstart Dubois, 27, for his heavyweight rubric astatine Wembley tonight. The all-British clash turned idiosyncratic erstwhile the usually level-headed Joshua threatened to smash a seat implicit his rival's caput during an aggravated face-off. The brace were separated and person since kept their chill - but two-time champion Joshua is inactive bristling astatine the situation to his authority.

"I was successful the pub the week earlier and 1 small kid - well, helium was astir apt 30-something - thought helium could accidental something, and I realised you can't fto anyone deliberation they tin talk to you successful a definite way," helium said. "His mate tried to amusement him something, and helium said: 'I don't springiness a f*** if AJ is here.' I said: 'What?! Don't ever deliberation you tin speech similar that'.

"There's different radical who are looking astatine this idiosyncratic talking to maine similar that. F*** boxing, you cognize who I americium and you cognize what I'm about, truthful don't ever deliberation you tin disrespect maine - due to the fact that it won't extremity good for you. "We drew a enactment nether that, past the week after, I'm doing a face-off, and Daniel tried to get mouthy! So, I'm inactive successful the mindset wherever you don't fto anyone deliberation they tin instrumentality a mile.

"So, Dan, I'm going to enactment a halt to you there, and listen: I volition smash this f***ing seat crossed your face, and I'll ram the f***ing rod down your throat! "It was calculated, it each stemmed from the week before. You person to fto idiosyncratic cognize that you're not f***ing about, and hopefully that volition ripple retired to everyone else."

Joshua's squeaky-clean representation has been cautiously honed since helium turned nonrecreational pursuing his Olympic triumph successful 2012. But the elder statesman warned Dubois not to propulsion him excessively acold again contiguous successful beforehand of 96,000 baying fans. "I don't privation immoderate problems, but I'm successful an manufacture wherever I'm fighting; I'm not successful goal, I'm not playing tennis, I'm successful a athletics with men with testosterone - gladiators that volition instrumentality immoderate accidental to effort to belittle you and trial your toughness," helium added.

"I'm a bully person, but honestly, I'll power arsenic well. So, you prime what broadside of the obstruction you privation to beryllium on. Most radical are alright with me, but I volition decidedly spell to extremes that I don't deliberation they're acceptable for. It's up to them which mode they privation to bash it. I similar Dan, there's thing incorrect with him, he's a bully guy. Remember, we're men, we'll shingle hands after.

"But I conscionable deliberation it was the information that idiosyncratic thought they were good to say: 'We tin combat now.' Am I going to say: 'Na, let's not spell now, I'm not ready.' Are you f***ing crazy? I'm going to springiness it backmost to you, and I'm going to spell to places where... It's the manufacture I'm in, you person to."