Anthony Joshua Posts VADA Email Questioning Fury Testing Status
Anthony Joshua shared internal VADA correspondence raising questions about Tyson Fury's enrollment in anti-doping testing.
Anthony Joshua has turned up the pressure on Tyson Fury ahead of their long-awaited heavyweight showdown by posting internal VADA correspondence on social media. The email, from the Voluntary Anti-Doping Association's president, asks about Fury's enrollment status and requests completed whereabouts forms from both fighters before testing can begin.
The correspondence is administrative, not accusatory. Per LowKick MMA, the email did not accuse Fury of failing a test or of any anti-doping violation. What it does highlight is a procedural gap: whereabouts information allows testing bodies to locate athletes for unannounced, out-of-competition sample collection, and Fury's forms had apparently not been submitted.
Promoter Eddie Hearn previously noted that Joshua's contract required testing to begin when agreements were signed. Fury's deal, per Hearn, did not include the same obligation. Joshua posting the email publicly appears aimed at applying pressure on Fury's camp to enroll.
Neither Joshua nor Fury has responded publicly to the email's release as of Monday. The two are reportedly headed toward a December 11 date at Cardiff's Principality Stadium, though formal confirmation from Netflix and both teams is still pending.
The move fits Joshua's recent pattern of forcing transparency ahead of the biggest fight left in British heavyweight boxing. Whether it accelerates Fury's enrollment or simply adds fuel to an already heated promotional buildup remains to be seen.
AJ posting the VADA email is a power move, and I am here for it. The email did not accuse Fury of anything. It said Fury had not filed his whereabouts forms and testing cannot start until both guys do. That is a procedural fact, and Joshua is making sure the whole world knows it.
Hearn's detail is the interesting part. Joshua's contract required testing to start at signing. Fury's apparently did not. In a fight this big, with a December 11 date at the Principality Stadium reportedly on the table, there is no reason both men should not be on the same testing schedule from day one.
I do not think this means anything sinister about Tyson. But when you refuse to say why you have not enrolled, you let the other guy fill in the blanks for you. Fury's best move is boring: file the forms, enroll, and take the story away. Silence just keeps AJ's post alive.
