By Brian Webber: Eddie Hearn says that Anthony Joshua will “not” sign the contract on Monday for a fight against Tyson Fury because they have a meeting planned for that day to discuss the points of the contract.
Hearn says Fury (32-0-1, 23 KOs) should walk away if he’s true to his word and go ahead and fight Manuel Charr on Dec. 3 because Joshua won’t sign the contract on Monday.
It is not known if Fury is serious about abandoning the Joshua fight if he does not sign on Monday. He has to know that the money he will get from fighting Charr will not come close to what he would get from fighting Joshua.
It seems that the three fights Fury has won and the success he has achieved with his three fights with Deontay Wilder have taken his patience away.
Fury now acts like a spoiled brat who is no longer willing to wait for a big fight to be properly negotiated.
If this is going to be his attitude in the future, he will limit him to fighting in scrubs, who will enthusiastically sign the contract just for the sake of fighting him.
“Look, Tyson Fury has no intention of taking this fight if that’s the route he’s going to take,” Eddie Hearn told iFL TV, addressing Tyson Fury’s talk of Monday’s deadline for Anthony Joshua to sign the contract.
“Tyson Fury said he’s retired, Tyson Fury said he’s going to give his money to the homeless, and now Tyson Fury says, ‘I’m out of the fight if you don’t sign on Monday.’
“Well guess what? We are not going to sign on Monday because we are going to have a meeting on Monday to discuss various points of the contract. This is the process. We waited nine days for the contract and we have been working very hard with Queensbury.
“Nobody has been playing, and we have meetings with BT, DAZN and Queensbury to go through the process and get this done. But it won’t happen on Monday.
“Again, if you’re true to your word, which you never are, walk away from the fight if you don’t want it. The public knows that you are going to fight Manuel Charr on December 3rd. It’s a joke.
“So let’s not waste our time because we’ve already spent a lot of time on this fight. Phone calls, Zoom calls, meetings, and we have more on Monday. So if you don’t want the fight, just walk away.
“Queensbury will know it’s ridiculous because we have a meeting on Monday to talk about contract stuff.
“I don’t think Tyson and Queensbury are on the same page. They can’t be unless everyone is winding us up and wasting our time. Go ahead, or we’re out,” Hearn said, sounding irritated.
