Tyson Fury insists Anthony Joshua is ‘dead’

WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury has insisted he will not be doing any business with Anthony Joshua after AJ’s promoter Eddie Hearn offered up the all-British showdown for this summer if a deal with Oleksandr Usyk can’t be made.

Straight-talking Fury and Usyk are currently in crunch talks for an April 29 clash at Wembley Stadium for all four major sanctioning body belts.

Joshua returns to the ring on April 1 against Jermaine Franklin and according to Hearn is open to fighting Fury provided he wins in the spring.

However, Fury has rubbished the call out and says that Joshua has been ‘dead’ to him ever since the pair failed to agree upon a deal for a December showdown at the back end of last year.

“I don’t even [want to] go there anymore. Finished. No interest in any AJ questions. Zero. Man’s dead in my eyes,” Fury said.

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“There’s no business between me and him to be done. Finished. From 2017 to, however long it’s been, 2022 – trying to make a fight. So, it’s not happening.

Earlier Hearn said he has no idea what might happen with the potential Usyk-Fury fight.

“I don’t know what’s going to happen with the Usyk [vs Fury] thing, he may fight Fury next,” he said. “We would be open for that fight.

“If Usyk doesn’t fight Fury, AJ will fight Fury next in the summer if he gets through Franklin. How about that? Stick that in your pipe and smoke it – he will.”