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Anthony Joshua has picked a side in the McGregor-Mayweather feud

Published 14:54 21 Jul 2017 BST

Darragh Murphy
Anthony Joshua has picked a side in the McGregor-Mayweather feud

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Anthony Joshua is staying loyal to his own game.

Some might have thought that 'AJ' would have sided with the new breed of social media-savvy fighter in Conor McGregor ahead of the biggest fight of the year but it will surprise few to learn that he's, in fact, hoping for a Floyd Mayweather win. Joshua is currently in Las Vegas and has been training out Mayweather's gym ahead of the expected announcement of a rematch with Wladimir Klitschko, which will almost certainly take place in the fight capital of the world. https://www.instagram.com/p/BWuOLbVDzg0/?taken-by=anthony_joshua&hl=en And whilst the London 2012 gold medallist has been putting at work in one of the most iconic boxing gyms in the United States, he granted an interview to a reporter and laid out his allegiance to his fellow pugilist ahead of the August 26 spectacle. "I'm with Mayweather. I'm a fan of the TMT camp," Joshua told Dontae's Boxing Nation. "You can't talk shit to a champion like that. Mayweather's done it since the amateurs, people forget. He's done it from ground zero, let's not forget. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYMae_XJo64 "Everybody only remembers Mayweather from his last 10 fights. He's had it hard. "But it's entertainment and Conor knows how to sell a fight but you can't fuck with Mayweather. He's done it from the ground up."
Anthony Joshua has picked a side in the McGregor-Mayweather feud