By Chris Cutmore for MailOnline
Published: 10:10 GMT, 4 March 2019 | Updated: 10:23 GMT, 4 March 2019
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Anthony Joshua has been branded 'inappropriate, insensitive and disrespectful' for praising Cristiano Ronaldo – despite him being accused of rape.
Joshua said Ronaldo is being 'f***** by women and tax'. The Juventus forward, 34, has denied raping Kathryn Mayorga in a Las Vegas hotel in 2009. Mayorga also claims she was paid £280,000 hush money to keep quiet about the incident. A police investigation is ongoing.
World heavyweight boxing champion Joshua said that he admired Ronaldo for 'still smiling' despite the allegations, but his comments were criticised by a leading rape charity.
Anthony Joshua (left) and Cristiano Ronaldo posed for an Instagram picture back in January
Former school teacher Kathryn Mayorga claims that the Juventus forward raped her in his Las Vegas hotel room in June 2009; they are pictured together here in Rain Night Club that year
'I've always said two things you'd get f***** for as an athlete is women and tax, he's got f***** for both
