Promotional firms continue preparations for the duel between the two Britons
Promoter Eddie Hearn said that he continues to work on preparing for the fight of his ward, the ex-world champion Anthony Joshua, with the WBC champion Tyson Fury. Hearn was surprised by the behavior of Fury, who sets unrealistic deadlines for the fight and the agreement on the contract.
“I don’t want to get into an argument that could negatively impact this fight, but to be honest, we are very confused about the situation. Firstly, when we agreed on the key terms of the fight, it took us more than a week to get a draft contract, we did not have this document for 14 days.
“Over the next week we worked tirelessly with Queensbury to get the contract in decent shape. Last Monday we sent our final draft to Fury’s side only to see that Tyson publicly pulled out of the fight and the deal was no longer needed.”
“Yesterday we received comments from Queensbury on our final draft agreement, which is now under review. I don’t understand why Tyson Fury keeps setting unrealistic deadlines while offering a fight to a number of other heavyweights at the same time.
If he’s serious about the upcoming fight, I suggest he let Matchroom and Queensbury continue to work hard to make the fight that everyone was trying to do. You cannot publicly withdraw from a fight and then re-negotiate. when so much was agreed. Let’s see what will happen next”.
Recall that Fury turned to Joshua with a proposal to complete negotiations on a joint fight in the near future. The boxer stated that his promoter Frank Warren convinced him to continue preparing for the fight.
Fury has previously stated that he no longer intends to fight Joshua, as the time for reflection for Anthony is up. Tyson gave an ultimatum to Joshua to sign a contract by Monday, September 26th. Fury said that the negotiations were too long and he did not want Anthony to dictate his terms to him.
Frank Warren, Fury’s promoter, said that Tyson was disappointed with the situation around the fight against Joshua and switched to a fight with Manuel Charr.
Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn said there was no chance of signing an agreement in such a short time. According to Hearn, in this way Fury decided to avoid a fight.
Source: Sportarena
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