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Barry Hearn, the founder of Matchroom Sport, expects Anthony Joshua vs. Tyson Fury to eventually come off. The two British heavyweights were in serious talks earlier last year. Their negotiations fell apart after Deontay Wilder was victorious at an arbitration to force a third meeting with Fury.
Olympic silver medal winner Joe Joyce is backing Tyson Fury to overcome Dillian Whyte later this month. Fury, the WBC heavyweight champion, will make a mandatory defense against Whyte on April 23 before a crowd of over 90,000 at Wembley in London.
Death, taxes…and boxing promoters trying to defend their shoddily-perceived undercards. Veteran British fight impresario Frank Warren recently found himself in the latter position after the undercard to the Tyson Fury vs. Dillian Whyte heavyweight title bout (for Fury’s WBC belt) was unveiled to the public. Fury-Whyte is set to take place April 23 at Wembley Stadium in London.
Frank Warren, co-promoter for WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, indicates that his boxer is ready to make a big statement in his upcoming mandatory defense against Dillian Whyte. The contest takes place on April 23, before a crowd of 94,000 fans at Wembley Stadium in London.
Frank Warren wants to make it abundantly clear that Dillian Whyte is dangerously close to flouting his publicity requirements ahead of his fight with Tyson Fury.
Trainer SugarHill Steward is not about to hold his breath for an all-British showdown to materialize between two of the biggest heavyweight names in boxing.
There will be a British referee but no British judges for Tyson Fury's WBC heavyweight title defense against Dillian Whyte at Wembley Stadium on April 23.
Bob Arum is not entirely convinced that Tyson Fury will hang up the gloves after his fight with Dillian Whyte, not when the prospect of making incredible money against a big-name opponent still looms.
Tyson Fury, the 33-year-old WBC titleholder from Manchester, talked about the various “step aside” scenarios that came up during his negotiations to fight countryman mandatory challenger Dillian Whyte. There was talk that Fury could simply bypass the Jamaican-born, London native Whyte to face WBO/WBA/IBF/IBO champion Oleksandr Usyk of Ukraine for a full heavyweight unification bout this spring, but that would have been contingent on getting permission from Anthony Joshua, who had a contractual rematch clause with Usyk, and Whyte. In the end, with far too many variables at play, a deal for a step aside fell apart. Fury’s team blamed it on Joshua for asking for a larger fee.
SugarHill Steward, the head trainer of WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, has no idea is his boxer will actually follow through with a pre-fight vow to retire in the aftermath of an upcoming mandatory defense against Dillian Whyte.