Fury Calls Joshua a ‘Coward’ as All-British Heavyweight Clash Hits Another Roadblock

Tyson Fury has labelled Anthony Joshua a “coward” as the long-awaited all-British heavyweight title fight appears to be hanging in the balance, with a disagreement over the venue threatening to derail the November showdown.

Two-time unified world champion Joshua and his promoter Eddie Hearn have signed a contract for the fight to take place in the United Kingdom, while the fight’s organisers are understood to favour staging it in the United States. Hearn has previously warned that contracts would have to be renegotiated if the fight were to take place outside the UK.

Fury, who kept the potential blockbuster on track with a victory over Mariusz Wach last month, expressed his frustration on Wednesday, saying negotiations over the fight were becoming “quite tiring”. The 38-year-old claimed he has agreed to every location proposed. “I’ve been down to fight at every location that’s been mentioned – England, Ireland, Vegas, New York, back to England, back to Ireland, back to New York,” Fury said. “Listen, I’ve said yep, yep, yep, yep, yep, every single time. Zero stipulations.”

Fury then turned his attention directly to Joshua, questioning the former champion’s willingness to finally step into the ring. “The facts are I feel like you’re being a coward. I feel like you don’t want the fight and you’re just conning everybody. I feel like you’ve been doing that for years,” Fury said. “You’ve had many opportunities to fight me, but deep down you’ve never really wanted it, so let’s see if you’re going to man up for a final time.”

In a separate post, Fury continued to taunt the 36-year-old Joshua, this time alongside former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson, telling his fellow Brit to “sign the contract, big boy” as he paid homage to Tyson’s iconic line. Queensberry’s Frank Warren, who promotes Fury, insisted his fighter is fully committed to the bout. “It is signed by Tyson,” Warren told Sky Sports News. “Tyson is signed up for the fight and agreed for the fight.”

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