EDDIE HEARN has launched a blistering attack on Tyson Fury over the location of the fight with Anthony Joshua.
The Battle of Britain between the Gypsy King and AJ may not be fought on British soil but instead 3,452 miles away from Wembley Stadium.
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The highly anticipated showdown will take place in Madison Square Garden in New York.
Fury confirmed the fight would take place in America despite AJ’s contract saying it MUST take place in the UK.
The fight has seemingly taken an eternity to finally be agreed and Hearn has been left less than impressed with Fury’s camp during negotiations.
Hearn, 47, has since hit out at Fury and accused him of trying to change terms in the contracts.
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The promoter has even claimed that his dad and Matchroom mogul Barry Hearn would let rip into the British boxer.
Speaking on iFL TV, Hearn said: “Listen, you can’t win every way.
“I got a small amount of people probably ten per cent of people going ‘what does it matter where the fight is? Just sign the fight.’
“Then I have 70 or 80 people and my dad saying ‘f*** them’, my dad lives and breathes and dies on contracts.
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“He would never look to change a contract, once it is signed it is done and there is no changes.
“My dad would be saying ‘tell Tyson Fury to go f*** himself’.
“This is the second time we have signed to fight Tyson Fury and once again he is moving the goalposts.
“Lies, hyperbole on Instagram all of this stuff and we see right through it now, in fact we laugh because he is begging.
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“I am looking at Tyson Fury going ‘keep begging’.”
Hearn has insisted all sides are “desperate” to announce the bout THIS WEEK.
He still hopes for the fight to land in London but expects it to head to the Big Apple.
He said: “Our dream and our hope is they just turn around and go, ‘This is too messy, we’ll just do it in Wembley’”
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“But they’re adamant that they want to fight in America.”
Fury meanwhile has blasted AJ as a “coward” and is scared of facing him in the ring.
He said: “There is still no deal done, and it’s getting quite tiring.
“I’ve been down to fight in every location that’s been mentioned; England, Ireland, Vegas, New York, back to England, back to Ireland, back to New York.
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“I’ve said yes every time with zero stipulations. The facts are, I feel like you’re being a coward.”