Via Brian Webber: Eddie Hearn says Anthony Joshua “will not “ signed on Monday for the fight against Tyson Fury as they have a meeting scheduled for that day to discuss contract points.
Hearn says Fury (32-0-1, 23 KOs) should walk away if he lives up to his word and go on to fight Manuel Charr on December 3 because Joshua won’t be signing on Monday.
It’s unclear if Fury is serious about bailing against Joshua if he doesn’t sign on Monday. He had to know the money he would get fighting Charr would be nothing compared to the money he would get fighting Joshua.
It seems that the three fights with the money Fury has made and the success he achieved with the three fights with Deontay Wilder have taken his patience.
Fury now acts like a spoiled brat, no longer willing to wait for a big fight to be properly negotiated.
If this is going to be his attitude in the future, it will limit him from fighting boycotts who will be eager to sign a deal just for fighting him.
“Look, Tyson Fury has no intention of going into this fight if that’s the way he’s going,“Eddie Hearn said to iFL TVaddress Tyson Fury’s talk about a deadline for Anthony Joshua to sign on Monday.
“Tyson Fury said he was retired, Tyson Fury said he would give his money to the homeless, and now Tyson Fury says, ‘I’m leaving the fight if you don’t sign on Monday. “
“Also guess what? We won’t sign on Monday because we will have a meeting on Monday to discuss many points in the contract. This is the process. We waited nine days for the contract and we worked really hard with Queensbury.
“Nobody messed up, and we had meetings with BT, DAZN and Queensbury to review the process and get this done. But it won’t happen on Monday.
“Again, if you are true to your word, which you never say, get out of the fight if you don’t want it. The public knows you’re going to play Manuel Charr on December 3. It’s a joke.
“So don’t waste our time because we’ve already spent a lot of time on this fight. Phone calls, zoom calls, meetings and we have more on Monday. So if you don’t want to fight, just walk away.
“Queensbury will know it’s ridiculous because we had a meeting on Monday to talk about things in the contract.
“I don’t think Tyson and Queensbury are on the same page. They can’t be unless everyone is just fooling us and wasting our time. Keep going, or let’s go,” Hearn said irritably.
