Fury v Joshua contract NOT SIGNED, says Warren.

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Andy Ruiz calls for Anthony Joshua trilogy fight after Tyson Fury signs to face Deontay Wilder

Andy Ruiz Jr has called for a trilogy fight against Anthony Joshua after the Briton’s undisputed bout against Tyson Fury collapsed last week.

Joshua has been left aggrieved after an arbitrator ruled that Fury must honour a previous contract and rematch Deontay Wilder next.

Joshua’s promoter, Eddie Hearn, has accused Fury and his camp of purposefully dodging the bout, despite months of protracted negotiations.

Fury signed his contract to face Wilder live on ESPN last Saturday before Josh Taylor defeated Jose Ramirez to become the undisputed champion of the light welterweight division, Joshua, who holds the IBF, WBA and WBO belts, has now been ordered to face his mandatory challenger Oleksandr Usyk as a result, with negotiations ongoing for a London stadium bout later this summer.

If Joshua does not agree a deal to fight Usyk, he will have to vacate the belt, however, Hearn said no options are being ruled out and revealed a third fight against Ruiz in the US remains a possibility.

He told iFL TV: “In an ideal world, if there’s good business to be done with Oleksandr Usyk, it’s got to be good business for him as well, that’s the fight next.

“I wouldn’t rule out any scenario at the moment for Anthony Joshua. We’ve probably got 10 days to decide what we’re going to do.

“There’s quite a few (options). If you’re going to America, he’s already messaged me, it’s like deja vu, Andy Ruiz. He messaged me on Instagram and said: ‘I’m ready, let’s do this, AJ v Ruiz three’. That’s a fight I think we’d be interested in, if you’re going to America, Luis Ortiz is another guy you could fight.

“If you’re doing the UK, I don’t know... Dillian Whyte, that’s a fight to make.”

Joshua reclaimed his belts from Ruiz in December 2019 after a spectacular upset in their first fight. The Mexican has since teamed up with Canelo Alvarez’s trainer, Eddie Reynoso, and made a belated ring return against Chris Arreola earlier this month.

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Anthony Joshua vs Tyson Fury: Eddie Hearn accuses Team Fury of making ‘zero attempt’ to salvage fight

Eddie Hearn has accused Tyson Fury and his team of making “zero attempt” to salvage the fight with Anthony Joshua.

Fury and Joshua had been scheduled for a bout in Saudi Arabia on August 14 before a judge ruled in the wake of an arbitration hearing that Fury needed to fight Deontay Wilder first.

It had initially been expected that a multi-million payout would be used to make Wilder step aside, but the American will now meet Fury for a third time on July 24.

And Hearn told IFL TV: “Team Fury made absolutely zero attempt to try and save the Anthony Joshua fight. Zero attempt.

“To call up and say ‘I can’t believe it, it’s preposterous and we’re just going to go ahead with the Wilder fight, so cheers mate, thanks for everything and we’ll catch up soon’.

“If this was me in that case, I would have done absolutely everything I could to save this fight, they didn’t try one thing.

“AJ feels that Fury never wanted to fight him and that Fury was using his name for clout.

“I was told that arbitration would not get in the way of this fight. The whole thing stinks.”

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I'd rather see Joshua fight Eddie Hearn than I would Ruiz III. And he should if Hearn keeps shopping that as an option while 'avoiding' Usyk. AJ has to feel like he's been played hard and be a bit fed up at this point. Heavyweights are real a mess right now and they all want unnecessary do-overs.

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I too would love to see Joshua fight Eddie Hearn. Just seeing that coiffeured face being permanently rearranged, and blood dripping through his whitened shit eating smug grin would be worth every penny of whatever PPV they want 👍🏽