Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury are now trading words following the botched unification fight. The fight was called off due to litigation mandating Fury to fight Wilder.
However, the only way Fury and Wilder battle won’t hold again is if the latter accepts step-aside money to allow the all-British bout to happen instead.
In this interview, a Boxing Promoter, shares his view on the botched unification fight.
Earlier in May, after months of negotiations, promoter Eddie Hearn claimed over the weekend that the deal would finally be rubberstamped and made official this week – though yet again a stumbling block has emerged. Fury’s co-promoter Frank Warren now claims the Gypsy King is refusing to sign the fight contract due to a dispute over money ‘guarantees’ and could walk away from the deal completely.
The latest obstacle has clearly irked Joshua, with the three-belt heavyweight champion messaging Fury on social media and urging him to put pen to paper.
‘I’m tired. My fans are tired. Your fans are tired,’ AJ wrote on Twitter, tagging his rival. ‘We’re all tired of the talk. Less talk, more action!’ Joshua also made reference to Fury’s comments that he was a ‘spartan’ and did not care about money, even though Warren has now made it clear that the hold-up relates to a monetary issue. Speaking to Hearn on his BBC Radio 5 live podcast No Passion, No Point, Fury had said: ‘The real difference here, in men, is that he’s a businessman and I’m a f***ing spartan.
