Promoters in agreement after Tyson Fury cancels Joshua bout

Top boxing promoters Eddie Hearn and Frank Warren have agreed they will still try to facilitate a fight between Tyson Fury and Nigeria-born Anthony Joshua, despite the fact the Gypsy King announced the bout was off.

Discussions took place on Monday over a mega-money showdown between the British heavyweights in Cardiff on December 3. But Fury then ruled out an encounter as Joshua hadn’t signed the contract by the 5pm deadline.

“Well guys, it's official,” Fury said on Instagram after the deadline passed. “D-day has come and gone. It has gone past five o'clock Monday, no contract has been signed. Joshua is done with it. It's now out in the cold with the wolfpack.

“Forget about it, idiot, coward, s*******, bodybuilder, always knew it. Always knew you didn't have the minerals to fight the Gypsy King. Regardless of what the f*** you say now I don't really care. Good luck with your career and your life, end of. Peace out.”

Fury’s promoter Warren was keeping an open mind about the showdown later in the evening when he spoke to talkSPORT, however, as he explained: “We’re trying to get it done by today. We’re working very hard to get it over the line. If everyone agreed everything, it would be a huge undertaking - but we could do it that way.

“Tyson has told me what he wants. They’ve had the contract for 10 days and he’s lost patience with it. We’re trying to make it work and we had a good meeting today so we’ll see what happens. We’re waiting for it (the contract) to come back. It’s not come back, the contract, and we’re waiting for it to come back.

“We’ve agreed certain things, we’re waiting for it to come back and we’ve been waiting for 10 days - so I’ve got no idea. There’s nothing as far as we’re concerned. We thought we’d got it over the line more or less’’.