Follow WBN on Facebook and Twitter worldboxingnews. WBN Editor Phil has over ten years of boxing news experience. The views expressed in this article are the opinions of Phil Jay. If you read between the lines, we may eventually get Tyson Fury vs Mahmoud Charr and Anthony Joshua vs Zhilei Zhang instead of an all-UK title battle. And I see him fighting Tyson Fury because it’s still a huge fight.” I see Deontay Wilder as a must-make fight. “I see the Dillian Whyte fight as a must-make fight. The potential bout between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk is be one for the undisputed heavyweight crown, but Anthony Joshua’s promoter, Eddie Hearn believes a clash with Joshua would draw a. He added that Joshua had a three-man shortlist that included Fury – if the deal is right. That’s the fight we wanna make for early 2023,” Hearn told DAZN. It was a potential fight that could be with Dillian Whyte. But I reached out to his team and said, ‘This is a huge offer.’ The all-British superfight is finally close to reality after a whirlwind week following Fury’s offer to defend his WBC and lineal heavyweight titles against Joshua later this year. “I recently had an offer for Deontay Wilder to fight in the Middle East. A huge Fury vs Joshua heavyweight showdown is a massive step closer after Anthony Joshua accepted all terms for a December 3 clash with ‘The Gypsy King’.

Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn offers left, right, and center for Joshua and Dillian Whyte’s fights. They attempted to make it last year and failed miserably. Whether we get Fury vs Joshua in the meantime remains up for debate. Sadly, that won’t be the case as Usyk nurses injuries and aims to return late next spring or early summer. “Nineteen years is a long time, and fans deserve it. Lewis stated: “Hey, Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk, can we finally give the fans an undisputed heavyweight championship fight? There is nothing that makes more dollars and sense than Wilder vs. AJ is still one of the four best heavyweights in the world. “Give the fans Fury vs Usyk!”ĭiBella also added that Deontay Wilder vs Anthony Joshua still made sense to make without Usyk or Fury in the mix with the belts. And give it to me right now,” said DiBella. “Give me the two best heavyweights in the world, and arguably the two best fighters in boxing. The delay will come as a blow to promoter Lou DiBella and heavyweight great Lennox Lewis, who both called on the fight to be made now. I would really like this fight to happen next year,” he added. “Everyone knows that this is a very crazy guy.

It was captured by “The Gypsy King,” but we don’t know what Tyson Fury has in his head ,” he told Parimatch. Usyk would sign on the dotted line now to face the winner of Fury vs Joshua if they stipulated that in the contract.

It’s certainly not “ducking” Fury by any stretch of the imagination. But now Usyk wants to spend time with his family, and who can blame him? He will be next month, though, once his ties to the IBF, WBA, and WBO titles subside.įury vs Usyk is the only fight to make. AJ has lost twice, has low confidence, and needs a victory badly.Īs World Boxing News reported first, Joshua would need special WBC sanctioning for that as the organization does not yet rate him. Now, “The Gypsy King” wants Joshua to accept a lowball 60-40 deal as his next WBC volunteer challenger.

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