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Frank Warren, co-promoter for WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, is confident Oleksandr Usyk will not prevent a unification showdown with IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua. The handlers for Fury and Joshua are in serious negotiations to finalize a two-fight series.
Eddie Hearn was careful not to attach actual numbers when asked how much money Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury will make for their heavyweight showdown. Joshua’s promoter did predict that they’ll be compensated comparable to the highest-paid boxer in the history of the sport. Hearn stated during his weekly appearance Tuesday on “The Ak & Barak Show” that the British heavyweights will make “Mayweather money” for their heavyweight title unification fight either late in May or at some point in June.
Last month in London, Peter Fury was ringside and watched Anthony Joshua retain the IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight titles with a stoppage win over mandatory challenger Kubrat Pulev. Joshua is now in serious negotiations to face WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, who is Peter Fury's nephew and former student.
Whatever lingering issues remain in putting together an undisputed heavyweight championship are no longer bound to sanctioning body obligations. A major hurdle was cleared in efforts to move forward with a titanic showdown between Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua. The highly anticipated heavyweight clash will come with all major titles at stake, including the World Boxing Organization who is no longer calling for a mandatory title defense, sources with intimate knowledge of the development have informed BoxingScene.com.
Eddie Hearn says he would like to stage a second between Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury in Cardiff, although he believes there will be “a lot of pressure” for both fights stipulated in the deal to take place abroad.
Eddie Hearn, promoter for IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua, indicates that there is heavy interest from numerous countries to host a full division unification between his boxer and WBC champion Tyson Fury.
Eddie Hearn, promoter for IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua, says the World Boxing Organization would make a big mistake by not jumping on board with a potential unification clash against WBC champion Tyson Fury.
Bob Arum, co-promoter of WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, explains that his fighter has explicitly vowed to never face Deontay Wilder for a third time. In February 2020, Fury dropped and stopped Wilder in seven rounds to capture the WBC title at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
Eddie Hearn, promoter for IBF, WBO, IBO, WBA heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua, has floated a different path for Oleksandr Usyk to pursue. Usyk, who currently hold the WBO's mandatory position, has yet to allow Joshua to move forward with a potential full division unification against WBC champion Tyson fury.
The biggest fight in British boxing history almost certainly will take place outside of the United Kingdom. As representatives for Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua inch closer toward complete agreement on contractual terms for their huge heavyweight title fight, it is becoming increasingly clearer that Fury-Joshua will be held at an undetermined venue in the Middle East. A Joshua-Fury fight would easily attract a capacity crowd of approximately 90,000 to Wembley Stadium in London, but bringing their fight for Fury’s WBC championship and Joshua’s IBF, IBO, WBA and WBO belts somewhere in the Middle East would make more sense financially.