Boxing fans slam Tyson Fury after he tweets his demands for fight with AJ
Tyson Fury is free to fight again and the 29-year-old is already making moves to secure a potential 2018 superfight with Anthony Joshua.
The former heavyweight champion tested positive for a banned steroid in 2015 and hasn't fought since his historic win over Wladimir Klitschko.
Joshua, who holds the WBA and IBF world heavyweight titles, is reportedly close to agreeing a fight with undefeated New Zealander Joseph Parker.
"We have to get our hands on another championship belt,” said the 28-year-old Londoner.
"Joseph Parker is being very realistic in terms of when he’s going to fight and negotiations. That’s a fight that potentially could happen sometime in March or April.”
The three-belt heavyweight world champion moved to 20-0 as a professional after stopping Carlos Takam in October - and extended his knockout streak to 20.
Fury reveals his demands on Twitter
On Wednesday evening, the self-proclaimed "Gypsy King" took to social media to share his offer ahead of a possible 2018 superfight with Joshua.
Incredibly, he suggested the former Olympic champion would accept a 40-60 split in Fury's favour.
Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn recently said that Fury needs to be far more realistic in his demands.
“There are only two reasons [Joshua vs Fury] doesn't happen. The first is that Tyson Fury has lost all sense of reality for a deal for that fight with AJ,” Hearn told ESPN.
“He wants a lot more than a 50-50 split, which is a joke.
"Second reason is that he can't get himself into a physical condition which is good enough to fight AJ.
"I've talked to Tyson Fury numerous times about it and I don't know if he was having a laugh when he was saying it's a 50-50 split or not, but we're not in a position to talk about that fight anyway for a while.”
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