Anthony Joshua: record, next fight and profile →
Eddie Hearn has been encouraged thus far by the nature of his conversations with representatives for Tyson Fury. Their promoters didn’t waste any time discussing putting together an Anthony Joshua-Fury fight in the immediate aftermath of Joshua’s ninth-round knockout of Kubrat Pulev on Saturday night in London.
Eddie Hearn has told William Hill that Anthony Joshua has the speed and power to defeat Tyson Fury, while questioning the effectiveness of the Gypsy King’s punching ability.
As soon as Anthony Joshua put away Kubrat Pulev by massive ninth-round knockout to retain his unified heavyweight titles on Saturday in London, the conversation immediately turned to the prospect of a unification showdown with Tyson Fury to produce the first four-belt undisputed heavyweight world champion. Both fighters say they want the fight. Their promoters claim they want to make it for the spring. Boxing fans are, of course, clamoring for it.
From the moment Anthony Joshua turned away the challenge of Kubrat Pulev, the next step for all involved parties was to move forward with plans for the biggest fight to be made in boxing today.
Heavyweight contender Daniel Dubois, who sparred both world champions, is picking Tyson Fury to overcome Anthony Joshua in a potential 2021 unification. Fury, 32, and Joshua, 31, have agreed in principle to the financial terms of a two-fight deal.
Eddie Hearn, promoter for IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua, has already begun discussions for 2021 unification clash with WBC world champion Tyson Fury. On Saturday at SSE Arena in Wembley, Joshua dropped mandatory challenger Kubrat Pulev four times to secure the knockout in the ninth round.
WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury was not overly impressed with the recent victory by Anthony Joshua. This past Saturday night at the SSE Arena at Wembley, Joshua retained the WBO, IBF, IBO, WBA heavyweight titles with a ninth round knockout of mandatory challenger Kubrat Pulev, who went down four times in the contest.
Eddie Hearn knows it’s his job and his job only to deliver a British boxing super-fight. The Matchroom Boxing head honcho was at ringside at the SSE Arena in Wembley, London on Saturday as Anthony Joshua retained his world heavyweight titles.
Anthony Joshua impressed and perplexed Dillian Whyte all at the same time Saturday night. Whyte, who was ringside for Joshua’s knockout of Kubrat Pulev, was surprised Joshua didn’t take out his 39-year-old opponent earlier than the ninth round. The IBF/IBO/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion’s rival expected him to stop Pulev soon after scoring two knockdowns during the third round of their scheduled 12-round fight at Wembley Arena in London.
Oleksandr Usyk could be offered a deal that would see him box for the vacant WBO heavyweight title just weeks after an Anthony Joshua-Tyson Fury fight to ensure the undisputed world heavyweight title is on the line when the two British fighters box next year.