“Take Your Pick Dosser!” – Fury gives Joshua two days or he will continue
Tyson Fury issued an ultimatum to Anthony Joshua after throwing him a lifeline with a single shot at the WBC belt. He provided two battle days for AJ to choose – neither of which were December 17.
Fury (32-0-1, 23 KOs) had originally planned to fight Oleksandr Usyk for every title in the sport’s top division, but the Ukrainian chose to go up against the team at Christmas. , said he needed a break from his win over ‘AJ’ last month. That led to the champ naming his colleague Brit earlier this week.
Joshua is offered wallet terms of 60-40 and Eddie Hearn – who has been promoted to Joshua since he turned pro in October 2013 following Olympic success a year earlier in London 2012 – revealed that the offer was accepted and the only sticking point was the location and date.
Today in a interview with talkSPORT‘King of Gypsy’ has clarified some previously unknown details about a match that could go down in the history books as one of the biggest in the sport, regardless of the belt at stake. .
He started by questioning why AJ needed until the end of December.
“[Joshua] there is only one competition [against Usyk], right? He’s playing 12 rounds fit, coming out of training camp.
“However, I see that they are trying to screw up a bit with the date.”
December 17 was originally set for battle, which was the earliest of Joshua’s camps to say he might be ready, but a written offer from Queensbury details that it would be November 12. Fury went on to clarify the discussion of the date – offering two potential options.
“We’ve got the Manchester United football pitch [Old Trafford] was booked for November 12, but they said it was too short, so what I got, even better, was Wembley Stadium which was booked for November 26.
If he doesn’t want to go to Wembley at the end of November, I even have a December appointment for him, December 3 in Cardiff – so take your little picker away! “
Fury sold out Wembley Stadium in his final match against Dillian Whyte in April when he thwarted his must-have opponent for six rounds, exclusively live-streaming on BT Sport Box Office. It’s a night he’ll want to recreate. Finally, he issues an ultimatum to AJ.
“They are two dates [that we are prepared to offer]both dates are available and I have agreed to both.
“If they are not good [to Joshua or his team] then he doesn’t want this war.
“I prefer the capital stadium in November, but both days are suitable for me. If Joshua doesn’t want either of those dates, I have another date booked in November that I’ll fight. “