LENNOX LEWIS has urged Anthony Joshua NOT to simply accept a step-aside deal and as a substitute win again the heavyweight belts.
AJ is owed a direct rematch with Oleksandr Usyk having been crushed over 12 rounds in September.
However Center East cash males want to entrance money for an undisputed title decider between Usyk and Tyson Fury.
It could imply Joshua, and Fury's WBC obligatory challenger Dillian Whyte, accepting a payment to take a seat on the sidelines.
Lewis is not any stranger to stepping apart, having accepted £2.9million ($4m) in 1996 to permit Mike Tyson to beat Bruce Seldon.
However because the British legend factors out, he did so having received his final 4 fights.
So Lewis, now 56, warned AJ in opposition to accepting the reported £15m step-aside deal to as a substitute avenge his loss in opposition to Usyk.
He tweeted: "And earlier than you carry up the Tyson step apart cash… simply keep in mind, I wasn’t coming off of a loss.
"I might go get my belts again first. This additionally isn't recommendation or a knock on AJ. It’s simply what I might do in that state of affairs."
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Joshua's promoter Eddie Hearn yesterday confirmed they'd obtained a step-aside supply, however no deal was agreed.
Fury, 33, then at the moment appeared to substantiate his subsequent combat can be in opposition to Whyte, 33, ending hopes of a unification with Usyk and the necessity for a step-aside deal.
He mentioned: “I can’t wait to punch Dillian Whyte’s face proper in, mate. I'm going to provide him the most effective hiding he has ever had in his life.
“Dillian Whyte, prepare onerous as a result of you will get annihilated, bum.”
It could additionally recommend that Joshua, 32, rejected the possibility to step apart and WILL as a substitute rematch Usyk, 35.
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