Tyson Fury has launched an extraordinary fresh attack on Anthony Joshua as uncertainty continues to surround their proposed heavyweight showdown.
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.
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 "re-opened".
But Fury has now questioned his rival's patriotic stance by revisiting Joshua's controversial appearance at a Black Lives Matter protest in Watford in 2020.
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.
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.
Fury shared footage from the protest on social media and wrote: "This is the man who loves England," before adding a string of insults and highlighting Joshua's move to Dubai.
The Gypsy King then posted a furious video accusing Joshua's camp of attempting to blame him for the dispute over where the fight should be held.
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.
"Tyson is not in charge of this fight. Tyson didn't put the money up for this fight. Tyson is not the paymaster," he said.
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"Netflix are and Turki Al-Sheikh. Lovely. If it's in England, even better. I'll knock the motherf****r out even quicker."
Fury claimed he would relish a prime-time clash before 100,000 supporters at Wembley and branded Joshua a "coward" during an expletive-laden tirade.
He also referenced Joshua's crushing 2024 defeat by Daniel Dubois and predicted another emphatic knockout if the pair finally share a ring.
Promoter Frank Warren has maintained that Fury signed his contract in January and is already training in Miami for an early-November return.
"AJ hasn't signed yet," Warren said. "Tyson signed in January. He's training in Miami for the fight in early November and doesn't care where it takes place."
Netflix is reportedly keen on Madison Square Garden because of the commercial value of staging the contest in the United States.
Wembley, however, remains in contention if organisers can secure a sufficiently late curfew to accommodate the American television market.
London mayor Sadiq Khan has expressed a willingness to help find a solution, but time is becoming a major factor.
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.
After years of failed negotiations, boxing's biggest all-British grudge match is once again approaching decision time.
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