Earlier this week, WBC heavyweight boxing champion Tyson Fury announced that the two could not be staged because Anthony Joshua did not sign the contract within the prescribed time limit. However, Frank Warren, the co-promoter of Fury , did not give up his last hope. After Fury announced the collapse of the game, Warren was still in contact with Eddie Hearn, the promoter of Joshua , and even released some positive information, giving people the feeling that the battle between Fury and Joshua is still expected to be staged in December this year.
However, today, Warren gave a disappointing hint when he introduced the latest negotiation progress between the two sides in detail. He revealed that the negotiations with Joshua were difficult to continue, and boxing fans sighed for this - it seemed completely yellow.
In the past few weeks, Fury and Joshua teams have been working hard to promote the competition, and have successively solved the issues such as the date, location, remuneration sharing, and the terms of the rematch. Even the most difficult live broadcast issues have reached an agreement, such as live broadcast jointly by DAZN, British Telecom Sports, and ESPN of the United States. However, Joshua said that because the game was too big, they had to be cautious, so the legal team was considering the contract word by word, which took time, but Warren said that the differences today were not limited to the terms of the contract.
Warren told New York Times ": "The last problem we were told is that if an agreement cannot be reached on something, Joshua does not like that we have the final decision. In this regard, our proposal is to let an independent mediator sit in the middle and let this independent mediator have the final decision. At the same time, all transactions must be transparent. Unfortunately, our proposal has not received any response from Joshua."
Warren admitted that whether the Joshua team agreed was another matter, but from the perspective of time, it has become increasingly urgent. Warren said: "The negotiations between the two sides have always been very positive, but with December 3 approaching, this week's negotiations have begun to slow down. If you want to play on schedule, you must announce them as soon as possible. The dialogue with Joshua has always been friendly, but the progress is slower than expected. Joshua doesn't seem to have any sense of urgency to reach an agreement. Therefore, when the transaction completion time exceeds expectations, we will doubt whether the other party is sincere?"
At this time last week, Warren seemed full of confidence when talking about the battle with Joshua. Unfortunately, his optimistic mood weakened a lot after 7 days. Warren said: "Hearn said he would send the latest contract on Friday (Beijing time), but there is no news at the moment. I think everyone wants to complete this work, but it is not so sure now."
As Warren said, as time passes by minute by minute, it is getting closer and closer to the originally scheduled match date on December 3. Although considering the importance of the battle between Fury and Joshua, many problems need time to be solved, but the time required now seems to be more time than expected. For this reason, some media said helplessly: , the giant ship, may set sail, but there is no sign that it will dock soon.
