Promoter, Ranked Heavyweight Blames Anthony Joshua's Promoter For Failed Tyson Fury Fight

The long-awaited super fight between British heavyweights Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury is not happening after the latter was booked in a trilogy fight against Derek Chisora, and the blame apparently falls more on his promoter than the fighter.

Chisora recently spoke with Sky Sports following the announcement of his fight with Fury and the No. 14-ranked WBC heavyweight explained that the middlemen complicated things.

"AJ could not take the fight because there were so many complications with sponsors and promoters. The fighters always want to fight, just fight, but the complications come from the business people around them who get in the way," Chisora said.

"The managers and promoters get in the way, they make it difficult. Even this fight and contract was a headache stressing me out. People always think making a big fight is easy but it's always such a headache."

Top Rank chief Bob Arum had similar sentiments as the British heavyweight, putting the onus squarely on Matchroom Sport chairman Eddie Hearn.

"Well, there's one reason: Eddie Hearn. (Anthony) Joshua wanted the fight, (Tyson) Fury wanted the fight and once they agreed on a 60-40 split, there was no reason for the fight not to be made," Fury's promoter in the United States told Seconds Out.

"You sit in a room and in one hour, any little detail can be sorted out. But Eddie slow-played it because he didn't want to risk Joshua losing another fight, [this time] to Fury."

Fury and Joshua have been calling each other out for the better part of the year as they sought to drum up interest in their big-money fight happening, with the "Gypsy King" repeatedly taking potshots at "AJ" and his management.

Earlier in the month, Hearn mentioned that the fight was not happening at all after having repeated disputes with Fury's side on the finer details of the clash.

Chisora's comments about the managers, promoters and everyone in between being the ones to get in the way of a big fight now appear to be truer than ever as it will take an even longer time before Joshua and Fury step inside the ring across one another.

Arum noted that if Fury beats Chisora, the best fight to make next would be against Oleksandr Usyk, while Joshua fighting Deontay Wilder would also be a big-money fight option.

Fury vs. Joshua not coming to fruition while both men are still capable of boxing at a high level would be a massive disappointment for fans since the pair played a big role in growing fan interest in heavyweight boxing again.

With how things played out though, it looks like followers of boxing will need to keep waiting and dreaming of it ever happening.