Tyson Fury explains why Joshua v Wilder did not happen

Anthony Joshua was offered a staggering £61million for two fights with Deontay Wilder, according to the lineal heavyweight champion Tyson Fury. “I know some quite close details on that,” Fury said during an appearance on The Joe Rogan Experience Podcast. “The details are: Wilder’s team offered Joshua’s team £61million ($80million) for a two-fight deal. “£38million ($50million) for the first fight and £23million ($30million) for the rematch if Joshua lost. And they declined that. “And my lawyer - Robert Davis - he saw proof of funds from Al Haymon. So Eddie Hearn and his chum buddies can say all this, that and the other, but I know the truth. Because proof of funds was seen.” “It’s about money,” Fury said when asked why he thought a fight between Joshua and Wilder has failed to materialise. “Keeping the golden goose laying the eggs and looking after it. “The thing is with Anthony Joshua, he’s an Olympic gold medallist and in the UK he’s a massive star. He sells out stadiums. 70,000, 90,000. Huge star. So why would you want to get him beat by somebody nobody has really heard of? “They took the risk in the (Wladimir) Klitschko fight. It almost didn’t pay off. They scraped through by the skin of their teeth. But he has done it, fair play. “He got off the canvas, showed a champion’s heart to get off to come back and knock out Klitschko. Fair play. "But since then, they haven’t remotely stepped up at all. They fought Joseph Parker and he didn’t knock Joseph Parker out. He didn’t even hurt Joseph Parker. “He fought Carlos Takam, had a hard fight with him. So they’re just keeping that money train going. "And I don’t blame them, because this is a business at the end of the day. “And if I was his management team, I’d say, ‘Stay away from Fury, stay away from Wilder and we’ll just fight the rest of the people and keep making plenty of money. “Why do we need to fight these guys who are very risky for maybe a little more than we’re getting now, two times more? But in the long run, we can have five more fights and not get beat by mediocre people?’”

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