Tyson Fury won't sign contract for Anthony Joshua fight until THIS demand is met

The boxing world heavyweight title unification match between Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury is set for Saudi Arabia in August 2021. Yet the match, while announced by Joshua’s team, isn’t fully official. The reason for that is that Fury is yet to sign the deal in place. His promoter Frank Warren has now detailed why that is still the case. “I’ve hardly made any statements, every time I get asked a question I say what the reality is. I’ve been accused of being negative and that I don’t want the fight. Which I find pretty stupid really; but what is there to say until the contract’s signed,” Warren told YouTube channel SecondsOut.

“You can only sign a contract when all the parties agree on it. We’ve got a contract at the moment that all the parties don’t agree on. And we’ve got a contract at the moment that Tyson Fury will not sign.

“One of the things in that contract that will enable us to get over the hump is the guarantees. So if the guarantees are there then it’s not a problem. And I’m not even going down the road of where the fight is getting to take place, who the negotiations are with, because it’s all moot at the moment.

“We’re now how many months on? Four months on, we are where we are, every day there’s gonna be announcements. But until we agree the terms, until Tyson Fury, who we represent, until he’s happy with the terms, it won’t get signed, and he’s not happy at the moment. I don’t know what Anthony Joshua’s position is because we have nothing to do with that.”

‘Tyson Fury wants money guarantees’

He then shed light on just what is in the contract that Fury isn’t satisfied with.

“What it is, is a guarantee for the amount of money that is being paid. Until there is a guarantee, until Tyson is satisfied that the money that’s in that contract is guaranteed by bank, then it ain’t gonna’ get signed.

“That’s the main issue and, hopefully, that’ll get addressed; that’s the crux of the matter, that’s 85% of what it’s all about.”

The price to host the fight in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is reportedly between $150 and $200 million.