Tyson Fury vs Anthony Joshua in chaos as Gypsy King claims rival wants to pull OUT of £150m Cardiff mega fight just over 24 hours after bout was confirmed
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Tyson Fury’s heavyweight blockbuster with Anthony Joshua has been thrown into chaos after the Gypsy King claimed his rival is pulling out of the Cardiff contest.
In a dramatic escalation a little over 24 hours after their £150m bout was confirmed, Fury took to Instagram to say the fight is now in jeopardy owing to a feud between Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn and the UFC’s Dana White.
White, who runs Zuffa Boxing alongside Saudi Arabia’s boxing supremo Turki Al-Sheikh, has been billed as the main promoter for the heavyweight showdown and had fought for the contest to take place in New York City.
Hearn, who promotes Joshua and successfully wrestled the fight back to Cardiff, claims the contract his man signed stipulates that White cannot be involved in the contest.
Speaking on Instagram in an expletive-laden video, Fury claims the fight has been cancelled because of Hearn's ego who is 'making up a million different things and threatening that "we're not going to fight"'.
He said: 'Breaking News: Anthony Joshua and Eddie Hearn are trying to pull out of this fight they are saying he is not going to fight now.
'They're little s*** house cowards, mainly to do with Eddie Hearn's ego, he's making up a million different things and threatening that "we're not going to fight" you little coward.
'AJ pull your finger out you white flag, yellow-bellied coward. You know now we're coming home, now I'm coming home the Gypsy King is coming back to the United Kingdom to thrash you in front of all my fans in Wales.'
Tyson Fury announced the news in a video on social media
Fury exchanges words with Anthony Joshua after his fight in April 2026
Fury goes on to attack Joshua accusing him of being a 'body-building sausage' who is making a 'million excuses'.
He also claimed that Al-Sheikh is now looking to find a new person to fight Fury at 'the drop of a hat'
Fury continued: 'So I hope [Hearn and Joshua] are happy you little cowardly b*******, I've never seen anything like [Hearn and Joshua] you pure s*** houses and this is mainly to do with Eddie Hearn's ego what a little p****.'
Fury and Joshua are due to meet on September 30 in a pre-fight press conference, but Hearn warned that White - who he labelled a ‘loser’ and a ‘soppy t**’ after the fight was confirmed - must not be present at the London face off.
However, it appears that Hearn may have overplayed his hand, with Fury claiming that his latest demand could see the fight unravel. In a stinging response, Alashikh also threw his weight behind White by posting a photo of the American smoking a cigar on Instagram
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