TYSON FURY joked that he has called off his fight with Anthony Joshua – as he wants to face promoter Eddie Hearn instead.
The 6ft 9in Gypsy King called out the Matchroom Boxing boss on his morning home workout, streamed on Instagram Live.
And the unbeaten 19st WBC champion even laughed as he claimed 6ft 5in Hearn weighs the same as him but is “worse looking”.
Fury said: “I tell you what though, I’m training myself up because I’m gonna call Eddie Hearn out for a fight.
“He’s as big as me. He’s a heavyweight. I’ve seen his moves against Kugan [Cassius]. I think he can do alright.
“So Eddie, I’m coming for you Eddie. Expect the phone call Eddie because I’m coming for you.
“All the other promoters are all old. Bob Arum, Frank Warren, everybody else, they’re all old. But me and you Eddie, we’re the same size, the same weight and the same age, roughly.
“You’re a bit older than me, and a bit worse looking, but whatever. So I’m coming for you Eddie Hearn. I’m training, expect a phone call.
“Never mind Joshua, never mind the rest of your heavyweights, Whyte and all them, I’m coming for you.
“Me and you, Saudi Arabia, let’s get it on.”
Hearn – who boxed as an amateur but quit after just a few bouts – did receive a FaceTime from Fury, as did Joshua.
The promoter told iFL TV: said: “I had a couple of missed FaceTime calls from Tyson the other day, so did AJ.
“I had two missed calls. I was out in the garden and came back in and had missed calls from him. I called him back and texted him saying I’d missed his call but I was around.
“Then I spoke to AJ and said ‘I had missed calls from Tyson’ and he said, ‘you know what, so did I’. Don’t know what he was up to, but think he was just on a wind-up.”
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Source: Boxing - thesun.co.uk
