Tyson Fury and Whyte attack Joshua over training video

Loquacious Tyson Fury and Dillian Whyte have torn into Anthony Joshua after uploading a video of himself using a mattress as a heavy bag as he continues his preparations for his upcoming fight.

Joshua's rivals were stunned by the unorthodox training video and let their thoughts be known in the comments section below.

Fury was the first to time in, writing: 'proper sausage,' followed by several laughing emojis. While Whyte added: 'Mind is gone'. 'The Bodysnatcher' is set to face Joshua in his next outing on August 12 at the O2 Arena, London.

For a time it seemed as though the fight wouldn't happen after he refused to accept a one-sided rematch clause in Joshua's favour.

However, the clause has since been removed on Joshua's request, and now Sky Sports report that Whyte has signed his side of the agreement. The pair have a rivalry stretching back to the amateurs with Whyte knocking down Joshua down en route to a points victory all the way back in 2009.

When they ran it back as professionals in 2015 though it was a completely different story. Despite managing to wobble AJ with a good left hook in the second round, Whyte was eventually stopped by his fierce rival in the seventh round. 'I've been up for fighting Joshua since the day I lost to him in 2015,' Whyte told Sky Sports.

'The score is 1-1 so far. He's won one. I beat him in the amateurs, he beat me in the pros so I want to get even.' 'I would love nothing more than to have a chance to avenge my defeat,' he added.

'I'll just go to war. 'I want to go to war because I think that's a good way to fight him, pressure him, back him up and start getting him on the back foot as early as possible and I'm strong enough, I'm big enough to do that. 'I carry enough power obviously to back him up and to knock him out.'