Anthony Joshua vs Tyson Fury: Eddie Hearn responds to report that Fight is agreed
Promoter Eddie Hearn has responded to a report that his heavyweight charge, Anthony Joshua, has agreed a deal to face Tyson Fury after years of fans demanding the fight.
This put tentative plans to face Fury on hold as ‘AJ’ recovered both physically and mentally. With a return to camp imminent, those negotiations can resume – however one report has jumped the gun significantly.
This past weekend, talkSPORT’s Gareth A Davies said on air that the fight is ‘agreed’ and will be streamed live on Netflix, despite Joshua and Hearn having a partnership with DAZN.
Speaking to The Stomping Ground, Hearn – who has promoted ‘AJ’ since his pro debut and will do so until he retires after a career-long partnership was signed in 2021 – said there was no truth to the statement.
“Completely untrue. There is absolutely nothing signed with Anthony Joshua to fight Tyson Fury next. There is nothing agreed. There have been conversations – deep conversations prior to the accident – that he was going to fight Jake Paul, then fight in February or March in Saudi Arabia, then fight Tyson Fury. Then obviously the accident happened.
“Since then, there have been no conversations really about that fight, other than in the last few days conversations with Dr. Rakan [Alharthy], Sela, about starting to think about revisiting the plan.”
Fury returns against Arslanbek Makhmudov next month, and has said he is targeting all of ‘AJ’, the winner of Fabio Wardley vs Daniel Dubois, and a trilogy with Oleksandr Usyk.
Updates will be provided on Joshua’s return to training camp in the coming weeks, with a comeback bout expected for late summer.
Tyson Fury vs Anthony Joshua ‘agreed’ as stunning details revealed
Tyson Fury vs. Anthony Joshua is ‘agreed’, according to a respected journalist, who has revealed the stunning details for the all-British showdown.
Fury is set to resume his legendary career on April 11 when he faces Arslanbek Makhmudov on a card that will be aired on Netflix.
A clash against Joshua had been mooted until he was involved in a fatal car accident that killed two of his close friends and team members Sina Ghami and Lateef ‘Latz’ Ayodele.
But the 36-year-old appears set to carry on his glittering career, having returned to the win column following his defeat to Daniel Dubois by stopping Jake Paul in December.
Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn believes Joshua will return in July as he mapped out his next career steps.
Now, Gareth A Davies claims Fury and Joshua have agreed to face each other in what would be a mega-fight.
Speaking on talkSPORT, Davies told Adam Catterall and Spencer Oliver that the fight is ‘signed’ before claiming it is ‘agreed’.
“The Fury-Joshua fight is signed,” he revealed. “Okay, it is signed in the background. I’ve got that on good authority.”
Asked who the fight is signed with, Davies replied: “It’s with the big money people. It’ll be on Netflix.”
‘Big money people’ and Netflix seems to point towards The Ring, Sela and Turki Alalshikh, who are all involved in the ‘Gypsy King’s comeback against Makhmudov.
Davies said: “Agreed. They are moving towards it, but they both want the fight.”
The combat sports reporter later claimed that Joshua is set to return to the ring in ‘June or July’, with the Fury bout to take place either ‘late in the year’ or ‘next year’.
“It’s on the cards and it’s going to happen,” he added.
Fury vs. Joshua has been years in the making. They have been closely associated with each other over the years and it appears the showdown could happen in 2026.
Anthony Joshua rumoured comeback opponent revealed
Joshua uploaded a clip of himself training at his old amateur gym in London, seemingly suggesting he’s on course to return to the ring.
A summer return is on the cards and a potential opponent has emerged.
According to Boxing King Media, Joshua could renew hostilities with former rival Dillian Whyte.
Joshua and Whyte fought in the amateurs, which the latter won. They then fought in the professional ranks, with ‘AJ’ earning a stoppage victory in their 2015 match.
A pro rematch was scheduled until Whyte failed a doping test. He hasn’t fought since his first-round defeat to Moses Itauma last August.
Tyson Fury Speaks Out On The Chances Of The Anthony Joshua Fight Finally Happening
Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua is a fight the boxing-loving public have long craved.
Both of these fighters have had long spells as world heavyweight champions, but they are yet to face off in the ring despite trading verbal jabs for many years.
Fury’s reign was brought to an end in 2024 when he twice lost to two-time undisputed champion Oleksandr Usyk, while Joshua was derailed by the same man and later failed to win back his title when he was knocked out by Daniel Dubois in September 2024.
“If I can get past Makmuhdov, then the world is my oyster. I need to get back to winning ways, then yeah, all these guys really. If I can get back to what I was in my last few fights in ’24, then yeah, I’ll be able to beat all these guys for sure. I’m not that far away, but listen, it takes time, Rome wasn’t built in a day. It takes time to get sharp and match fit.”
Fury’s first fight in more than 15 months takes place in April when he steps in with Arslanbek Makmudov, who beat Dave Allen last time out but has also lost to the likes of Agit Kabayel. A win there gets him back on track and potentially heading for a world title shot.
Anthony Joshua targeting July return but won’t fight Tyson Fury next following fatal car crash, says Eddie Hearn
Anthony Joshua is targeting a return to the ring in July after surviving a fatal car crash in December but will not yet be fighting Tyson Fury next, according to his promoter Eddie Hearn.
Joshua was involved in a road traffic accident while visiting family in Nigeria over Christmas, which resulted in two of his friends and members of his training team, Sina Ghami and Latif Ayodele, being killed.
Joshua, who was initially hospitalised, had just beaten Jake Paul in a sixth-round knockout victory in Miami.
Fury is currently gearing up to face Arslanbek Makhmudov at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on April 11 in what will mark his first fight since losing in a rematch to Oleksandr Usyk in December 2024.
Hearn told The Sportsman: “[He was] due to fight in March, then fight Tyson Fury. That’s not happening anymore. He won’t be fighting Tyson Fury next.
“We’ve really not had any solid plans to announce what’s next.
“The focus for Anthony Joshua is to get back into training camp. He’s not ready to go back into training camp, physically but it’s getting closer.
“I think there’s nothing more that he wants at the moment than to return to training camp because it’s where he loves to be.
“Really, I think July is the time to return. We are looking at multiple options around the world for that potential return.
“I haven’t spoken that deeply with Anthony yet until he gets back into camp, and hopefully that will be in the next couple of weeks.”
Fury: Joshua’s tragic loss inspired my boxing comeback
Although the two will not fight just yet, Fury said his own return to boxing was inspired by Joshua’s tragic accident in late December.
At the start of 2025, Fury had announced that he would retire from boxing. But he since decided to come back and will fight Arslanbek Makhmudov on April 11 in London.
Speaking after his return was announced, he said: “Tomorrow might not ever come.
“The biggest turning point in this comeback for me was the tragedy that happened with Anthony Joshua. I was on holiday in Thailand with my family for Christmas, just to get away from the rain.
“I hear all that bad news that’s gone on and I thought, you know what, life is very short, very precious and very fragile.
“Anything could happen at any given moment and you should never put things off until tomorrow, or the next year or next week, because tomorrow is not promised to nobody.
“Tomorrow is a mystery, we have to live for today. And me living for that day, I made my mind up there and then that I’m going to come back to boxing – because it’s something that I love, I’m passionate about and that I’ve always been in love with.
“There is no tomorrow to put it off to, so that’s why I’m back today for this big fight.”
Joshua: I understand my duty
In January, during Joshua’s only public appearance since the accident, the British boxer alluded to a desire to pursue his boxing goals and cement his legacy to help honour the memory of Ghima and Adoyele.
“My goal is to continue to help them achieve their goals,” Joshua said.
“It’s not just physical strength that will get me through. It’s going to take a lot of strength from a higher power. So I’m definitely going to say my prayers and help them fulfil their dreams for their families – not only me, there’s a whole team of us.
“I’m going to do what’s right by them, I’m going to do what’s right by their family.
“In my corner of the world I know what I’m going to be doing. What can I say? One day my time will come… But the mission must go on. I understand my duty.
“It isn’t about legacy, it’s just doing what’s right and I know I’m going to do what’s right for them. I know what I’ve got to do.”
Even with a new fight on the horizon, it seems like Tyson Fury’s greatest battles remain with the ghosts of past rivalries.
Fury’s former rival Deontay Wilder claimed that he has “proof” that the British boxer cheated in their fights. However, the former ‘Baddest Man on the Planet’ finds the allegations funny!
“I have no idea what he was on about. He’s had too many punches to the head, for sure,” Fury told iFL TV‘s Kugan Cassius when asked if Wilder’s threats to expose alleged cheating in their first two fights worried him. “I’m waiting for the documentary to come out.”
Tyson Fury also mocked his former opponent’s slip of tongue, calling “documentary” as “docu-me-mory”. The ‘Bronze Bomber’ has alleged that Fury practiced glove tampering to gain an unfair advantage in their encounters. It’s a narrative the American has stuck with for years. Fury teased that he had “napalm” inside his gloves. Wilder challenged Fury to sue him if he’s lying. It’s not only his trilogy with Wilder that he gets asked about; he’s also frequently questioned about his recent rivalry with Usyk.
‼️ Tyson Fury on whether he’s worried about Deontay Wilder presenting proof of cheating in their fights in Wilder’s documentary 🎥
In another catch-up in which he was accompanied by boxing great Lennox Lewis, he reiterated his old claims. He believed he deserved the wins instead of the back-to-back losses against Oleksandr Usyk. The two met in 2024 and exchanged 24 rounds in fights scheduled in May and December.
“I know in my heart I won those fights, yeah?” Fury said. “When you’re a man and you fight another man, if you lose, you know you lose, and I shake the man’s hand—fair play. Listen, he’s got them; he did win; he’s got his decisions; he won them; fair play. I kissed him on the head and congratulated him—fair play. But he knows, and I know he didn’t beat me. He gets his decisions, fantastic.”
Against that backdrop, Usyk has been struggling to land a matchup while rumors of a fight with a former kickboxing champion continue to float. Flipping the narrative, Fury argued that despite the “so-called losses,” he is making more money through a Netflix event than Usyk, who is still struggling to land a fight.
Tyson Fury feels Deontay Wilder could be going through mental health issues
Tyson Fury feels that Deontay Wilder could be dealing with “mental health issues.” He planned to go for a tit-for-tat response to Wilder’s allegations. But he eventually decided against it.
“Rather than just go back and forth with him and yada yada yada, saying he’s deluded and all that, I’m just going to pray for him, and I’m going to ask God to help him,” Fury said. “I’m going to ask the Father to bring him back to the light cuz this man is a lost, lost soul, and I beg Jesus to turn him, to return him to the kingdom.”
Fury’s confidence in his fair and square wins is backed by many. Yet it’s not clear if the same support will be extended toward the Usyk fight claims.
When they fought for the first time, on May 18, 2024, Fury suffered a ninth-round knockdown before succumbing to a split decision in Usyk’s favor. The second bout, on December 21, was a more decisive affair in which Usyk defeated him on the scorecards of all three judges. Barring a few like Fury’s promoter Frank Warren, hardly anyone retained any doubts over the verdict.
Regardless, boxing fans around the world will be tuning in to watch Fury take on Arslanbek Makhmudov in April. Will the comeback prove to be a masterstroke, or could it put his legacy on the line? Only time will tell.
‘The Gypsy King’ announced his return to the ring in January, a year after he said he was retiring following back-to-back losses to Usyk.
Fury was handed his first career defeat by the Ukrainian WBA, WBC and IBF heavyweight champion in May 2024 and failed to bounce back in their rematch seven months later, losing both on points.
But the 37-year-old is back and ready to take the boxing world by storm once again.
In typical Fury fashion, ‘The Gypsy King’ took centre stage at the kick-off press conference for his fight with Russia’s Makhmudov, and he was asked why he decided to return.
Tyson Fury plans to ‘make boxing great again’
“I came back for one reason only, and that’s to make boxing great again,” Fury said.
“Since I retired for the fifth time over a year ago, boxing for me has gone on a downward slope.
“It’s become quite boring, and boxing has its maximum potential when Tyson Fury is actively fighting.”
Fury then explained how Joshua’s tragic motor accident in Nigeria, which happened only ten days after the British boxer defeated Jake Paul, ultimately prompted his return.
In December, Joshua was hospitalised and sadly lost two of his best friends and teammates, Sina Ghami and Latif Ayodele, when the SUV he was travelling in crashed into a truck outside of Nigerian capital Lagos.
For Fury, that was a sign not to take life for granted, as he described why the awful accident instantly made up his mind about a return.
Why Anthony Joshua was an inspiration to Fury
“The biggest turning point in this comeback for me was a tragedy that happened with Anthony Joshua,” Fury added.
“I was on holiday with my family in Thailand for Christmas, just to get away from the rain. I was sick of the rain; it was depressing me.
“Then I heard all the bad news that had gone on, and I thought, ‘Life is very short, precious and fragile.’
“And anything could happen at any given moment, and you should never put things off until tomorrow, or next week, or next year.
“Because tomorrow is not promised to anybody, the Bible says tomorrow is not a gift – tomorrow is not promised.
“Tomorrow is a mystery, so we have to live for today, and me living for that day, I made my mind up there and then that I’m going to come back to boxing.
“Because it’s something that I love and I’m passionate about and that I’ve always been in love with.
“And there is no tomorrow to put it off to, so that’s why I’m back today for this big fight.”
Fury’s last win came against former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in October 2023.
The victory over Ngannou came ten months after Fury stopped Derek Chisora in their London trilogy bout.
Fury’s manager, Spencer Brown, promised a rejuvenated Fury at the London press conference and said it’s a matter of when, not if, his man becomes a three-time heavyweight champion.
Frank Warren, founder of Queensberry Promotions, described Fury as a ‘phenomenon’ and the best heavyweight of his generation with ‘so much still to give and prove
Tyson Fury manager lays out three-fight year as he names one of ‘front runners’ for comeback fight
He said he never discussed fighting with Fury, and it was entirely the heavyweight’s decision to make a comeback.
Warren added that he’d love to see Fury face Usyk for the third time, as well as take on the winner of Fabio Wardley vs Daniel Dubois.
Fury: I’ll get the decision if I fight Usyk again
Fury, who is training in Thailand for his fight with Makhmudov, is eyeing up a trilogy with Usyk down the line, as he believes he will get his arm raised at the third time of asking.
“I’ve got a lot more to offer, and there’s a lot of big fights out there that I know I can win,” Fury said, speaking to Lennox Lewis on the Netflix broadcast after the press conference.
“I know I can beat this guy, and I know I can beat other heavyweight champions in this division.
“If we get a fight with Usyk again, I know I’ll get the decision this time… I’d like to think I’ll go on for a long time, who knows.”
Fury predicts he will finish Makhmudov via KO in the sixth round, and Usyk will come ‘begging’ for a fight due to the monetary value his name holds.
Makhmudov, who has stopped 19 of his 21 professional wins by knockout, scored a unanimous decision win over Briton Dave Allen in his last fight four months ago.
“I was very happy when I heard the news because for me this is a dream fight,” the 36-year-old said.
“All my life, I have gone for my goal. My parents, my uncle told me when I was 9 years old, ‘You’re gonna be champion of the world.’”
Speaking on his opponent and entering enemy territory once again, Makhmudov added: “He’s a legend, a big name in boxing, but I come here to make my legacy and my story.”
“When I was in Sheffield [fighting Allen], 10,000 arena, the arena was against me, but I said God is with me, it doesn’t matter who’s against me.
“And I was successful. This time it’s the same thing. All the world can be against me, but it’s nothing if God is with me.”
Fury vs Makhmudov concludes a huge few weeks in British boxing, with Moses Itauma and Chisora both booked in big fights beforehand.
Chatham’s 21-year-old heavyweight star Itauma faces Jermaine Franklin in the main event of the Magnificent 7 bill on March 28.
Chisora, meanwhile, contests his 50th professional fight against Deontay Wilder at London’s O2 Arena the following weekend.
TYSON FURY INTERVIEW: Gypsy King accuses Oleksandr Usyk of being a ‘cheat’ as he reveals his wife Paris stopped speaking to him after his ‘selfish’ decision to make FIFTH boxing comeback
Nobody in Tyson Fury‘s inner circle wanted him back in the ring and for a while, they made that perfectly clear by cutting him off.
‘My dad stopped speaking to me for a while. My brothers stopped speaking to me, even Paris. Everybody cut me off,’ Fury says of the fallout after he chose to end yet another retirement and fight again. ‘Nobody wanted me to return and they made that clear… but, it’s my decision and my life.’
The decision is now locked in. Fury will return to face heavy-handed contender Arslanbek Makhmudov on April 11 at the Tottenham Hotspur stadium, topping a major card promoted by The Ring Magazine.
But when Fury talks about why he’s back, the story begins not with belts or future opponents, but with conflict at home.
‘It’s my decision to make, it’s but probably a bit selfish,’ he says. ‘It’s just I’m at my happiest when I’m in that ring entertaining people and I have no plans to stop any time soon. I’ll probably keep fighting until I’m 50 I’d say.’
Retirement, with Fury, has always been a flexible concept. This is his fifth return. He speaks about fighting not as a career obligation but as a compulsion – something chosen, not required.
‘I’m back because I’ve chosen to be back. I ‘ve chosen boxing because I love boxing. I ain’t boxing because I’ve spent my money and I have to risk my health to make a quid. I get that people want me to move on with my life but it’s just one of those things I can’t.’
That idea, moving on, became a fault line in our conversation when we discussed his fiercest rivalries.
I put to Fury a specific scenario. We had sat down with a sports psychotherapist to analyse the explosive interview given by Deontay Wilder on talkSPORT, where he reacted angrily when challenged on the various explanations he has offered for his defeats to Fury.
The specialist’s view was clear: Wilder will never return to his previous level unless he fully accepts, internally, that he was beaten.
Acceptance, he argued, is the only way elite fighters psychologically reset after a loss.
I then asked Fury directly: by that same logic, has he come to terms with his own defeats to Oleksandr Usyk?
The response was immediate and incendiary.
‘He never beat me. He cheated. Man, he cheated. He had rockets up his ass. He cheated. I’ll never agree that he beat me. He’s a cheater and he’s pulling the wool over everyone’s eyes.’
When pressed on whether he genuinely believes Usyk cheated and what he meant by it, Fury did not retreat behind diplomacy.
‘A cheater? Yes. He cheated. He’s a total cheater. I don’t need a psychologist to help me get over those defeats as they weren’t defeats. I also don’t need a psychologist to tell me to leave it in 2024, I have worked that out myself.’
It is a total rejection not only of the official results but of the psychological premise behind the question.
Where the therapist’s model depends on acknowledgement and processing, Fury takes a very different route – reframing the results entirely and removing the need for any emotional reconciliation.
He insists the power remains in his hands anyway.
‘Mark these words, the rabbit will be begging the GK for a fight by the end of the year, begging on his knees.’
Fury offered no evidence to support the allegations, and no wrongdoing has been found against Usyk.
If Fury will not concede an inch on Usyk, he is just as firm when discussing Deontay Wilder. His view is that time, punishment and mileage – more than mindset alone – explain where Wilder now stands.
‘He’ll never get back to where he was, because I smashed him to pieces twice, literally took years off his life,’ Fury says.
‘And the fact that he’s 40 years old, the sun’s run out the bottle for him… He can never get back to where he was.
‘Look, it’s simple. He’s past his prime, it’s like his sell by date has expired. If you get the best steak ever, $1,000 for a steak. Leave it in the fridge for a week, and it goes off.
‘You ain’t gonna eat it. You’re never gonna get it back again. You can’t rejuvenate it unless there’s a youth serum that I don’t know about and that’s what’s happened to Wilder.’
In Fury’s telling, their trilogy – especially the third bout – was the decisive turning point.
‘Deontay Wilder was finished in 2021 after that terrible destruction I gave him in that third fight. That should have been curtains for him. But he spent all his money and made bad decisions so now he has to come back – fighting in his 40s and risking his health as well as everything else. So it’s a sad state to get in. But I hate to say it, but I told you so.’
For Fury, all of it – Usyk, Wilder, the critics, the retirement chatter – is secondary to one simple truth: he fights because he chooses to, on his own terms.
‘I’ve been through it all, I’ve seen it all, and I’m still standing,’ he says. ‘Records, belts, opinions… they don’t change what I do in that ring. I fight when I want, I fight how I want, and I fight for me. That’s it.’
“Sue Me”: Deontay Wilder Held Back by Security as He Storms Out of Interview After Tyson Fury Question
Tyson Fury has a surname bearing an emotion. Yet it seems the Bronze Bomber is the one who appears more “furious,” so much so that as the interview with Simon Jordan escalated, security had to intervene, just in case he crossed the line. The unexpected development centers on Wilder’s latest round of accusations, in which he blamed Fury, who defeated him in two of their three fights, for cheating.
The latest allegations come ahead of Wilder’s scheduled bout against Derek Chisora on April 4 at London’s O2 Arena. The former WBC heavyweight champion drew attention when he claimed that Tyson Fury cheated his way through the first two fights of their trilogy. Stating that he will reveal everything through a documentary or a film, Deontay Wilder even challenged Fury to sue him if he’s wrong. Yet few would have predicted the way he reacted when Simon Jordan raised the subject in the latest episode of talkBOXING.
Deontay Wilder exits interview after being pushed on Tyson Fury accusations
Wilder appeared to have already made up his mind that he didn’t want to discuss Tyson Fury or their fights. “We are not going to talk about him at all,” he insisted, raising his pitch. Yet Jordan continued. Explaining why he wanted to bring up Fury, the businessman-presenter said, “So what I’m asking you in all of this is it sounds to me, given the character that you are, that’s like a little bit flaky. You lost those fights, and those fights were lost, and you saying that someone like Fury cheated you in those fights, I think is kind of disappointing to me.”
The comment clearly struck a nerve as Wilder fired back, saying, “I know the truth; I have the facts.” Insisting that whatever he has said about Fury remains true, Wilder framed it in racial terms. “Why is it so hard to believe a Black man rather than a white man?”
Jordan tried to cool things down – it wasn’t about color. But Wilder continued pressing the issue. As tensions rose, co-host Simon Oliver attempted to intervene and steer the discussion toward the upcoming fight against Chisora.
Yet Wilder appeared rattled by that point. He got up from his seat and, after sitting down again for a few minutes, walked out only to return in front of Jordan. Speaking about Fury, he said, “Tell him to sue me so I can show the facts early because when the documentary and everything and the story come out, I’m going to show everything.”
By then, security had surrounded him. Thankfully, nothing untoward happened, and Wilder walked out of the studio.
Wilder rekindles Fury dispute; Brit pushes back
Wilder’s outburst at the talkSPORT studio likely caught many off guard. The losses to Fury triggered a career downturn, which many believe he has struggled to recover from. Wilder drew the first fight with the English heavyweight before losing via a seventh-round TKO in the rematch.
The third fight, which ended in the 11th round, remains the most decisive, with Ring Magazine adjudging it the Fight of the Year.
However, Wilder continues to raise questions about the verdicts from the first two bouts. “If I’m lying, then please tell him to sue me for defamation of character so I can have the proof,” he said in the Ring podcast.
As in the latest instance, his charges leaned toward claims of racial bias. While the referee giving an “extra 15 count” to Fury in their first fight after he knocked him down remained one major grievance for Wilder, his complaints extended to allegedly tampered gloves, stating Fury followed the same approach in their rematch as well.
Wilder’s rival in the case, Fury, meanwhile, delivered a parting jab. Without naming Wilder directly, he praised Oleksandr Usyk, who defeated him. “In this life, you don’t always get what you want or what you think you did enough to get. But that’s where it stays. You don’t hear me crying and moaning about it, saying, ‘Oh my god, he cheated. ‘That’s not me, and there’s no point in crying over spilled milk.” Fans now have to see how he responds to Wilder’s renewed fire.
Tyson Fury makes Deontay Wilder U-turn after cheating accusations
Tyson Fury fears Deontay Wilder is struggling with his mental health following his recent outbursts.
Wilder, who has been promoting his April clash with Derek Chisora this week, has repeatedly accused Fury of cheating during their three-fight rivalry. The heavyweights drew their first fight in 2018 before Fury stopped Wilder in their second and third encounters.
Wilder has looked a shadow of his former self since but will attempt to set himself up for another world title shot by knocking out Chisora in London on Easter weekend. Now Fury has decided to stop biting at Wilder’s accusations and instead expressed concerns over his former rival.
“I’m sat here thinking about all the stuff Deontay Wilder has been saying recently,” Fury said in a video posted to social media. “I got dragged into posting stuff, a video of me knocking him out and whatever… I’ve just deleted it. Rather than retaliate and hate on somebody – this man really dopes have mental health issues, it’s evident to see – and rather than go back and forth with him, saying he’s deluded, I’m going to pray for him and ask God to help him.
“He obviously needs the help and I’m not getting involved in pettiness. The fights were won fair and square and that’s it. I’m going to pray for him and ask the Father to bring him back to the light. This man is lost, a lost soul, and I beg Jesus to return him to the Kingdom.”
Fury himself will return to the ring against Arslanbek Makhmudov on April 11. He had previously responded to Wilder’s outburst by hitting back at the American. “Wilder is and was a p****. Little b**** and a s***house also! When I put it on him in Saudi he hugged me,” he said.
One of Wilder’s complaints is the count given by referee Jack Reiss in his first meeting with Fury. The Brit was dropped in the final round but climbed off the canvas to hear the final bell. “Being a black man with dark skin is harder to believe than being a white man,” saids Wilder. “And in that first fight with the referee — that’s white supremacy. You know what he did? He said, ‘what’s best for boxing.’ No, your job is to count his a** out. He gave him an extra 15 count. It is what it is. I speak with truth, heart, and passion.”
Deontay Wilder makes wild claim Tyson Fury cheated in two of their fights
Former WBC Heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder is officially set to return to the boxing ring on April 4, 2026, when he faces two-time title challenger Derek Chisora at The O2 Arena in London on DAZN pay-per-view (PPV).
While promoting the fight, Wilder recently sat down for an interview with The Ring, where the conversation inevitably turned to Tyson Fury — a shared rival for both Wilder and Chisora. Fury defeated Chisora three times and also fought Wilder in one of boxing’s most memorable trilogies.
Chisora brushed off the topic with a laugh, joking, “He beat my ass three times.” Wilder, however, took a far more aggressive approach, accusing “The Gypsy King” of cheating in two of their three bouts.
“He didn’t whoop me twice at all,” Wilder said. “I’m telling you what I know. You’re only seeing what you saw — he didn’t win nothing, they gave it to him. I can’t think of our third fight, but in two of them, he definitely cheated. I’ve got proof and evidence of that. When I do my documentary and movie about it, it’s going to be presented. I’m going to bring the people, and the artifacts, I know.”
Wilder doubled down on his accusations, challenging Fury to respond legally if the claims are false.
“Why do you think he can’t come back to America?” Wilder continued. “The man cheated. He’s the biggest cheater in boxing history. If I’m lying, then please tell him to sue me for defamation of character so that I have the proof. I can’t wait. Being a black man with dark skin is harder to believe than being a white man. And in that first fight with the referee — that’s white supremacy. You know what he did? He said, ‘what’s best for boxing.’ No, your job is to count his ass out. He gave him an extra 15 count. It is what it is. I speak with truth, heart, and passion.”
Fury and Wilder’s rivalry remains one of the most iconic trilogies in boxing history. Their first meeting ended in a controversial split draw, with many fans believing Wilder deserved the win after scoring two knockdowns. Fury dominated the second fight via TKO, after which Wilder introduced a series of infamous excuses — including claims his water was spiked and his ring-walk outfit was too heavy. The third fight ended similarly, with Fury stopping Wilder again in an instant classic.
Fury has yet to respond publicly to Wilder’s latest cheating allegations — but if history is any indication, a response will come, and it likely won’t be subtle.
