Fury won the WBC title in Las Vegas three months ago with a seventh-round stoppage of Deontay Wilder, after Joshua defeated Mexican-American Andy Ruiz Jr in a December rematch in Saudi Arabia to reclaim his IBF, WBA, WBO and IBO titles.
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The Bulgarian is mandatory challenger for Joshua’s IBF title, but their planned bout on June 20 was postponed.
Hearn’s mansion home and headquarters to the north of London has extensive grounds and he wants to organise fight nights on four consecutive weekends behind closed doors.
WBC heavyweight champion champion Fury said he will not be paying the Bronze Bomber to step aside, with the two due to clash in a rematch later this year.
The Bronze Bomber suffered his first professional defeat against Fury back in February, with trainer Mark Breland throwing in the towel after seven rounds at the MGM Grand Arena, Las Vegas.
Anthony Joshua has recorded the biggest rise in fortune in sport – £58 million – over the past year.
Anthony Joshua and Kubrat Pulev have three weeks to finalise a location for their world title fight, with Britain and Croatia on the current shortlist, said the Bulgarian’s manager Ivaylo Gotsev.
Anthony Joshua’s promoter has hinted that the world champion’s next title defence may not be staged behind closed doors despite the coronavirus crisis.
Bulgarian brute Kubrat Pulev has once again refused to step aside in order to allow Tyson Fury to face Anthony Joshua in his next fight.
Kubrat Pulev has hinted that he would be prepared to accept step-aside money if Anthony Joshua wants to skip their mandatory bout and lock horns with Tyson Fury next instead.
The Gypsy King had stated that he would listen to his family’s pleas and hang up his gloves after three more fights since stunning Deontay Wilder to win the WBC Heavyweight Championship in February.
Talks over a huge world heavyweight title unification fight between Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua in Saudi Arabia are officially underway, according to ESPN.
British boxing’s governing body told promoters on Thursday it hopes to be able to have shows back from July after months of inactivity because of the coronavirus outbreak.
Promoter Frank Warren has ruled out the possibility of Tyson Fury facing Anthony Joshua in an undisputed heavyweight fight later this year.
Heavyweight contender Jarrell Miller believes that he would have crushed unified world champion Anthony Joshua – had the two of them collided in the ring back in June of 2019.
Anthony Joshua will lock horns with domestic rival Tyson Fury at the start of 2021, according to Matchroom chief Barry Hearn.
Heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua believes Tyson Fury will beat Deontay Wilder when the two boxers meet for a third time.
Anthony Joshua has insisted that he is ready to take an all-British blockbuster against Tyson Fury behind closed doors, even if it costs them nearly £6.5 million in lost gate revenue.
Anthony Joshua has said a blockbuster fight for the undisputed world heavyweight title with Tyson Fury is needed to determine a single dominant figure in the division.
Mike Tyson has dismissed Anthony Joshua’s claims that he would beat Muhammad Ali in a fantasy heavyweight boxing match.