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Team Usyk "Looking Forward To Signing Papers" For Showdown With Anthony Joshua

Team Usyk "Looking Forward To Signing Papers" For Showdown With Anthony Joshua

Jake Donovan

•Jun 8, 2021

Talks continue to progress for a heavyweight title fight between Anthony Joshua and Oleksandr Usyk. Both sides have acknowledged that negotiations are advanced to the point where a purse bid hearing likely won’t be necessary to proceed with the event. The WBA/WBO/IBF/IBO title fight is now being targeted for September, with Sky Sports reporting that Tottenham Hotspur Stadium—a 62,850 seat football stadium in North London—is the leading candidate to land the event.

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Hearn Suspects Team Fury Never Wanted Joshua Fight: 'I Felt a Little Betrayed'  

Hearn Suspects Team Fury Never Wanted Joshua Fight: 'I Felt a Little Betrayed'  

Sean Nam

•Jun 5, 2021

Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn admits he is still puzzled that Tyson Fury, Bob Arum, Frank Warren and the rest of the Fury delegation did not put up more of a fit for having to walk away from the most lucrative – and most consequential – heavyweight fight in recent memory. 

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Hearn Will Not Attempt To Steer Joshua To DAZN, British Star Could Remain at Sky

Hearn Will Not Attempt To Steer Joshua To DAZN, British Star Could Remain at Sky

BoxingScene Staff

•Jun 5, 2021

In the coming months, Anthony Joshua will be a free agent - with his promotional contract coming to an end and his network deal with Sky Sports expiring as well. Eddie Hearn, head of Matchroom Sport, recently confirmed that his company had signed a five-year global rights deal with streaming service DAZN.

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Hearn: Usyk's A Very Tought Fight For Joshua; AJ Must Be Completely Ruthless In That Fight

Hearn: Usyk's A Very Tought Fight For Joshua; AJ Must Be Completely Ruthless In That Fight

Keith Idec

•Jun 4, 2021

LAS VEGAS – Eddie Hearn acknowledged Oleksandr Usyk hasn’t exactly looked great since he moved up to the heavyweight division. The British promoter still thinks the former undisputed cruiserweight champion would give Anthony Joshua a difficult fight. Assuming Hearn, whose company promotes Joshua and co-promotes Usyk, and Alex Krassyuk, Usyk’s other promotional representative, come to an agreement soon, Joshua (24-1, 22 KOs) will make a mandated defense of his WBO heavyweight title versus Ukraine’s Usyk (18-0, 13 KOs) late this summer.

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Warren on Fury-Joshua: In Future, Everyone Should Keep Mouths Shut Until It's Signed

Warren on Fury-Joshua: In Future, Everyone Should Keep Mouths Shut Until It's Signed

BoxingScene Staff

•Jun 3, 2021

Frank Warren, co-promoter for WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, is taking no blame for the issues with finalizing a high stakes unification with IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO champion Anthony Joshua. Last month. the fight was nearing an agreement for August 14 in Saudi Arabia.

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Wilder: After I Beat Fury, I Hope Joshua Keeps The Same Energy To Unify

Wilder: After I Beat Fury, I Hope Joshua Keeps The Same Energy To Unify

BoxingScene Staff

•Jun 3, 2021

Should he win his next outing, heavyweight contender Deontay Wilder is going to push for a full division unification with IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO champion Anthony Joshua. For the last few months, Joshua's handlers were working hard to finalize a unification clash with WBC champion Tyson Fury.

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Team Usyk: We Are Waiting To See if Joshua is Brave Enough To Be Dethroned

Team Usyk: We Are Waiting To See if Joshua is Brave Enough To Be Dethroned

BoxingScene Staff

•Jun 3, 2021

Alexander Krassyuk, promoter for former undisputed cruiserweight world champion Oleksandr Usyk, is now taunting IBF, IBO, WBC, WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua. Usyk is the mandatory challenger, under the WBO, to Joshua.

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Hearn: We'll Either Make Deal For Joshua-Usyk Or AJ Will Vacate; Won't Go To Purse Bid

Hearn: We'll Either Make Deal For Joshua-Usyk Or AJ Will Vacate; Won't Go To Purse Bid

Keith Idec

•May 31, 2021

LAS VEGAS – Anthony Joshua still doesn’t want to give up his WBO heavyweight title. Joshua’s promoter doesn’t think the British superstar would even consider vacating one of his four championships unless negotiations for his mandated matchup with Oleksandr Usyk take a sudden turn for the worse. Thus far, talks between Eddie Hearn, whose company promotes Joshua and co-promoted Usyk’s last three fights, and Alex Krassyuk, Usyk’s other promotional representative, have advanced to the point Hearn is confident that they’ll come to an agreement soon.

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Frank Warren Reacts To John Fury's Anger Over Wilder Trilogy Fight

Frank Warren Reacts To John Fury's Anger Over Wilder Trilogy Fight

Ron Lewis

•May 30, 2021

Frank Warren has admitted that the process that led to the breakdown of an undisputed world heavyweight title fight between Tyson Fry and Anthony Joshua was “a mess” but he does believe that the fight can happen in December. 

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Frank Warren: After Fury Wipes The Floor With Wilder, He Wants Joshua in December

Frank Warren: After Fury Wipes The Floor With Wilder, He Wants Joshua in December

BoxingScene Staff

•May 29, 2021

Frank Warren, the co-promoter for WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, is still focused on eventually finalizing a fight with IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO champion Anthony Joshua. Last weekend, Fury was close to finalizing a deal to face Joshua on target date of August 14 in Saudi Arabia.

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