Anthony Joshua needs to ‘act like a champion’ and stop obsessing over becoming a billionaire, says Lennox Lewis

ANTHONY JOSHUA has been told to stop chasing money and hunt down his real rivals by British heavyweight legend Lennox Lewis.

The ex-undisputed king feels Joshua is avoiding Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder to make easy money and the 53-year-old hero says it could be his “downfall.”

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He told Boxing Scene: “Joshua can take his time. He’s champion now. He says he doesn’t want to fight Tyson Fury for a year or so.

“He wants to go around making money. I think that’s going to be a downfall for him. He has to stay with it, he can’t be in the background.

“If he wants to be champion, he has to act like a champion.”

Lewis also gave his prediction on Fury’s WBC heavyweight title fight against Wilder saying the American will be expecting the Gypsy King to be elusive like he was against Wladimir Klitschko.

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Lewis said Wilder will be expecting Fury to be elusive saying the American won’t be surprised like Klitschko was when Fury was able to out-point the Ukrainian in 2015 to win the heavyweight title.

He said: “Wilder is a different kettle of fish; I don’t think Klitschko expected Tyson Fury to be so active, so elusive in their fight.

"He didn’t expect Fury to move so much. I think Deontay will be expecting that. And I think he’ll move with him. It’s completely different,” Lewis added.

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“Deontay has a lot of power, anywhere he hits you, you’re going to be concussed. If he can’t knock out Fury, he better be prepared to box.

“Tyson Fury is fast on his feet, elusive. We’ll see if Deontay can catch up with him.

“It’s such a hard fight to predict. Both guys have talent and both have power. We’re not going to know what happens until we see the fight.”

“The way I look at it, these are two great fighters putting it all on the line,” Lewis said. “All the experience they gain from that fight, they will bring to the next fight.”