
Joshua Would Sign For Fury Fight Right Now, Says Hearn
Eddie Hearn, promoter for IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua, says an agreement to face WBC champion Tyson Fury would likely have to be a two-fight agreement.
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Eddie Hearn, promoter for IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua, says an agreement to face WBC champion Tyson Fury would likely have to be a two-fight agreement.

WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury has no interest in paying Deontay Wilder a step-aside fee. Over the last few months, there has been a lot of chatter regarding a scenario where Fury pays Wilder a step-aside fee in order to go directly to a full division unification with WBO, WBA, IBF, IBO champion Anthony Joshua.

If there’s any shred of hope for the heavyweight division to fast forward to an all-British superfight between Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua, it’s clear that Deontay Wilder continues to hold the key.

Bob Arum can’t envision any scenario in which someone would be able to pay Deontay Wilder and Kubrat Pulev enough money to step aside and allow a Tyson Fury-Anthony Joshua fight to happen next.

Former undisputed heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield has a high level of respect for Tyson Fury, who holds the WBC championship. When asked about the current top man in the heavyweight division, Holyfield had no doubts about his selection.

According to Ivaylo Gotsev, manager of Kubrat Pulev, the bout with Anthony Joshua will need to finalize a new location within three weeks. Joshua was scheduled to defend his IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO world titles against Pulev on June 20th at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London.

British boxing legend "Prince" Naseem Hamed is backing Tyson Fury to defeat Anthony Joshua in easier fashion than Deontay Wilder. In February, Fury dropped Wilder twice and stopped him in the seventh round to capture the WBC heavyweight title at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

Former world champion Andy Lee, who is part of Tyson Fury's training team, says his boxer has a clear mental edge over domestic rival Anthony Joshua. At the start of the year, Fury parted ways with trainer Ben Davison. Then he restructured his entire training team and brought on SugarHill Steward and Lee.

PERHAPS NOW, MORE than ever, is the time for boxing to properly punch its weight and establish a strong foothold on what will be, for a while at least, a new sporting landscape. As someone who was involved when the strict safety provisions were put in place when British boxing was nearly out for the count following the negligence case pursued by Michael Watson against the Board of Control at the beginning of the century, I know more than most that there cannot be any shortcuts taken.

Top Rank President Todd DuBoef believes the United States is the perfect location to stage a mega-fight between heavyweight champions Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua. Both Joshua and Fury have contracted assignments coming up. Joshua is scheduled to make a mandatory defense against Kubrat Pulev on a date to be determined, while Fury is heading in the direction of a fall trilogy fight with Deontay Wilder.