Considering the changing landscape when it comes to the COVID-19 restrictions in the UK, promoter Eddie Hearn has not ruled out the possibility of Wembley Stadium hosting the heavyweight unification between Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua.
Fury and Joshua have signed on for a two-fight series, with the first bout targeted to take place in June or July.
The winner will walk away with all the gold - the WBC, WBO, IBF, IBO, WBA titles.
No venue has been finalized, but Hearn - who promotes Joshua - has mentioned several possibilities like the UK, Saudi Arabia, Las Vegas, Russia, China, Qatar and even Singapore.
There was little to no possibility of the first bout taking place in the UK - but all of that can change if the government tones down the majority of the lockdown measures by June 21.
"All things being equal, we wouldn’t even be having conversations with anywhere else in the world to be honest with you, we’d just be straight into Wembley. Obviously it is the biggest fight of our generation. It’s the moment of both fighters’ careers. We do have to look at opportunities and with the crowd restrictions, it makes it even more difficult to generate the kind of money in the UK that you need," Hearn told Talk Sport.
“There have been a couple of conversations over the last 48 hours, I spoke to Bob Arum on Monday at length. We were talking about Wembley and he asked me about the restrictions and of course I told him about the Euros going into Wembley and talks of full capacity going in there in June/July.
“Could we get full capacity after the Euros, sort of middle/end of July? If we could, that does bring London and Wembley into the conversation. I’d love to find an excuse to do it in the UK and to find a way. I think most people to be honest with you, this includes the Middle East, they would prefer to do the fight back end of the year. Do we do the first one in London and the second one in the Middle East or wherever those interesting offers come from?
“There’s a lot of discussions to be had, we don’t rule out Wembley, but one thing we do know is the only way we could stage that fight in Wembley is with full capacity. There are some conversations going on with the government to see if that is an option. And, if that is an option, that will be presented to the fighters as well.”