Tyson Fury: record, next fight and profile →
Oleksandr Usyk, the WBO's mandatory challenger, is open to the possibility of hearing out a potential step-aside deal to allow a full division unification between WBO, IBF, WBA, IBO champion Anthony Joshua and WBC champion Tyson Fury.
WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury has continued to criticize Anthony Joshua for not calling him out last weekend. Last Saturday night at the SSE Arena at Wembley, Joshua retained the IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight titles with a knockout of mandatory challenger Kubrat Pulev.
There are just some fights in the sport which far exceed any alphabet trinket at stake. Those involved in the biggest heavyweight fight to be made might be forced to put that theory to the test. Handlers for lineal heavyweight champion Tyson Fury and unified titlist Anthony Joshua continue to push forward with talks for a potential all-British heavyweight superfight. For the moment, such a fight would come with every major title at stake, although Joshua’s outstanding mandatory title defense obligation with Oleksandr Usyk (18-0, 13KOs) remains a significant hurdle to be cleared.
Eddie Hearn has been encouraged thus far by the nature of his conversations with representatives for Tyson Fury. Their promoters didn’t waste any time discussing putting together an Anthony Joshua-Fury fight in the immediate aftermath of Joshua’s ninth-round knockout of Kubrat Pulev on Saturday night in London.
Eddie Hearn has told William Hill that Anthony Joshua has the speed and power to defeat Tyson Fury, while questioning the effectiveness of the Gypsy King’s punching ability.
As soon as Anthony Joshua put away Kubrat Pulev by massive ninth-round knockout to retain his unified heavyweight titles on Saturday in London, the conversation immediately turned to the prospect of a unification showdown with Tyson Fury to produce the first four-belt undisputed heavyweight world champion. Both fighters say they want the fight. Their promoters claim they want to make it for the spring. Boxing fans are, of course, clamoring for it.
From the moment Anthony Joshua turned away the challenge of Kubrat Pulev, the next step for all involved parties was to move forward with plans for the biggest fight to be made in boxing today.
Heavyweight contender Daniel Dubois, who sparred both world champions, is picking Tyson Fury to overcome Anthony Joshua in a potential 2021 unification. Fury, 32, and Joshua, 31, have agreed in principle to the financial terms of a two-fight deal.
Eddie Hearn, promoter for IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua, has already begun discussions for 2021 unification clash with WBC world champion Tyson Fury. On Saturday at SSE Arena in Wembley, Joshua dropped mandatory challenger Kubrat Pulev four times to secure the knockout in the ninth round.
WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury was not overly impressed with the recent victory by Anthony Joshua. This past Saturday night at the SSE Arena at Wembley, Joshua retained the WBO, IBF, IBO, WBA heavyweight titles with a ninth round knockout of mandatory challenger Kubrat Pulev, who went down four times in the contest.