Tyson Fury vs Anthony Joshua fight takes fresh twist as Eddie Hearn 'confirms' decision with X-rated response

Well, that’s if Eddie Hearn’s latest social media post is anything to go by.

Sports Illustrated’s Chris Mannix later said that the “issue” in question was the involvement of UFC president and Zuffa Boxing chief Dana White, whom boxing powerbroker Turki Alalshikh is understood to want involved in the event as a promoter.

Hearn, who has been who has been engaged in a public feud with White for a number of months now, has stated that it is written into Joshua’s contract that White and Zuffa are not involved in the fight, while Fury has said that he removed the same stipulation from his own deal.

Fury vs Joshua is scheduled for December 11

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This prompted Fury to claim Joshua and Hearn were trying to back out of the fight, stating in an X-rated rant on social media: “Breaking news. Anthony Joshua and Eddie Hearn are trying to pull out of this fight. They’re saying they’re not gonna fight now. They’re little s*******e cowards.

“It’s mainly to do with Eddie Hearn’s ego. He’s making up a million different things and threatening ‘we’re not gonna fight, we’re not gonna fight, we’re not gonna fight’. He’s cost us the biggest fight in boxing history. Clown.”

In a fresh twist on Tuesday morning (September 29) Hearn appeared to fire back at Fury, effectively confirming the fight WILL take place with an X-rated post of his own: “Chapter 35. Chat s*** get banged. Dec 11.”