Eddie Hearn Says Tyson Fury Is Ducking Anthony Joshua Fight in Britain
Eddie Hearn has accused Tyson Fury of ducking an Anthony Joshua fight in Britain, turning the venue fight into a character fight. Joshua’s promoter used a new YouTube interview to argue that the former world heavyweight champion will take the bout anywhere except the country that built both men.
“Tyson Fury is ducking a fight with AJ in Britain.”
That is Hearn’s charge, not a proven fact. Fury has said the opposite for weeks, insisting he will fight in England, Ireland, Las Vegas, or New York if Joshua and Hearn will stop stalling.
The split is still about the contract. Hearn says Joshua signed for the United Kingdom, with Wembley Stadium the home night British fans were promised.
Fury’s side, Saudi backer Turki Alalshikh, and Netflix have been linked to Madison Square Garden in November. Hearn has called that a rewrite of a deal already signed, and a loss for a British crowd that would fill 100,000 seats.
Fury answered that argument by pointing at the people making it. He noted Hearn’s move to Monaco and Joshua’s time in Dubai, then said the England talk was a cover for not wanting the fight.
He also called Joshua a coward and said he would not waste his later years waiting. Hearn’s new clip is the counterpunch: if Fury is so ready, he should do it in Britain.
History is the other weapon Hearn keeps using. He has said Joshua has never signed a fight and failed to show, while a previous Fury-Joshua booking collapsed when Fury had to finish his trilogy with Deontay Wilder.
Fury’s camp has treated that as old business. Hearn is treating it as a pattern, and the UK demand as the test of whether this version is real.
The money fight sits underneath the patriotism. Hearn has said a U.S. date would cut Joshua’s net purse through taxes and extra terms, while a Wembley date would honor the original paper.
Fury has said he does not care whose logo is on the poster. He has invited Dana White onto his side and accused Hearn of letting ego, not England, kill the negotiation.
Joshua is 30-4 after stopping Kristian Prenga in the second round in Jeddah on July 25. He had to get off the floor twice in the first round to keep this date alive.
Fury, 38, stopped Mariusz Wach in seven rounds in Thailand in July. November has been the window, with Nov. 20 mentioned around New York before the UK push came back.
That push got a new wrinkle on Friday. Hearn posted that talks have reopened for Wembley, thanking the public and saying they had been heard.
London Mayor Sadiq Khan has also backed a British date after Hearn approached him. None of that is a signed venue, and Frank Warren had not publicly closed the loop.
Hearn’s ducking line is designed to flip the last week of insults. Fury spent days calling Joshua scared of a contract. Hearn is now calling Fury scared of a British ring.
The fight is still not on a poster. It is still two former champions, a signed deal with no agreed city, and a November calendar that is running out of weeks.
If Wembley is truly back on the table, Hearn’s accusation becomes a dare. If New York remains the only date Fury’s backers will fund, the ducking charge will follow him whether he fights Joshua or walks away.