Tyson Fury has suggested his all-British blockbuster bout with Anthony Joshua is off and has challenged Oleksandr Usyk to a third fight.
Fury and Joshua have been locked in negotiations over a mega-money bout but the ‘Gypsy King’ has grown impatient at a lack of confirmation, calling his rival a “coward” earlier in the week.
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Fury has now said Joshua has “s**t his pants” and turned his attention to Usyk, who he lost twice to on points in 2024.
“AJ has s**t his pants again, yet again,” he told his followers in a post on social media.
“After 11 years he has finally s**t his pants yet again.
“This will only lead me to a fight with Oleksandr Usyk. Oleksandr you’re his (Joshua’s) trainer and his sensei and you know he is a weak minded piece of s**t and that he would never fight the Gypsy King, which you have had the guts to do twice.
“You got the decisions last time, fair play to you. Good luck to you, let’s do it again.
“Let’s run it back in November. The ball is now in your court… do you want to fight me this year, 2026, or are you calling quits?
“Let me know because I am now looking for a new opponent.”
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Joshua’s promotor, Matchroom’s Eddie Hearn, has previously said an agreement hinged on his client’s net purse.
New York’s Madison Square Garden was widely expected to be announced as the venue despite Joshua’s camp preferring Wembley Stadium as Sela, the Saudi state-owned promotional company financing the fight, wanted a bigger American audience on Netflix.
The news comes after an increasingly bitter dispute over the location and terms of the fight, with Hearn accusing Fury’s camp of “moving the goalposts” and describing negotiations with the former heavyweight champion as a “total f***ing nightmare”.
Fury launched a blistering attack on both Joshua and Hearn over the weekend, rejecting suggestions he doesn’t want to fight in England and declaring he will “batter” his British rival when they finally meet.
“Why the f*** wouldn’t I want to fight in England, you sausage?” Fury said.
Fury branded Hearn a “pathetic puppet” as tensions exploded over the proposed blockbuster.
“Tyson is not in charge of this fight. Tyson didn’t put the money up for this fight. Tyson is not the paymaster.
“Lovely, it’s in England, even better. I’m knocking him out even quicker.
“Primetime England, 10 o’clock, Wembley Stadium, 100,000 people. Why the f*** wouldn’t I want it in England?”
Fury and Joshua have repeatedly been linked throughout their careers without ever sharing the ring professionally — although famously sparred a few rounds togehter in 2010.
Fury later claimed Joshua had given him “a beating” and predicted the “red hot” young heavyweight would go on to become a champion.
Sixteen years later, they are still yet to step in the ring.
Fury insisted last week that the location won’t stop him.
“This fight’s been moved up about four or five times to a very different location, Ireland, England, Las Vegas, New York. I’ve said yes to all of them,” Fury said.
“Yeah, I’ll fight, no problem. Let’s get it on. Let’s get it on like Donkey Kong.
“I’ll fight in Brazil. I’ll fight in Morecambe. I’ll fight in Derby. I’ll fight in f***ing Costa Del Sol. I’ll fight on Mars.”
But Hearn has painted a very different picture of the negotiations, claiming an agreement has already been signed and suggesting Joshua’s camp is growing increasingly frustrated by attempts to change it.