Eddie Hearn Hits Back at Tyson Fury: We'll See Who Sh-ts Himself!

Tyson Fury has accused Anthony Joshua of dodging a super-fight between the pair.

The WBC heavyweight champion watched on from home on Saturday night as ‘AJ’ knocked out his mandatory challenger Kubrat Pulev.

Joshua was in action at the SSE Arena in Wembley, London, exclusively live on Sky Sports Box Office and DAZN, and floored the Bulgarian four times en-route to an emphatic ninth-round knockout.

But Fury, who is said to have a two-fight deal in place in principle to take on the Olympic gold medallist in 2021, was unimpressed by his fellow Brit’s performance, insisting that Joshua “sh-t himself on TV” when asked about the potential showdown.

"I want the fight next. I can't wait to knock him out," Fury, 32, said in a video posted on social media. “He got asked did he want the fight and he went around the bushes and put his arse in the hedge.

“I’ll knock him out inside three rounds.”

Joshua, for his part, is still the WBO, WBA, IBF and IBO champion and is now a step closer to taking on ‘The Gypsy King’ in a mouthwatering blockbuster next year.

And although Eddie Hearn, Joshua’s promoter who heads up Matchroom Sport, and Top Rank’s Bob Arum have both publicly declared that they would be willing to start talks over the fight on Monday, it could be a belt light.

Hearn didn't see Fury's video, but offered a reply.

“I didn’t see the video, he’s blocked me on Twitter. Big dosser, that sort of stuff? Yeah, okay. We’ll see who sh-ts himself. Ultimately, AJ isn’t the kind of guy to scream and shout on TV and call people dossers, that’s not his style. We’ll let Tyson do that and we’ll just sign the fight and get it done,” Hearn told IFL TV.

The WBO president, Paco Valcarcel, has cast doubt over the sanctioning of what would undoubtedly be one of the biggest fights in British boxing history, tweeting that Hearn “knows the meaning of commitment” and that “the ball is in Hearn's court.”

Hearn, who has been told that the organisation has already granted two exceptions to Anthony Joshua, first for the second fight against Andy Ruiz Jr. in Saudi Arabia last year and then the Pulev clash, has said that “it doesn’t matter about the WBO.”

He said: “If they don’t want to sanction the biggest fight of all time, there’s nothing we can do about it.”

Oleksandr Usyk, the former cruiserweight king from Ukraine, is the WBO’s mandatory challenger and is next in line to face Joshua following the 31-year-old’s destructive display against Pulev.

He defeated Derek Chisora at the SSE Arena in Wembley, London, back in October, with the expectation that Joshua would be the man in the opposite corner next time he takes to the ring.

Valcarcel is insistent that Joshua must face Usyk next or vacate the WBO belt –– unless Usyk agrees to step aside and allow Fury to be next for Joshua, thus waiting slightly longer for his shot at heavyweight world championship glory.

Further details regarding this situation will be revealed in due course.