Tyson Fury: record, next fight and profile →
World Boxing Council President Mauricio Sulaiman is salivating at the thought of the full division unification between WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury and WBA, IBO, WBO, IBF champion Anthony Joshua. The fight is in serious negotiations with both sides confident that a deal can be reached in the near future.
Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum, who co-promotes WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, is 95% confident that a deal will get finalized for full division unification with IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO champion Anthony Joshua.
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Oleksandr Usyk, the mandatory challenger for the WBO championship, is not backing away one inch from his ordered title shot. The current champion, Anthony Joshua, who also holds the WBA, IBO, IBF titles, is more interested in a full division unification with WBC world champion Tyson Fury.
Matchroom Boxing head Eddie Hearn says there is a 90% chance that the heavyweight unification fight between Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury takes place in 2021. That said, there is a 100% chance Hearn and Joshua will first need to address the situation pertaining to Joshua’s WBO mandatory challenger in Oleksandr Usyk.
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Johnathon Banks, who trained former unified heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko for the final few years of his career, believes Anthony Joshua will not have success if he applies his recent fighting style in a battle with Tyson Fury.
Undefeated light heavyweight prospect Tommy Fury has fully backed his older brother, WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, to convincingly defeat WBO, WBA, IBO, IBF world champion Anthony Joshua.
WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury has sent out a message to support for anybody who may be struggling following the latest lockdown announcement from the UK government.
Eddie Hearn, promoter for IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua, says it's very unlikely that a showdown with WBC champion Tyson Fury takes place in the UK - at when it comes to the first bout.