Tyson Fury has claimed Anthony Joshua never had any intention of fighting him after talks for a domestic showdown between the pair collapsed last month.
The Gypsy King called out Joshua in late September, despite the Olympic gold medallist losing his rematch to Oleksandr Usyk just weeks earlier.
Joshua's team initially announced that they had accepted Fury's terms, raising hopes that the fight would go ahead, but discussions quickly broke down after that. This led to Fury deciding to fight Derek Chisora for the third time on December 3 at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, while Joshua has revealed that he won't return to the ring until 2023.