ANTHONY TAYLOR has threatened to pull out of his fight with Jack Fincham.
The American fumed inside the fighter’s hotel at the Rove City Walk in Dubai ahead of his undercard bout with Love Island winner Fincham.
Taylor shouted: “I’m not a prelim guy, the fight is off. I’m going home. I’m going home, I’m going to the airport.
“I’m not fighting on the prelims, bro. I was promised pay-per-view. Fight’s off, I’m getting my s*** and I’m going.”
SunSport understands Taylor, 33, was alerted his bout with Fincham, 31, would be on the prelim section of the card, not PPV.
And he was seen at the hotel entrance, with his bags packed, ready to leave for the airport.
It leaves the card, headlined by Floyd Mayweather in an exhibition, in tatters after Tommy Fury’s fight with Paul Bamba was scrapped.
Bamba was left fuming after he scaled within the 175lb light-heavyweight limit, while Fury came in at 181.4lb.
The American, 33, who conceded half a STONE, wanted to be paid compensation.
But despite two days of negotiations, no settlement was reached despite the best efforts of Fury’s dad John.
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Speaking to SunSport in Dubai, Bamba said: “It came down the the final minutes, John Fury reached out to me personally.
“He tried to make it work, he made it known we both needed to try and make it work or both parties were out of being paid.
“I told him to call me back with an offer, hung up the phone, he called me back about an hour later, gave me an offer which wasn’t necessarily agreeable, I was reaching out to my team and while I was I actually bumped into John Fury.
“We started talking, man to man in person, and John is very polite, he’s trying to make it work.
“He understands his side by he sees why I’m being the way I’m being and sticking to my guns.
“He was trying to make it work and it actually looked like it was about to work until we were interrupted – can’t comment on who we were interrupted by – but my chest was pushed physically.
“I want to be respected as a man and that hasn’t happened so I said, ‘You know what? I’m done’.
“John was literally handling it and the fight probably would have gone on because what John was offering me was pretty good, we were finally coming to terms.
“If he had increased it by a little bit more I would have accepted right away. But ultimately there will be no fight tonight.”
