Promoters Eddie Hearn and Frank Warren both agreed they will still try to facilitate a fight between Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua, despite the fact the Gypsy King announced the bout was off. Discussions took place on Monday over a mega-money showdown between the British heavyweights in Cardiff on December 3. But Fury then ruled out an encounter as Joshua hadn’t signed the contract by the 5pm deadline. Fury’s promoter Warren said: “We’re trying to get it done by today. We’re working very hard to get it over the line. If everyone agreed on everything, it would be a huge undertaking – but we could do it that way. “Tyson has told me what he wants. They’ve had the contract for 10 days and he’s lost patience with it. We’re trying to make it work and we had a good meeting today so we’ll see what happens. We’re waiting for it (the contract) to come back. It’s not coming back, the contract, and we’re waiting for it to come back. “We’ve agreed certain things, we’re waiting for it to come back and we’ve been waiting for 10 days – so I’ve got no idea. There’s nothing as far as we’re concerned. We thought we’d got it over the line more or less.”
And when Warren’s comments were posted on Twitter, Joshua’s promoter Hearn replied: “I agree with Frank.” So it remains to be seen whether the fight will ultimately go ahead.
