Eddie Hearn says he is working on the assumption that the fight between Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua will go ahead, even though he still has a plan B if it all falls through.
As far as Anthony Joshua and Co. are concerned, the ball is now firmly in Tyson Fury’s court. Earlier this week, representatives of the former heavyweight champion from London announced that they agreed to all of the terms that had been laid out by WBC heavyweight titlist Fury and his promoter Frank Warren of Queensberry Promotions for an all-British fight at the end of the year.
Heavyweight contender Joe Joyce has changed his prediction about a potential showdown between domestic rivals Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua. Fury and Joshua are in talks to collide on December 3 at Cardiff's Principality Stadium.
The World Boxing Council has finally ranked Anthony Joshua in their top ten - which WBC President Mauricio Sulaiman explains was done because the British star is no longer aligned with another sanctioning body.
Anthony Joshua’s management company say that they have accepted terms for a fight with Tyson Fury at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff on December 3. 258 Management tweeted that they accepted terms last Friday but that it was agreed to halt all communications due to the death of Queen Elizabeth II. Last week, Fury, the WBC champion, had given Joshua, the two-time WBA, WBO and IBF champion, 24 hours to accept terms for a fight, offering him the short end of 60-40 on all takings for a fight on November 24 or December 3, with a rematch clause that would be on a 50-50 basis. Joshua, who lost his rematch to Oleksandr Usyk in Jeddah on August 20, had originally asked for December 17.
Dmitriy Salita, trainer for heavyweight contender Otto Wallin, feels strongly that Anthony Joshua should fight his man next. There are ongoing negotiations for a fight between Joshua and WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury.
Frank Warren, co-promoter for WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, says the negotiations for a fight with Anthony Joshua have been put on hold ‘out of respect’ for the recent passing of Queen Elizabeth II.
World Boxing Council (WBC) President Mauricio Sulaiman has embraced the possibility of a fight between WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury and former unified beltholder Anthony Joshua.
Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum, who co-promotes WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, believes Anthony Joshua would get demolished if a fight moved forward in the fall.
Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum, who co-promotes WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, has serious doubts about the desire of Anthony Joshua's handlers to finalize a year-end showdown.