Eddie Hearn, promoter for Anthony Joshua, has reacted to the recent claims by Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum, who promotes Tyson Fury. For the last few weeks, Hearn and Arum have been working to finalize the details for a full division unification between heavyweight champions Joshua and Fury.
Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum, who co-promotes WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, says a potential unification with IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua is not taking place in July or August. A few days ago, Arum explained to BoxingScene.com that Joshua's promoter, Eddie Hearn, was taking too long to secure a finalized agreement with respect to the site deal.
Eddie Hearn, promoter for IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua, has responded to the recent statements from Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum, who promotes WBC champion Tyson Fury.
A frustrated Top Rank chairman Bob Arum told BoxingScene on Monday that he would not be surprised if plans for the all-British undisputed heavyweight championship fight between Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua, in the works for late July or early August in Saudi Arabia, fall apart and that Fury next winds up facing former world titleholder Deontay Wilder for the third time.
Eddie Hearn, promoter for Anthony Joshua, feels confident that a deal will get finalized for the high stakes unification with Tyson Fury. The two boxers will have agreed to collide in a two-fight series for the WBA, WBC, IBF, IBO, WBO heavyweight titles.
Frank Warren, co-promoter for WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, is not ready to confirm the recent news of a $150 million site fee, from Saudi Arabia, to host the highly anticipated unification with IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO champion Anthony Joshua.
Undisputed junior middleweight champion Claressa Shields is backing Anthony Joshua to defeat Tyson Fury in their highly anticipated heavyweight unification. The two champions have nearly finalized all of the details for their summer showdown, for the IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO, WBC world titles.
Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua will be paid record purses for heavyweights when they fight for all the titles in their division this summer. According to an ESPN.com report posted Saturday afternoon, the British heavyweights will split most of a site fee that’ll exceed $150 million. The deal isn’t finalized, but Fury and Joshua are expected to make approximately $75 million apiece for their highly anticipated showdown.
The Tyson Fury-Anthony Joshua fight it “100 percent happening” this summer according to Eddie Hearn. The fight for the undisputed world heavyweight champion is expected to take place in Saudia Arabia, probably Jeddah, on either July 24, 31 or August 7, after a site fee was agreed with backer in the country.
WBA, WBO, IBF, IBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua would love to have Floyd Mayweather and Wladimir Klitschko at his training camp to help prepare him for his unification with WBC champion Tyson Fury.