Renowned boxing promoter, Eddie Hearn has announced that the highly anticipated match-up between professional boxers, Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua is off due to a breakdown in negotiations. Hearn, Matchroom and Joshua’s promoter suggested the fight is off as it stands but insists the matter is still open for discussions and the bout could be arranged at a future date. Hearn who spoke to Sky Sports said, “As far as we’re concerned the fight’s off. We’re happy to continue the discussions.”
Meanwhile there are concerns if Fury, really needed the fight, considering Hearn’s thought who actually believes that Fury never really wanted the Joshua fight as he kept offering contracts to other fighters including Derek Chisora. Hearn shared his thoughts explicitly on the chances of AJ meeting Fury. In his words, “In our mind, he is not fighting Anthony Joshua. We’re more than happy to continue those conversations, but what we have been told is the deadline is passed and so have the entire country. 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 on the deal by Monday, then we were asked to agree to it by Wednesday. We got the comments back on Wednesday.”
Meanwhile, Hearn has also reacted to the insults Fury directed at his client and was annoyed by his deadlines also. “We were never going to sign the fight then, and we were told the fight’s off. It’s still there. It’s still open for discussion. Camilla Camilla leaked video But we’re not going to play a game with a bloke that’s just coming out telling Joshua 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,” he added.
