Tyson Fury is expecting to fight Oleksandr Usyk next year, but has no plans to face Anthony Joshua.
The WBC champion had been in talks to face the former unified heavyweight champion this December, but Joshua was just one of many names put forward in Fury’s regular announcements, and he has now plumped for Derek Chisora on December 3, at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in North London.
With Joshua no longer a champion, Fury is not interested, reported Sky Sports.
"He doesn't have any belts. He doesn't have anything that I need and there will not be a fight between me and him ever. Full stop," he said. "There's too much messing. I'm not going over it again. They're too hard to deal with.
"The fight didn't happen. The reason I believe is they never wanted it to happen and they never had any intention of it happening.
"The first week [of negotiations] I believe he was interested in the fight, then he realised the daunting task and he got talked out of it by his people and himself. If that wasn't the reason, he would be here now fighting instead of Derek. But he's not and that is that."
He continued, suggesting alternatives: "There are no more fights that can outweigh Tyson Fury. There isn't any. There isn't more money to be had fighting Deontay Wilder or Usyk for a third time. The only money fight for him right now is to fight me, but that bird has flown.
"No Joshua, no more, no more wasting time. The way he is, he's in a comfortable position and he's worked hard for it. I'm not going to discredit his performances or discredit his achievements. What I can discredit is his lack of commitment to the British public.
"I'm going to say what I said to Eddie Hearn in Arlington, Texas. The difference between me and your man is that your man is a businessman and I'm a Spartan."
While Fury expects to face Usyk, he does not expect much trouble from the Ukrainian.
"I do not rate Usyk. People keep going on to me about Usyk, why couldn't Usyk do anything with Chisora?" he said.
"I'm going to splatter him. How's he going to do anything with me? He's not.
"Whoever I can get, I guarantee I'm having three fights next year, starting in February [with Usyk] and if he wants a rematch he can have rematch, then someone at the back end of the year. Wilder, if he's mandatory, Joe Joyce if he's available, if he bumps himself up a bit. Daniel Dubois, there's plenty of British beef to go after.”