Hearn: Joshua is sure Fury didn't want to fight

Eddie Hearn is extremely disappointed that attempts to make a fight for four heavyweight belts between Anthony Joshua (24-1, 22 KOs) and Tyson Fury (30-0-1, 21 KOs) were backfired. The head of Matchroom Boxing in an interview to IFL suggested that Fury's team from the very beginning of negotiations considered the possibility of abandoning the fight against AJ in favor of a third fight with Deontay Wilder (42-1-1, 41 KOs).

"Bob Arum did not stop negotiations with Wilder, they were still planning a fight, he talked about it with PBC, it all smells really bad," the promoter of Joshua said. "If you look closely, Arum has never had a single penny positive attitude towards this fight."

“AJ is convinced that Fury didn't want to fight him at all and only used his name to advertise himself. I would like to believe that Fury wanted to fight, but the team let him down. In truth, no one but me and AJ did anything to make this fight happen,” Hearn said.

Tyson Fury refused to fight Anthony Joshua when the arbitral ordered him to fight Deontay Wilder. Earlier, the promoter of the "King of the Gypsies" Bob Arum assured that the arbitration will not affect the possible fight with Joshua.