![]() ![]() ![]() It could still happen in August, although that's a long shot now, meaning a lot will depend on what happens in their interim fights. Joshua has already accounted for one mandatory challenger in the IBF's Kubrat Pulev, who he knocked out in the ninth round in December. He beat relatively unknown American Chazz Witherspoon in 2019, before earning a unanimous decision over Derek Chisora in his last outing in October. Usyk, who has an 18-0 record and was undisputed cruiserweight champion between 20 before stepping up to heavyweight, is a tremendous talent, but has only fought twice at heavyweight. Malik Scott, Wilder's new trainer, said in an Instagram post that Wilder has "no interest in step-aside money" and that he "wants blood".Īny fight between the pair will come with a tremendous amount of ill feeling.Īnthony Joshua owns three of boxing's major belts. #FURY VS JOSHUA CRACK#Occasionally, when a fighter is due a mandatory fight that needs to be delayed in favour of a better fight, step-aside money is paid to a fighter to sweeten the deal.įury said that Wilder's step-aside price was $26 million, adding: "looks like I will have to crack his skull again". This appears to be on Bob Arum, Fury's promoter's mind as well - not least because he has provisionally booked the new Las Vegas stadium for a fight on July 24. It seems that Fury will have to take on Wilder before he challenges Joshua. So what is the current situation with the most highly anticipated heavyweight fight in recent years? Joshua calls Fury a liar and 'fraud'įury replied by calling Joshua a "dosser", a "bum" and a "bottlejob", but tellingly added that he would "smoke Wilder first then you'll get yours as well" seemingly confirming that the Wilder fight has to happen and ending talk of unification for the time being. The fight had a date - August 14 - and a venue - Saudi Arabia - which was reported to be paying a reported site fee of $US155 million ($200 million), with each fighter earning just shy of $97 million before pay-per-view money is included.Įarlier this week, Fury announced via social media that the fight was "100 per cent on" after receiving assurances on the arrangements from Prince Khalid bin Salman Al Saud.īut then, just one day later, an arbitrator ruled that Fury had to honour his contract with Deontay Wilder by fighting him for a third time before September 15 - kyboshing any hope of that August date with Joshua. However, with crowds starting to return to live events, a resolution to the stalemate did appear to be close. There has now been almost 11 months of meaningful talk about this fight, although the coronavirus pandemic meant that it was never feasible to arrange the contest at a time where paying fans could not be in a stadium to watch it. The fight was supposed to be a done deal, Joshua's promoter Eddie Hearn said as much back in March. The Tyson Fury-Anthony Joshua heavyweight super-fight appears to have fallen apart, just days after Fury confirmed the bout would take place on August 14. ![]()
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