TYSON FURY fears a fight with Anthony Joshua is “DONE” forever – like is the case with David Price.
The British rivals have come close to getting a deal over the line before, only for it to face total collapse.
Tyson Fury fears a fight with Anthony Joshua is ‘done’ foreverGetty
APOleksandr Usyk twice beat Anthony Joshua[/caption]
In August 2021, they agreed a historic unification bout until Fury, 34, was ordered into a trilogy bout against Deontay Wilder, 37.
Joshua, 33, then went on to twice lose to Oleksandr Usyk, 35, who is now in line to fight Fury for the undisputed crown next year.
The domino affect is something the Gypsy King is all too familiar with following the breakdown of his grudge match with David Price a decade ago.
Fury told iFL TV: “Me and David were simmering real good, real good simmering, coming to a boil as well. One fight away, from that massive, massive showdown.
“Big, big, big British rivalry, and he got beat off Thompson, rematched and got beat, then he was done wasn’t he. There was no more rivalry.
“After that he fought one of my common opponents, Christian Hammer, and got knocked out by Hammer as well.
“Then it was totally dead in the water. That is what has happened with Joshua, we were supposed to fight, over in Saudi, in 2021.
“Wilder won that arbitration court case and I had to fight this mandatory.
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“So I had to fight Wilder, nearly got done, twice down in the fourth round.Then Joshua had to fight Usyk, lost and lost and now it’s done.”
Price, 39, retired in 2021 but was called out to a shock stadium fight by Fury, who is currently in talks to fight Usyk for all the belts.
Meanwhile, Joshua is set to return in the spring on 2023 following his consecutive losses.
David Price pictured in 2017 with Tyson Fury