John Fury, the father of WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, does not expect his son to face Anthony Joshua in the near future.

He believes Joshua, the WBO, IBF, WBA, IBO world champion, would avoid such a contest.

Fury made a statement last Saturday night at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, when he stopped Deontay Wilder in seven rounds to capture the WBC title.

Joshua himself got stopped back in June 2019, at the hands of Andy Ruiz. He regained the titles in December, with a dominant decision over Ruiz in a rematch.

Joshua is now tied to make a mandatory defense against Kubrat Pulev.

And Wilder is likely to exercise a rematch clause, which would force a summer trilogy with Fury.

If they ever met in the ring, John Fury believes his son would do a real number on Joshua and stop him.

“They’re levels apart. You know like the aliens are like years in front of us in terms of brain power,” John Fury told IFL TV.

“That’s how my son is in front of Joshua in terms of ability. He can’t do it, he’s got slow feet, he has got some fast hands, he goes one-two, left hook, chin stuck in the air.

“You’ve seen him, he’s blowing out of his arse the moment he has any pressure put on him. Tyson will do more than put pressure on him. He’ll be crying after four rounds. I don’t think you’ll see it, because he’s too frightened, he’ll retire before he faces Tyson. The Gypsy King will retire him before he even fights him.

“He hasn’t got anything to beat him with. He don’t need money. He’s a trillionaire, he don’t need it. So why would you muck your legacy by letting a big gypo spark you right out? End of.”