{"id":762098,"date":"2026-09-06T18:02:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T18:02:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/762098\/"},"modified":"2026-09-06T18:02:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T18:02:15","slug":"tyson-fury-questions-anthony-joshuas-love-of-england-as-controversial-black-lives-matter-speech-dragged-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/762098\/","title":{"rendered":"Tyson Fury questions Anthony Joshua\u2019s \u2018love\u2019 of England as controversial Black Lives Matter speech dragged up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tyson Fury has launched an extraordinary fresh attack on Anthony Joshua as uncertainty continues to surround their proposed heavyweight showdown.<\/p>\n<p>The long-awaited Battle of Britain remains unsigned, with Wembley Stadium and Madison Square Garden emerging as rival venues for a blockbuster fight expected to take place in November.<\/p>\n<p>Joshua and promoter Eddie Hearn have pushed publicly for the contest to be staged in London, with Hearn revealing that talks over a Wembley date had &#8220;re-opened&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>But Fury has now questioned his rival&#8217;s patriotic stance by revisiting Joshua&#8217;s controversial appearance at a Black Lives Matter protest in Watford in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>During that event, Joshua read a speech written by a friend which encouraged people to invest in black-owned businesses and abstain from spending money in white-owned shops.<\/p>\n<p>His remarks generated a backlash at the time, although the former world champion subsequently insisted the speech had been taken out of context and denied being racist.<\/p>\n<p>Fury shared footage from the protest on social media and wrote: &#8220;This is the man who loves England,&#8221; before adding a string of insults and highlighting Joshua&#8217;s move to Dubai.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"5e6a2\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"e336433da481f07bbd72a317a1ebf79b\" data-rm-shortcode-name=\"rebelmouse-image\" class=\"rm-shortcode rm-lazyloadable-image \" lazy-loadable=\"true\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201600%20900'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-runner-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/tyson-fury-has-launched-an-extraordinary-fresh-attack-on-anthony-joshua-as-uncertainty-continues-to-.jpeg\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" alt=\"Tyson Fury has launched an extraordinary fresh attack on Anthony Joshua as uncertainty continues to surround their proposed heavyweight showdown\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Tyson Fury has launched an extraordinary fresh attack on Anthony Joshua as uncertainty continues to surround their proposed heavyweight showdown<\/p>\n<p> | <\/p>\n<p>TYSON FURY\/INSTAGRAM<\/p>\n<p>The Gypsy King then posted a furious video accusing Joshua&#8217;s camp of attempting to blame him for the dispute over where the fight should be held.<\/p>\n<p>Fury insisted that the decision rests with Netflix and Saudi boxing powerbroker Turki Alalshikh, who are expected to provide the financial backing for the event.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Tyson is not in charge of this fight. Tyson didn&#8217;t put the money up for this fight. Tyson is not the paymaster,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"bc5e8\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"d96d01eef4d449ed5861f0b57713f4db\" data-rm-shortcode-name=\"rebelmouse-image\" class=\"rm-shortcode rm-lazyloadable-image \" lazy-loadable=\"true\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201024%201536'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-runner-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/tyson-fury-graphic.png\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1536\" alt=\"Tyson Fury graphic\"\/>Five things to know about Tyson Fury | GETTY\/GB NEWS<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Netflix are and Turki Al-Sheikh. Lovely. If it&#8217;s in England, even better. I&#8217;ll knock the motherf****r out even quicker.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Fury claimed he would relish a prime-time clash before 100,000 supporters at Wembley and branded Joshua a &#8220;coward&#8221; during an expletive-laden tirade.<\/p>\n<p>He also referenced Joshua&#8217;s crushing 2024 defeat by Daniel Dubois and predicted another emphatic knockout if the pair finally share a ring.<\/p>\n<p>Promoter Frank Warren has maintained that Fury signed his contract in January and is already training in Miami for an early-November return.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;AJ hasn&#8217;t signed yet,&#8221; Warren said. &#8220;Tyson signed in January. He&#8217;s training in Miami for the fight in early November and doesn&#8217;t care where it takes place.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Netflix is reportedly keen on Madison Square Garden because of the commercial value of staging the contest in the United States.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"324e8\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"52f30f684788a1379688af9630e0ec3f\" data-rm-shortcode-name=\"rebelmouse-image\" class=\"rm-shortcode rm-lazyloadable-image \" lazy-loadable=\"true\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201024%20683'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-runner-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/tyson-fury-anthony-joshua.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" alt=\"Tyson Fury, Anthony Joshua\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua are continuing their war of words amid uncertainty over where their fight will take place<\/p>\n<p> | GETTY<\/p>\n<p>Wembley, however, remains in contention if organisers can secure a sufficiently late curfew to accommodate the American television market.<\/p>\n<p>London mayor Sadiq Khan has expressed a willingness to help find a solution, but time is becoming a major factor.<\/p>\n<p>Joshua would ideally require a nine or 10-week camp for a contest of this magnitude. Warren previously warned that the deal could collapse unless the two-time world champion committed quickly.<\/p>\n<p>After years of failed negotiations, boxing&#8217;s biggest all-British grudge match is once again approaching decision time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tyson Fury has launched an extraordinary fresh attack on Anthony Joshua as uncertainty continues to surround their proposed&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":762099,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[6565,2560,217,101,6901,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-762098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-anthony-joshua","tag-boxing","tag-sport","tag-sports","tag-tyson-fury","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/762098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=762098"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/762098\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/762099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=762098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=762098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=762098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}