Fury vs Joshua fight: Tyson Fury has cast fresh doubt over whether his fight with Anthony Joshua happens and has pinned the blame on Eddie Hearn.
Fury and Joshua have signed contracts to fight each other. But disagreements rumble on over where the long-overdue heavyweight battle take place. Hearn and ‘AJ’ pushing for it to be in the UK.
Meanwhile, organisers from Sela – the Saudi Arabian entertainment authority – and streaming giant Netflix want to hold it elsewhere. They are pushing to hold the Fury vs Joshua at Madison Square Garden in New York.
Hearn sent an addendum to Sela this week, setting out demands tied to switching the bout to the USA. He claims Joshua’s contract states the bout must take place in the UK.
However, Fury says Hearn is asking for more money and as such, is now doubtful the fight materialises.
“Quick update for you. It doesn’t look like they are going to sign the fight and it doesn’t look like it is going to happen all because Eddie Hearn and that want more money,” Fury said in an Instagram video.
“They have already had that much money off [Saudi Arabian boxing chief] Turki [Alalshikh] over the last few years Eddie and AJ. They have had boxing deals, they have had darts deals, they have had snooker deals, they have had everything.
“And yet, they have got the audacity and cheek of flea-bitten rats to ask for more money from old Turki that you have had combined over the last couple of years.”
Fury vs Joshua fight: Hearn denies addendum demands
Hearn denied a report in Boxing Scene on Thursday. The report claimed that Matchroom requested a list of demands.
- Immediately pay Matchroom all monies owed across future darts and snooker events.
- International promotional fees plus deposits for World Series of Darts and 167 Riyadh Season events.
- Formally confirm the Ronnie O’Sullivan Academy license for a third year. Also, pay those future invoices now
- Pay Matchroom all outstanding funds from prior boxing events.
However, Hearn did confirm that meetings have taken place with Sela over in recent days over money owed. But he insisted this was unrelated to the actual Fury vs Joshua addendum.
“We have sent a list of all the things that must be done if you want to change the contract,” he said to IFLTV.
“An increased payment to cover the tax deficit change of taking a fight from the UK to America.
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“In layman’s terms, by staging the fight in America, Anthony Joshua receives less money than he would do if the fight was in the UK where he was contractually agreed.”
