Eddie Hearn responds to being blamed for Tyson Fury vs Anthony Joshua fight collapse

Eddie Hearn believes Anthony Joshua has grown tired of Tyson Fury’s conduct during negotiations for their proposed fight in December and insists he is not to blame for talks breaking down last week.

Matchroom and Queensbury have held extensive negotiations over a fight between Joshua and Fury to be held on December 3, but a deal now appears to be off the table after Fury last week told Joshua that he had not met his deadline to sign the contract.

Fury’s father, John, posted a video on Instagram on Monday evening in which he accused Hearn of being responsible for the fight collapsing and claimed that he had cost Joshua over £100 million by failing to get the deal over the line.

Meanwhile, Queensbury negotiator George Warren, son of Fury’s promoter Frank Warren, has claimed that ‘communication was lacking’ from Hearn and Matchroom.

But when asked about the accusations, Fury told iFL TV on Tuesday: ‘John Fury… imagine having a sensible conversation with John Fury, anyone can watch that video and think, ‘what on earth is he talking about?’

‘On one hand they’re criticising him [Joshua] for not taking step-aside money to take easy fights, on the other hand, that whole step-aside situation was dead because Tyson Fury refused to fight Oleksandr Usyk without a warm-up fight.

‘I don’t even know if he actually knows or if that’s what he believes, I don’t think he’s a liar, I just think he hasn’t really processed the information.

‘When you watch that on Instagram and watch Tyson on Instagram, understand these are the people we’re dealing with. It’s really not that straightforward.

‘On George Warren’s comments, some of what he said was true, I don’t think it’s a blame game. He said he didn’t hear back from Matchroom but we didn’t hear back