Eddie Hearn has revealed the fine print of Anthony Joshua 's sponsorship deals with the likes of Under Armour and Hugo Boss affected talks of his domestic clash with Tyson Fury.
Heavyweight champion Fury said he would end his retirement by offering Joshua a long-awaited fight on December 3 at Cardiff's Principality Stadium. 'AJ' accepted the terms but missed Fury's proposed deadline to sign a contract and the fight is now seemingly off after negotiations between the two sides collapsed.
For most of his career, Joshua has been the A-side in his fights but given his consecutive losses to Oleksandr Usyk that would no longer be the case in a domestic clash against Fury. Hearn admitted that terms of his sponsorship deals got in the way of negotiations with Fury, telling the Daily Mail : "It is no longer as simple as fighters signing for the purse split. AJ could find himself in breach of contract with his business deals."
