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So Joshua is going to fight Povetkin in September then Wilder in December or February. Is the fight going to happen in the USA or the UK? Is Joshua taking the fight for the $50 million dollar guarantee?
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Eddie Hearn. insists Anthony Joshua will fight Deontay Wilder and Alexander Povetkin
LONDON -- Eddie Hearn has revealed to ESPN that a deal for Anthony Joshua to face Deontay Wilder is within a month of being made, but warned that contracts are even closer to being exchanged for a fight with Alexander Povetkin.
Joshua (21-0, 20KOs) is hoping to become the first undisputed heavyweight champion since Lennox Lewis in 1999 by fighting Deontay Wilder in the UK later this year, but stumbling blocks in negotiations mean that he may have to fulfill his mandatory commitments and fight Alexander Povetkin first instead.
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Dillian Whyte insists turning down a world title eliminator to face Joseph Parker on July 28 has not cost him a shot at champions Anthony Joshua and Deontay Wilder.
"A deal with Povetkin is close. Very close," Hearn said. "It's either going to be Wilder then Povetkin or Povetkin then Wilder.
"I believe that a deal will be done within the next month or so for Joshua to fight Wilder, it's just a case of whether we jump in with Povetkin first."
Hearn also pulled no punches when discussing Tyson Fury's upcoming comeback fight against Safer Seferi.
Fury is signed to Frank Warren's rival stable, and Hearn believes that neither Fury nor Warren want to put him back into big fights anytime soon.
"It's a joke of a fight, he's been out for two years and he's entitled to a freebie, but he wants three or four fights like that. I hope he doesn't because we all want to see him back in the big fights."
http://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/i...th-eddie-hearn
Eddie Hearn. insists Anthony Joshua will fight Deontay Wilder and Alexander Povetkin
LONDON -- Eddie Hearn has revealed to ESPN that a deal for Anthony Joshua to face Deontay Wilder is within a month of being made, but warned that contracts are even closer to being exchanged for a fight with Alexander Povetkin.
Joshua (21-0, 20KOs) is hoping to become the first undisputed heavyweight champion since Lennox Lewis in 1999 by fighting Deontay Wilder in the UK later this year, but stumbling blocks in negotiations mean that he may have to fulfill his mandatory commitments and fight Alexander Povetkin first instead.
EDITOR'S PICKS
Povetkin's team: Joshua fight news next week
Alexander Povetkin's promoter Andrey Ryabinskiy has told ESPN that a deal to fight Anthony Joshua is close to being sealed -- hinting that details could emerge within a week.
Whyte to face Parker but eyes Joshua or Wilder
Dillian Whyte insists turning down a world title eliminator to face Joseph Parker on July 28 has not cost him a shot at champions Anthony Joshua and Deontay Wilder.
"A deal with Povetkin is close. Very close," Hearn said. "It's either going to be Wilder then Povetkin or Povetkin then Wilder.
"I believe that a deal will be done within the next month or so for Joshua to fight Wilder, it's just a case of whether we jump in with Povetkin first."
Hearn also pulled no punches when discussing Tyson Fury's upcoming comeback fight against Safer Seferi.
Fury is signed to Frank Warren's rival stable, and Hearn believes that neither Fury nor Warren want to put him back into big fights anytime soon.
"It's a joke of a fight, he's been out for two years and he's entitled to a freebie, but he wants three or four fights like that. I hope he doesn't because we all want to see him back in the big fights."
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