Dines & English, the lawyers for former undisputed cruiserweight champion Oleksandr Usyk, have issued a legal to enforce the boxer's mandatory shot at the WBO heavyweight title, which is currently held by Anthony Joshua. Usyk became the mandatory challenger in 2019, after vacating all four of his cruiserweight titles and making an official move to the heavyweight limit.
Retired heavyweight contender Malik Scott, who currently trains former world champion Deontay Wilder, says the once-beaten boxer will not accept a step-aside agreement to allow Tyson Fury to face Anthony Joshua in a full division unification on August 14 in Saudi Arabia.
Eddie Hearn is holding out hope that the lucrative Tyson Fury-Anthony Joshua fight can be salvaged for August 14 in Saudi Arabia. If that isn’t possible and Fury moves forward with a third fight against Deontay Wilder, Hearn intends to move on to Plan B by the end of this week. The most probable Plan B for Joshua, according to Hearn, is a mandatory defense of his WBO heavyweight title against Oleksandr Usyk.
Frank Warren, co-promoter of WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, fears that it could cost as much as $20 million to get Deontay Wilder to step aside so Fury can fight Anthony Joshua in a full division unification. Fury vs. Joshua was an inch away from being announced for August 14 in Saudi Arabia.
Yet another hurdle has been placed on the road to crowning an undisputed heavyweight champion. Lineal and WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury will have to honor a contractual clause which calls for a third fight with Deontay Wilder, arbitration judge Daniel Weinstein ruled on Monday. The case was the subject of a months-long legal battle, serving as among the contributing factors in delaying a desired undisputed heavyweight championship showdown between Fury and WBA/IBF/WBO/IBO heavyweight titlist Anthony Joshua (24-1, 22KOs).
WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury confirmed a recent report on BoxingScene.com, by announcing in a video posted Sunday that his long-awaited unification bout against IBF, WBO, WBA, IBO world champion Anthony Joshua would take place in Saudi Arabia on August 14.
Eddie Hearn, promoter for IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua, believes his boxer will "demolish" WBC champion Tyson Fury in their highly anticipated unification clash. The two sides are zeroing in on a date of August 14 in Saudi Arabia.
August 14 will be the date of the undisputed heavyweight title fight between Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury, although Fury’s contract remains unsigned. Both Eddie Hearn and Frank Warren, promoters for the two world champions, both confirmed the date the fight will take place in Saudi Arabia on Thursday. The delay to announcing the fight officially has been down to firming up guarantees around the site fee for the fight, believed to be $150 million.
Frank Warren, co-promoter for WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, says the unification with Anthony Joshua would have to take place on August 14. On Tuesday, Joshua's promoter Eddie Hearn had mentioned two tentative dates, August 7 and August 14 - with event being staged in Saudi Arabia.
Frank Warren, co-promoter for WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, says his boxer has no intention of signing a contract for a unification deal with Anthony Joshua until he is "comfortable" with the terms.