Tyson Fury has branded Anthony Joshua a "p**** boy" for turning down his September fight offer.
Heavyweight champion Fury recently claimed that he sent a draft contract to his domestic rival, but Joshua's promoter Eddie Hearn said he never received the offer. Fury's promoter Frank Warren responded by insisting 'AJ' turned down a proposal they sent to him as he wants to fight in August instead of September before a potential clash against Deontay Wilder at the end of the year.
'The Gypsy King' has now responded to talks of his mega-fight against Joshua collapsing yet again by writing on Instagram: "What a proper p***** boy". Fury also hit out at fellow heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk, who he was linked to fight in April, by adding of his rival in the same post: "Usyk is a p***** so is AJ".
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Fury and Joshua have been linked to fight for years and the duo did look to be on course to meet in August 2021 after both putting pen to paper, but a US arbitration judge ruled in favour of Fury's trilogy fight against Deontay Wilder and the bout was scrapped. Warren told talkSPORT that Hearn met with his son George to discuss the domestic mega-fight, but Joshua wants to stick to the dates he already has pencilled-in instead of fighting in September.
"Last week, a written proposal was sent to Matchroom for AJ to fight Tyson in September. "Eddie Hearn came back and spoke to my son George, who said it will take a couple of days to see where they are with it. Couple of days went by and George met yesterday with AJ’s management company.
"They confirmed that AJ is fighting in Dubai in December, that is his preferred route. There is a space open in August but they basically do not want to do the fight. That is what happened. When Tyson said there was a draft contract, what happened is we had prepared a draft contract the last time we had negotiations."
Fury hasn't fought since defending his heavyweight title in a heavily criticised trilogy fight against Derek Chisora last December. Joshua recently picked up his first win in over two years by winning a lacklustre decision against Jermaine Franklin in April, with the pair clashing in the ring after the final bell.
