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Harry Davies

Tyson Fury rejects Joe Joyce fight after heavyweight made contract demand

Tyson Fury has rejected Joe Joyce 's call out by insisting he has to beat Oleksandr Usyk for the undisputed heavyweight titles before facing him

Joyce, 37, called for a fight with WBC titleholder Fury following his stoppage win over Joseph Parker last weekend. Fury has been in fight talks with Anthony Joshua but claimed his longtime rival missed the proposed deadline to sign his contract on Monday, turning his focus to a fight with Manuel Charr instead.

But 'The Gypsy King' has now performed a U-turn on his decision by claiming promoter Frank Warren has convinced him to go back into fight talks with Joshua. Doubling down on his call out of Fury, Joyce wrote on Twitter : "Let’s go, sign the contract, big boy! No.1 vs No.2 for the lineal"

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