BRITISH boxing great Tyson Fury has joked a fight against Anthony Joshua may not happen until they are in their FIFTIES.
The Gypsy King wanted to fight Joshua this year but it could not be organised and no contracts were signed.
It is believed Joshua would not agree to the Battle of Britain bout after missing a Fury-set deadline to sign the contracts.
Fury’s father John, who thinks Joshua’s team would allow him to take the fight, suggested it would be “financial suicide for them”.
However, Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn insisted that it was down to the deadlines set by Fury’s team.
Either way, for the time being, there is no sign that a fight between the two is anywhere near happening.
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Fury was asked about a potential re-visiting of the much-wanted bout, but admitted that it “doesn’t look like happening”.
He told talkSPORT: “I don’t know. How long do we have? Maybe when we’re 55.
“It hasn’t happened all this time and doesn’t look like happening at the moment.
“I’m the champion, I offered him the fight and he didn’t take it.”
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Instead of fighting Joshua, Fury took on and beat Derek Chisora last Saturday.
And now it appears he is close to an agreement to fight Joshua’s conqueror Oleksandr Uysk.
The Ukrainian fighter beat Joshua twice and claimed his WBA (Super), IBF, WBO, and IBO heavyweight belts.
Source: Boxing - thesun.co.uk
