Anthony Joshua will not give up on an all-English battle in the ring with Tyson Fury - even with Fury doubling down on his retirement.
Fury, 36, hung up his gloves for the fifth time in January, weeks after his second straight loss to Oleksandr Usyk.
But AJ is not so sure The Gypsy King is done for good, and is confident their long overdue fight will come to fruition.
Alongside a picture of himself watching a Fury fight, he wrote on his private Snapchat: "One of these days it'll be standing in the opposite corner.
Anthony Joshua still wants to fight The Gypsy King
PA"Ready and fully charged spiritually."
Fury and Joshua have been en route to each other for a decade but have yet to meet in the ring.
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They had agreed a massive two-fight deal in 2020, with the contests set to take place in 2021.
But the all-English affair was derailed when former WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder won his arbitration for a trilogy with Fury.
If the fights were to come to go ahead, it would finally settle the long running debate about which Briton is better in the ring.
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Anthony Joshua's private Snapchat story
Snapchat @GHOST
But millionaire Fury, who believes he was robbed of becoming the undisputed king of the heavyweights, insists he has nothing left to prove.
He said: "I hear a lot of talk about the Gypsy King returning to boxing and I ask this question: for what?
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“What would I return for
"More belts? I've won 22 of them.
“I've been rumped, that's it, fair play to them, they got their use out of me.
Tyson Fury has doubled down that he is retired
GETTY“But I'm happy, I am happy, content with what I have achieved and accomplished.
“I've been around the world and back again.”
While Fury is dismissive, AJ seems adamant he will make the fight happen.
