ANTHONY JOSHUA has opened up on being the middle man in Conor McGregor’s bizarre “beef” with KSI.
McGregor called out YouTube star KSI to a bare-knuckle scrap after AJ knocked out Robert Helenius in August.
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Conor McGregor called KSI out at Anthony Joshua’s fightRichard Pelham / The Sun
Joshua took a lap around the ring after his victory and bumped into both McGregor and KSI.
And McGregor was captured hurling abuse at KSI until AJ intervened in support of his “guy.”
Joshua, 33, has now revealed to Misfits Boxing: “I went around the ring and I bumped into Conor McGregor on my victory lap.
“He’s a personality, he’s a very big character, so I stopped off, we spoke, I had a sip of stout and I was on my way, so respect to him.”
AJ continued: “I just didn’t understand what this beef was about and obviously I know KSI, so I wasn’t going to be like, ‘Yeah, f*** KSI’.
“I know KSI so I’m not going to start throwing slurs at him, that’s my guy, so what’s going on.”
McGregor, 35, surprisingly called out KSI, 30, while mocking his fighting ability in the ring immediately after Joshua’s KO victory.
He said: “I know your man KSI is in the crowd and he couldn’t box eggs if he worked in an egg boxing factory.
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“So if he wants to get in here I’ll give him a final yoke, bare-knuckle if you want!”
KSI returns to the ring on October 14 in Manchester against Tommy Fury, 24, but he has eyes on McGregor afterwards.
He said on talkSPORT: “Look, after Tommy Fury I might entertain a fight with Conor McGregor. With me, you never know. You never know.”
KSI going head to head with Tommy FuryPA