Fury slams Hearn: Tyson Fury has claimed that Eddie Hearn called Anthony Joshua “finished” after Kristian Prenga dropped him in his last outing.
Joshua climbed off the canvas twice, before stopping Prenga in the second round in a wild shootout in Saudi Arabia in July. This came a day after Fury halted Mariusz Wach in Thailand.
Fury and Joshua are on the brink of sealing a December showdown in Cardiff. With an announcement imminent, Fury has reignited their war of words.
In particular, the Morecambe man has claimed Joshua’s career-long promoter, Hearn wrote his man off after crashing to the canvas twice against the unknown Albanian, Prenga.
Fury slams Hearn as a “sellout”
“Eddie Hearn is a sellout,” Fury said in an Instagram vide on Monday.
“Ringside in Joshua’s last fight, when AJ got dropped over. Eddie Hearn was saying ‘he’s rubbish, he’s a piece of s***, he’s finished’.
“And there’s witnesses there who heard him say that.
“As soon as AJ knocked out the old doorman, he jumped up and down like he was the best thing since sliced bread.
“What you are is a money-thirsty piece of rubbish. Joshua ought to kick your b****cks up your back.”
Eddie Hearn Anthony Joshua stand firm on UK
The long-awaited British battle is now likely to take place on December 11 at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff.
This will end a long, drawn-out row over where the bout would be staged.
Much of the confusion has stemmed from both men signing different contracts. According to Hearn, Joshua signed for the fight to take place in the UK. Meanwhile, Fury’s contract said it would take place in Ireland.
Saudi Arabia’s Sela and Netflix, who will stream the bout, had been pushing to stage it at Madison Square Garden in New York. However, Joshua and Hearn stood firm on fighting the bout being UK and look to have got their wish.
Drug Testing Row Adds to Pre-Fight Tension
Despite finally resolving this, further complications have emerged.
Indeed, Hearn claimed that Fury’s contract did not require him to enrol in drug testing, although Joshua’s did.
Hearn responded to questions about the drug-testing dispute days after Fury hit out at him over the alleged Prenga comments.
“The drug testing protocol was the same as what has always been in there,” the Matchroom boss told media including Pro Boxing Fans on Saturday.
“It wasn’t adhered to in its form. I don’t actually necessarily blame Tyson Fury for that.
“As we’ve found out on many occasions, what’s in AJ’s contract is not necessarily in Tyson Fury’s contract
“Testing was supposed to start when the original contracts were signed, and it didn’t for them.
“And I don’t think [Fury] had in his contract that it had to start then.
“So this is not me saying, ‘He didn’t enrol.’ I don’t think he was obligated to enrol [in his contract].
“But in our contract, he was obligated to enrol.”
With Fury having again blasted Hearn publicly, all eyes now turn to the official fight announcement.
