Negotiations for the Tyson Fury vs Anthony Joshua heavyweight super-fight are breaking down. The fight won’t be confirmed, at least for the mooted December 3 date. according to Joshua’s promoter, Eddie Hearn.
However, they remain open to further talks with Tyson Fury’s camp, he insisted.
“As far as we’re concerned the fight’s off. We’re happy to continue the discussions,” Hearn said.
“In our mind, he’s not fighting Anthony Joshua. We’re more than happy to continue those conversations but what we’ve been told is the deadline is passed and so have the entire country.
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“We have sent the final version of the contract back, they’ve come back with points and we were told that the fight is off by the man himself.”
“They gave us terms ultimately and a date they thought we wouldn’t accept. We did accept that. We were ready to go. If they were to sign the contract on Monday, they had a fight.
“We were asked to agree the deal by Monday, then we were asked to agree it by Wednesday. We got the comments back on Wednesday. We were never going to sign the fight [then], and we were told the fight’s off,” Hearn said.
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“It’s still there. It’s still open for discussion. But we’re not going to play a game with a bloke that’s just coming out telling AJ it’s off, and then he’s a dosser, he’s got to sign it, etc.
“Have your fight if you fight someone else, and we’ll do our thing and we’ll see what happens.”
Fury will also have other choices for a fight in December if Joshua’s team decides to pursue other options for a fight in December.
Mahmoud Charr, a heavyweight contender, has already spoken with Sky Sports to demand that Tyson Fury agree to a bout with him.
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