Eddie Hearn loses it when talking about 'disgrace' Tyson Fury vs Anthony Joshua undercard

Eddie Hearn has branded the undercard for Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury's British superfight a "disgrace", revealing what he thinks is wrong with the selections.

In less than a month, Joshua and Fury will settle the greatest British heavyweight of this generation debate when they finally face off at Cardiff's Principality Stadium on December 11.

Streamed live on Netflix, the showdown will begin in the early hours of Saturday morning for an American audience, with ring walks scheduled for 1am after three main undercard fights.

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Eddie Hearn says no British fighters on Tyson Fury vs Anthony Joshua undercard is a "disgrace"

Deontay Wilder's dust-up with the unbeaten Jai Opetaia was the first fight announced on the undercard, with Wilder returning to the ring for the first time since beating Derek Chisora via unanimous decision in April. Opetaia, meanwhile, is making his heavyweight debut against the former champion after dominating at cruiserweight.

Martin Bakole, the younger brother of former cruiserweight world champion Ilunga Makabu, will take on Nigerian Solomon Adebayo in the night's second fight before Da’mazion Vanhouter - who wants to prove he can become America's next heavyweight champion - faces off with Belgian Michael Essomba.

Fans were completely underwhelmed at the undercard selection, and Matchroom Boxing chairman Eddie Hearn has also voiced his frustrations, labelling it a "disgrace" that no British fighters will feature on the undercard.

"I think the undercard for Joshua v Fury is a disgrace. It is. I don’t give a f*** mate; I don’t give a f***," an angry Hearn told Boxing Central. "I’m gonna tell you how it is, and haven’t I made a living out of that?

“The truth is, about the undercard, I don’t have any fighters for the televised undercard outside of Joe Cordina who I could honestly put forward and say ‘a great addition’. I don’t care where those fighters come from. You cannot have the biggest fight in British boxing history and not have one British fighter on the televised main undercard.”

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Tyson Fury isn't happy Deontay Wilder features on the undercard

Although there is discontent over the undercard choices, Wilder's showdown with the talented Opetaia is arguably the most intriguing.

The 'Bronze Bomber', who is widely regarded as one of the hardest hitters of this generation, is hungry to prove he can re-establish himself among the heavyweight elite by beating the Australian.

Wilder's ability has declined rapidly in recent years, though, having lost two of his previous four fights and has not defeated a top contender since stopping Luis Ortiz in 2019.

After beating the 41-year-old in two of their three meetings, the last being in October 2021, Fury felt one of his fiercest rivals should have hung up his gloves five years ago, questioning why he's still stepping into the ring.

"It’s silly, really, on Deontay’s part,” Fury told FightHype earlier this month. "He shouldn’t be in the ring; he should be nowhere near a ring. It is a dying shame that this man has to continue to fight after he is shot to bits.

“He should have never fought again after I beat him the last time; that should have been the end of it, but needs must. If you are getting knocked out by people that you probably should have knocked out yourself, then you should walk away.

“Him and Chisora looked shockingly terrible when they fought. Chisora is like 145 years old. And he was taking Wilder’s knockout-power shots – that are not there anymore – flush in the face, not even budging him.”