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Eddie Hearn, promoter for IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua, says his fighter's division rival, WBC champion Tyson Fury, loves to make unexpected phone calls to wind people up.
Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum, who co-promotes WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, views the unification with Anthony Joshua as the biggest heavyweight fight since Muhammad Ali collided with Joe Frazier for the first time in March of 1971.
Eddie Hearn, promoter for IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua, has no other plan in the background if the ongoing negotiations for a Tyson Fury unification fall apart. The handlers for both boxers are in deep discussions to finalize the terms for a two-fight series in 2021.
In a recent interview, Eddie Hearn explained that fellow promoter, Bob Arum of Top Rank, called him up and tried to persuade him to stop discussing the potential unification between heavyweight champions Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua.
The war of words between Deontay Wilder and former co-trainer Mark Breland reached another round over the weekend once Breland clapped back at the former heavyweight champion’s claims that he was disloyal, and that he went as far as even spiking Wilder’s water during the TKO loss to Tyson Fury last February.
Heavyweight contender Andy Ruiz has lost 25-pounds and is currently on the road to making a big return, says trainer Jorge Capetillo. Ruiz has been out of the ring since December of 2019, when he lost a twelve round unanimous decision in a rematch with Anthony Joshua.
Heavyweight veteran Eric Molina, who suffered a knockout loss to Anthony Joshua five years ago, could see the British superstar scoring a sensational knockout of Tyson Fury. At the moment, the handlers for Fury and Joshua are in deep negotiations to finalize a potential full division unification for the summer.
Former world champion and 1984 Olympics gold medalist Mark Breland has come out swinging against his former understudy Deontay Wilder. Breland was Wilder’s career-long co-trainer along with Jay Deas, but after the former WBC champion dropped his first career defeat to the hands of Tyson Fury last February, the “Bronze Bomber” decided to contentiously split from Breland, billing his coach, among other things, as disloyal for throwing in the towel as the Brit was bullying him the entire night with a vicious barrage.
Things may be progressing smoothly towards an undisputed heavyweight title fight between Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua, but it has still not been agreed as to who will have their name first on the poster. Contracts for the fight have been sent by Eddie Hearn, Joshua’s promoter, to Fury’s promoters, Bob Arum and Frank Warren, and returned with alterations. But even though the deal seems to be straightforward, whether the fight will be officially #FuryJoshua or #JoshuaFury has not yet been agreed.
Heavyweight Dave Allen, who sparred in the past with WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, believes Anthony Joshua must be very aggressive in the early rounds if he wants to have the best chance at victory.