Fury claims Joshua fight is off, calls for another Usyk rematch

Tyson Fury says Anthony Joshua is ‘weak-minded’ and cannot make up his mind about the date and venue of their fight.Published On 7 Sep 20267 Sep 2026Tyson Fury claims Anthony Joshua is backing out of their much-anticipated all-British heavyweight boxing showdown and has challenged Oleksandr Usyk to a trilogy fight, throwing the planned Fury-Joshua clash into doubt.In an expletive-laden video posted on Instagram on Sunday, Fury, 38, claimed Joshua was pulling out of the fight.Fury and Joshua have been locked in talks over a long-awaited meeting, but the “Gypsy King” is impatient with the lack of confirmation, calling his rival a “coward” last week.The two former heavyweight world champions were expected to meet in November at Madison Square Garden in New York, but the choice of venue was met with backlash from British boxing fans.In a string of videos posted over the past week, Fury claimed that Joshua’s lack of response and indecision on the venue have cast doubts over the fight.He instead asked his longtime Ukrainian rival Usyk to meet him in the ring again.“This will only lead me to a fight with Oleksandr Usyk,” he said. “Oleksandr, you’re his [Joshua’s] trainer and his sensei, a...