Tyson Fury claims Anthony Joshua fight is OFF in another social media rant: Gypsy King accuses AJ of ‘s***ing his pants’ in talks over Battle of Britain deal
Tyson Fury has suggested he will no longer be fighting Anthony Joshua in another social media rant as rows over the location and contract surrounding the fight continue.
The two British heavyweights had seemed set to finally face off later this year, but Fury had suggested his rival was stalling over the contractual agreements.
Joshua’s promoter, Eddie Hearn, claimed last week that talks had ‘re-opened’ – but things, if Fury is to be believed, seem to have again gone backwards.
‘So it looks like AJ has s*** his pants yet again,’ Fury said on social media on Sunday. ‘After 11 years, he’s finally s*** his pants yet again.’
The bitter tug-of-war over their heavyweight superfight has largely centered on a debate around hosting it at London’s Wembley Stadium or broadcaster Netflix‘s choice of Madison Square Garden in New York City.
Last week, Fury, who regularly takes to social media to express his views on potential opponents, was keen to make clear he feels Joshua is not motivated by a love of his country. Earlier this year Daily Mail Sport revealed Joshua had in fact quit the UK to move to Dubai – even as thousands tried to flee amid rising panic in the Middle East warzone.
Tyson Fury (pictured) has claimed Anthony Joshua has bailed on their potential fight
Joshua (pictured) is still yet to sign the deal to fight Tyson Fury, Frank Warren has revealed, with a deadline for Sunday
And Fury, a tax exile to the Isle of Man himself, brought up a 2020 speech at a Black Lives Matter march, where Joshua read out a letter from his friend Reece Campbell to urge attendees to stop spending money with white-owned shops and businesses.
‘Show them where it hurts’, Joshua had said. ‘Abstain from spending your money in their shops and economies, and invest in black-owned businesses.’
Fury re-posted the video of the speech, writing: ‘This is the man who loves England, absolute s*** bag! Total piece of s*** bully with zero guts! Don’t let them deceive you! & Living in Dubai.’
In an address to camera, Fury accused Joshua of trying to derail their fight to avoid being embarrassed: ‘If I agreed to tie both hands behind my back and wear solid cement boots, Anthony Joshua would never get in the ring with me because I’ll annihilate him.
‘And he’s a piece of s*** bully, and that’s his game—bullying people like he tried to do to Daniel Dubois, and he got knocked spark dead out.
‘The latest news from them is, ‘Tyson don’t want to fight in England’. Why the f*** wouldn’t I want to fight in England, you sausage? ‘Tyson only wants to fight in America’. Are you joking or what?
‘Tyson is not in charge of this fight. Tyson didn’t put the money up for this fight. Tyson is not the paymaster. Netflix are and Turki Al-Sheikh. Lovely. If it’s in England, even better. I’ll knock the motherf***er out even quicker. Prime time England, 10 o’clock, Wembley Stadium, 100,000 people. Why the f*** wouldn’t I want it in England? Doesn’t make any sense, does it?
‘Like I said, who do you think you are? You and your little pathetic puppet Eddie Hearn trying to save you. There’s no escaping, you know. I’ll come to Watford (Joshua’s hometown) and I’ll set about you. I’ll batter you in your own front garden, you piece of s***.’
Joshua’s 2020 Black Lives Matter speech was brought back up by his great boxing rival Fury
‘There is no getting out of this one. There is no getting out of this one. Get ready for this fight. I’ve had enough of your sauce to last me 11 years. I’m battering the f*** out of you, you useless dosser, piece of s***. That’s what you are. And you know it as well, and everybody else knows what you are: a coward.’
Roaring out his title of the ‘Gypsy King,’ Fury added: ‘You’s are going down, and the cash cow is getting knocked out. Because after this, he won’t be able to show his face in public ever again.
‘You’re a useless dosser, a big bodybuilding piece of s***. Too many weights, not enough speed. When I crack a big right hook off it, you’ll go over like spaghetti legs Deontay Wilder. But he’s 10 times the man you’ll ever be, because he’s got a pair of b*****ks like King Kong, and you’ve got a pair of b*****ks like two f***ing garden peas, you piece of s***.’
On Sunday, Fury revealed he has turned his attention to trying to fight Oleksandr Usyk for a third time – on the back of two defeats.
‘So this would only lead me to a fight with Oleksandr Usyk,’ he said. ‘Let’s do it again. Let’s run it back in November. The ball is now in your court, Oleksandr.’
He added: ‘Do you want to fight me this year, 2026, or are you calling it quits? Let me know, because I’m now looking for a new opponent.’
Fury’s promoter Frank Warren, who suggested that in reality boxing’s longest hatching deal had to be finalised by Sunday, told Daily Mail Sport last week: ‘AJ hasn’t signed yet.
‘Tyson signed in January. He’s training in Miami for the fight in early November and doesn’t care where it takes place.’
There is debate around the contract and location of the fight, with Fury supposedly agreeing the match-up earlier this year
The original agreement stipulated England, putting Wembley Stadium on alert.
But Netflix, the mega-paymasters for the broadcast, have joined their Saudi partners in insisting on New York’s fabled Madison Square Garden so as to maximise US revenue.
Joshua will need at least a two-month training camp for a fight of this magnitude and ideally nine to ten weeks.
It comes after Joshua was given ten days to agree a deal on August 26 with Warren previously warning: ‘Unless AJ commits by the end of next week I’m afraid this will slip away like so many of those great fights which never happened.’
He added: ‘At some point everyone has to say the most important thing is that it happens. Not this bulls*** about money.
‘That everyone wants the fight. Does AJ really want it? I don’t know. He’s been through that tragedy of the car crash which killed two of his closest friends. Only he knows what he wants.’
Much of the discussions around Wembley centre on a willingness to allow a late start time – and late curfew – to suit the American TV market. Mayor Sadiq Khan this week stated that he is keen to host the fight and find a solution.
