This past December, Joshua retained his titles with a ninth-round knockout victory over Kubrat Pulev in London. The two rematched in December 2019, when Joshua won back the WBA, IBF, WBO, and IBO titles he lost in the first fight. Joshua (24-1) has won back-to-back fights since his seventh-round TKO upset loss to Andy Ruiz in June 2019. On a Top Rank event broadcast, Fury claimed he stopped training and was drinking 10 pints of beer a day. In January, Fury expressed frustration with the negotiations to fight Joshua. OLEKSANDR USYK could fight Tyson Fury next if he defeats Anthony Joshua again later this month. Anthony Joshua's stunning defeat to Ukraine's Oleksandr Usyk means there is unlikely to be a world heavyweight unification fight between Britons Joshua and Tyson Fury, promoter Frank Warren said.
With that win, Fury picked up the WBC and The Ring heavyweight titles. Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury agreed to face off in 2021, only for the bout to fall through when the Gypsy King had to grant Deontay Wilder a trilogy bout. The offers have come from multiple countries in the Middle East, from Asia, Eastern Europe, and America.”įury (30-0-1) hasn’t competed since February 2020 when he defeated Deontay Wilder via seventh-round TKO in the highly anticipated rematch of their December 2018 draw. We’ve already had approaches from eight or nine sites. Over the course of the last few years we’ve seen a parade of world-class heavyweight. “… I know how hard we’ve worked these last couple of months, and I just feel that this fight is so big it’s not a difficult sell. Tyson Fury has revealed the conditions that would need to be met for him to finally face Anthony Joshua. You had rival promoters, rival networks, and rival fighters. “But this was a major effort from all parties to get this over the line. “The hard part is always getting everybody to put pen to paper,” Hearn told ESPN. While dates and locations aren’t set, it’s expected that both fights will take place in 2021, with the first in June or July and the second in November or December.
Fury, who is the WBC champion, claims to be. That's the opinion of Matchroom's Eddie Hearn, who was speaking to The DAZN Boxing Show at the London press conference for Joshua's rematch with WBA, WBO and IBF world heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk. The initial meeting between Fury and Joshua will have a 50-50 purse split, while the rematch will be 60-40 in favor of the winner. Hopes for a unification bout between Tyson Fury (left) and Anthony Joshua (right) have been delayed. A fight between Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury is 'the biggest fight' in the history of boxing. Top Rank promoter Eddie Hearn informed ESPN of the news Monday. The boxing stars have signed a two-fight deal that will see the heavyweight titles unified. The pen has finally hit paper in the Tyson Fury vs.
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