Comments thread for: Fury v Joshua 95% confident - Arum

[Ray*]

https://www.skysports.com/share/12185916

Tyson Fury's US promoter Bob Arum is '95 per cent' confident about agreeing the Anthony Joshua fight - and hopes to sign a contract within two weeks.

WBC champion Fury has been negotiating with Joshua, the WBA, IBF and WBO belt holder, as the British heavyweight rivals edge closer to finalising a massive undisputed world title fight this year.

Top Rank boss Arum, who has guided Fury's career in America, is hopeful that the Joshua fight will soon be confirmed, although a final decision on a venue could be delayed, with a number of locations still being considered.

Arum told Sky Sports News: "I don't want to make a deadline, but I just can report that everything so far has been going splendidly, and we hope to have a signed document within the next couple of weeks.

That might not provide for a site, because again, we can have a document that the fighters would have signed, and everything, and then have a mutual agreement clause of the site.


"We're all on the same page, as far as I can see.

"I'm 95 per cent confident the fight happens, and I'm 100 per cent confident that my guy wins, and wins by knockout."

[MUNG]

if im 99% sure of something, its almost certainly happening, 95% is like, i think its happening, but it may well not happen as planned

[Kezzer]

Is the 5% related to wilder?

Arums % aren’t always the best gauge when it comes to the fight though, he was 100% confident of a Pulev knock out too!

[REDEEMER]

Not good news for some on here with the wasted energy telling us Wilder will block it when it wasn’t possible really . Ha

[QballLobo]

Wilder can cry all he wants but he had his chance. Had he played his cards right he could have forced a step aside fee then had an agreement to fight the winner for all the marbles.
Too bad that dent in his head courtesy of Fury didn’t knock some business sense into him.
Turned down $100 million to lose for a fraction and is now on the outside looking in of the HW title picture.

[Marchegiano]

What happened with that Agit fight?

[DaNeutral.]

Oh I'm really hoping this fight is signed off and happens. But I'm not too sure how much faith I have in the words of a wrinkly old salty turd like Bob Arum. Lying comes too easy to that old fkker.

But it is the fight that all Boxing fans, other than PBC cult sheep, want the most in the division if not the sport.

[KingGilgamesh]

This is the same guy who assured us Pulev was going to "handle" Joshua...

I'll wait and see.