Tyson Fury vs Anthony Joshua chaos as promoter threatens to CALL OFF mega fight as Brit fans rage over venue

EDDIE HEARN has threatened to CALL OFF Anthony Joshua’s dust-up with Tyson Fury if the fight is announced for New York. The Battle of Britain is on course to land at Madison Square Garden this autumn, with SunSport understanding that Saudi boxing supremo Turki Alalshikh and broadcasters Netflix have earmarked the clash of former champs for November 20. Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua’s long overdue showdown is set to land at Madison Square Garden Credit: Getty AJ promoter Eddie Hearn insists he’ll pull the plug on the fight if it’s announced for MSG Credit: GETTY Hearn and Joshua, however, have pushed back on the fight taking place at ‘The World’s Most Famous Arena’ as their contract states the domestic dust-up MUST be staged in the UK. The powers that be, however, are pressing ahead with MSG and are hellbent on announcing it as the venue in the coming days. Sign up for the Sport newsletter Thank you! But Hearn insists any MSG announcement will lead to the plug being pulled on the fight. During an appearance on The Punch Podcast, the Matchroom supremo said: “The other day they wrote to us and said, ‘Just to let you know, we would like to announce the fight for New York’. “And I said, ‘No, you can’t’. There might even be a situation where they go for it and do announce it. “And you will probably see me coming out quite quickly and say, ‘No fight’. “I promise you, if they announce that fight without an agreement in place to change the venue, there will be no fight and we ain’t bluffing.” “We feel really strongly that this fight should be in the UK.” Most read in Sport SUN VEGAS WELCOME OFFER: GET UP TO £100 BONUS The Home of Boxing in 2026 There's a massive year of boxing ahead! It’s shaping up to be a blockbuster year of action inside the boxing ring. The Gypsy King has beaten Mariusz Wach in his second fight of the year to set up a huge fight with Anthony Joshua And AJ did the same, knocking out Kristian Prenga in the second round of a thrilling encounter – the Brit was knocked down twice in the opening round. Now fans are looking forward to Moses Itauma’s return for his toughest fight yet against Filip Hrgovic in August. Here’s all the big fights coming up… August Sat 15 – Claressa Shields vs Kaye Scott – DAZN Sat 29 – Moses Itauma vs Filip Hrgovic – DAZN September Sat 12 – Conor Benn vs Ryan Garcia – DAZN *If you click a link in this boxout, we will earn affiliate revenue. Hearn and Joshua aren’t totally against the fight taking place inside the hallowed walls of MSG. They just want to be compensated for the change of venue, which currently has British boxing fans raging. He continued: “We kind of want to say, ‘Well, if you want to do it in America, you have got to pay us all of this money to change.’ Tyson Fury laboured to a stoppage victory over Mariusz Wach in his last outing last month Credit: GETTY Anthony Joshua recovered from two knockdowns to stop Kristian Prenga a few hours later Credit: AP “Because we are not really bothered about the money – we want it in England. “So, we want to make it so much money that they just say, ‘You know what, let’s just do it in England’. “That is our dream scenario.” Comment now