Tyson
Fury has grown increasingly frustrated with the ongoing saga
surrounding his bout against Anthony
Joshua.
Disagreements over the promotional side of the event have once
again threatened to derail the matchup. Fury insists he has done
everything possible to make the fight happen. “The Gypsy King” has
now slammed Joshua and Matchroom Boxing’s Eddie Hearn over their
stance regarding Dana White’s involvement.
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Dana White’s involvement becomes the latest flashpoint in Tyson
Fury vs. Anthony Joshua
Fury took aim at Joshua and Hearn in an interview with FurociTV,
claiming that he has remained flexible throughout the negotiation
process.
“I’ve been moving the goalpost all the time,” Fury said. “There’s
nothing that I haven’t agreed to. Nothing. I’ll even tie concrete
blocks to my boots to make this fight happen. There’s nothing that
I wouldn’t do to make this fight happen.”
He then turned his attention to Hearn, who has repeatedly stated
that White’s involvement is a dealbreaker. The former heavyweight
champion dismissed Hearn’s objections and argued that the veteran
promoter and Matchroom Boxing aren’t in a position to dictate the
terms of the fight.
“How ridiculous does that sound?” Fury added. “A promoter who is
actually not the promoter of the fight, nor can he be the promoter
of the fight ever. He cannot be the promoter of this fight, Eddie
Hearn. Categorically, Eddie Hearn and Matchroom are not the
promoter of this fight. No way. They’re just not. Contractually,
they’re not allowed to be the promoter. Okay. So, now you’ve got a
spoiled little posh boy chucking his dummies out the pram because
Dana White’s involved.”
Fury also credited Turki Alalshikh and Netflix with making the
fight happen.
“Listen, the thing is here, if Eddie wanted to promote this fight
and do it on his terms and do it wherever he wanted or whatever
time he wanted and whoever, then he should have put up the money,”
Fury continued. “But because he doesn’t have the money to do it,
then I know a man who does: Turki Alalshikh. So, he’s put the money
up for this fight along with my broadcasting network and Netflix.
Without them, this fight doesn’t happen.”