Frank Warren has spoken about the latest developments surrounding the Tyson Fury vs. Anthony Joshua fight.
Fury returned to action on Saturday as he defeated Arslanbek Makhmudov at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, before then taking part in a back-and-forth at ringside with Joshua.
It appeared that Fury was of the belief that a fight with Joshua was going to be confirmed, but ‘AJ’ stuck to his guns and insisted that negotiations are still ongoing and he won’t commit to anything just yet.
Fury’s promoter Warren has now shared an update on the situation, telling TalkSport that they believed Joshua was about to put pen to paper on a deal, but is still yet to do so.
“Tyson has signed up for this fight. He signed up for the fight at Spurs which he had, and the next fight is supposed to be against AJ in August/September. AJ we were led to believe was about to sign up for the fight and hasn’t done so.
“Does AJ want to continue fighting? I’m told that he does. Does he want to do the fight now or does he want to do a fight in between? That’s not what Tyson signed up for, Tyson signed up for that fight to take place immediately after this one. What Tyson has signed up for he wants to deliver on.
“I genuinely thought when Turki said get in the ring, I expected AJ and Eddie [Hearn] to get in the ring. That’s their business, irrespective of what happens, he hasn’t signed up for that fight, and until he does it’s pointless talking about it. Tyson won’t sit around forever but he’s there and he wants to do the fight and that’s where he’s at.”
As negotiations have been going through boxing powerbroker Turki Alalshikh, it is typical for both sides to sign their own deal, which is where the confusion lies.
While it is still expected that Fury and Joshua will indeed meet, ‘The Gypsy King’ has revealed that he will target a trilogy with Oleksandr Usyk if it doesn’t happen.
