Anthony Joshua told to 'snap Tyson Fury's hand off' after purse split offer

Top boxing pundit Adam Catterall has told Anthony Joshua to take up Tyson Fury on his offer of a 60:40 purse split for a potential fight se to take place later this year.

The pair have been exchanging messages on social media in recent days and today, Fury has given his strongest hint yet that a fight will happen. Both camps have been in talks, with a proposed deal between Fury and Oleksandr Usyk appearing to have stalled.

Today, the self-styled 'Gypsy King' has continued discussions on social media revealing his offer to the 33-year-old who lost his last fight to Usyk last month. Fury has said that he would propose a 60:40 split, with the current champion taking the higher share.

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He said: "Hi guys, I'm being bombarded with messages on how much am I going to pay AJ and everyone's saying is it going to be 80:20, 70:30, 75:25 - the actual answer is that I've offered him 60:40.

"40 per cent of this amazing fight because I want this fight to happen - he doesn't have any excuses now not to take it. He can't say I've low-balled him and offered him 20, 30 per cent - I've offered the people 40 per cent and take it or leave it".

Now, Catterall has told Joshua to take Fury up on his offer, he wrote: "Tyson saying he’s offered AJ 60-40 SNAP HIS BLOODY HAND OFF!"

It remains to be seen whether or not Joshua will take the offer, but with a deal in excess of the 80:20 split for Fury's last fight with Dillian Whyte, it would represent a generous deal for a fight that people would like to see.

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