Sign fight contract by Monday or I’m moving on, Tyson Fury tells Anthony Joshua

Tyson Fury was in the crowd at the AO Arena, Manchester on Saturday night (Ian Hodgson/PA)

Tyson Fury has set Anthony Joshua a deadline of Monday to sign a contract for their fight – or forget about facing him for the world heavyweight title.

Negotiations between the fighters’ camps have been rumbling on for several weeks and it seemed Joshua agreed to a 60-40 purse split in Fury’s favour for the all-British blockbuster bout, set to be held before the end of the year.