In the wake of the collapsed negotiations for a Tyson Fury vs Anthony Joshua clash, 'The Gypsy King' has given his thoughts on the saga.
When Fury first called out Joshua after his back to back defeats against Oleksandr Usyk, the negotiations progressed rapidly with both sides agreeing to a 60/40 split in favour of 'The Gypsy King' with the fight to take place on December 3.
Fury vs Joshua was being billed as the 'Battle of Britain'
As soon as contracts were sent out, however, negotiations stalled and after Fury became impatient it sparked both sides blaming each other in various interviews, which is never a good sign.
From this point, any potential of a fight happening was quickly dismantled, and it seems both Fury and Joshua will now be pursuing other options for their respective December bouts.
Over the past week, boxing news has been dominated by Conor Benn failing a drugs test leading to the postponement of his highly-anticipated fight with Chris Eubank Jr, but now Fury is back to share his thoughts on why his fight with Joshua collapsed.
"In my opinion, this is being brutally honest, I think lack of balls from AJ," Fury told iD Boxing.
"Didn't want the fight and didn't push it and didn't sign the contract."
One of the reasons Joshua's promoter, Eddie Hearn, said the fight could not be agreed was because their side wanted more of a say around commercial rights.
The negotiations descended into chaos after promoters on both sides began blaming each other
"I don't even know what commercial rights are," Fury responded. "They sound like a lot of s*** to me, excuses. Like I say, lack of balls on AJ's part or lack of what's the word I'm trying to look for here? Assertive, being assertive.
"If you're a man, you be assertive with your team and make sure s**** done.
"But, lack of balls, I say lack of balls."
As for Fury's next opponent, it seems a trilogy bout with Derek Chisora is the most likely option, according to reports from the Telegraph.
Fury and Chisora have met twice before, with 'The Gypsy King' winning by unanimous decision in 2011 and then earning a stoppage victory in 2014.
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