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Tyson Fury slams Anthony Joshua for blowing £66m opportunity amid Dillian Whyte update

Tyson Fury has hit out at heavyweight rival Anthony Joshua, accusing him of blowing a £66m super-fight opportunity.

This week has been rammed with news of a potential step-aside from Joshua and his rematch with Oleksandr Usyk, with it reported that he'd accepted a £15m offer to do so.

However, the British Olympian then broke his silence on the matter and urged fans not to listen to the 'bulls***' - hitting back at those reports.

The situation on the heavyweight scene looks close to being cleared up with with purse bids for Fury 's WBC mandated title defence against Dillian Whyte expected tonight, while Joshua is set for a rematch with Usyk.

“I had to do this video, Eddie Hearn and Anthony Joshua have to be the worst two damn businessmen in history. Today they lost 90 million dollars (£66m), god damn sons of b******," he said, posing an American accent.

Fury's plan had always been to return to the ring in March, with a date in Cardiff reserved by his team, but that appears to now be extremely unlikely.

There appears to be no quick resolution to both Joshua's step-aside offer and the negotiations with Whyte, which leaves the heavyweight scene in limbo.

Any unification bout would crown the first-ever unified heavyweight champion of the four-belt era and would be one of the biggest fights in modern history.

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