He got asked did he want the fight, and he went around the bushes and put his arse on the edge. It's no big deal.' Fury released a video on social media in response to Joshua's comments, saying, 'Well there you go everyone, Anthony Joshua just shit his self live on television. If that is Tyson Fury, let it be Tyson Fury. Whoever's got the belt, I'd love to compete with him. After the victory, Joshua was asked in the post-fight interview about the prospect of an undisputed fight with Fury, Joshua said, 'I want a challenge. After an original date in June was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Joshua defeated Pulev via ninth-round TKO in December 2020. Due to the IBF initially ordering Joshua to face Pulev in early 2019, before the rematch with Ruiz, it was determined that Pulev would be first in line with Usyk set to face the winner. The following day, the IBF also ordered Joshua to face their mandatory challenger, Kubrat Pulev. Later that month, the WBO ordered Joshua to enter negotiations with their mandatory challenger Oleksandr Usyk. in a rematch in December 2019 to reclaim his unified heavyweight titles. However, according to Fury's promoter, Bob Arum, Fury has insisted that he will not fight Wilder again due to the accusations of cheating. With team Fury insisting that the contractual rematch clause has expired and team Wilder insisting the opposite, both sides entered into a mediation process in an attempt to resolve the dispute. I've moved on.' Following Fury's comments, Wilder released a video on social media, accusing Fury of cheating during their February fight. 19 and pushing to next year, enough was enough. Then they tried to change the date again into next year. After Wilder's team again requested to push the date back into 2021, Fury announced in October that he was moving on from a proposed third fight, stating, 'they asked me if I would agree to push it to December. At Wilder's request, the bout was again pushed back to 19 December. The trilogy fight was initially scheduled to take place on 18 July, but after Wilder suffered an injury and due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic, the bout was postponed until October. Meanwhile, Joshua (right) holds no belts.Īfter Fury defeated Deontay Wilder via seventh-round technical knockout (TKO) to capture the WBC and Ring heavyweight titles in February 2020, Wilder immediately activated a contractual rematch clause. Undefeated champion Fury (left) holds WBC and The Ring titles.

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