AJ, 32, lost to Usyk, 34, at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in September, losing his WBA (Super), IBF and WBO heavyweight world titles in the process.
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The Gypsy King’s trans-Atlantic promotional partners Frank Warren and Bob Arum won Friday’s purse bid in Mexico City with a £30 million offer.
After a complicated week for boxing’s blue-riband division, two huge fights are beginning to shift into focus with Fury seemingly set to defend his title against mandatory challenger Whyte.
Eddie Hearn said it might make sense for Anthony Joshua to agree to step aside and then fight the winner of Usyk-Fury.
As things stand, the Gypsy King has been ordered to defend his WBC heavyweight title against Whyte next, while AJ has activated his contractual clause for a rematch with WBA, IBF and WBO champion Usyk.
Reports emerged that Joshua was going to accept a massive money offer to let Fury and Usyk fight this year.
Joshua is set to fight Usyk for a second time in April after losing his WBA, WBO, IBF and IBO belts on a unanimous points decision in front of a sell-out crowd at London’s Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in September.
The 35-year-old has been gaining traction in the media in recent weeks due to a potential showdown with boxing’s world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury.
As routine with any knockout loss in Las Vegas, the boxer stopped gets an immediate six-month cooling-off period before being allowed to compete again.
The Gypsy King’s claim against AJ came in an Instagram call out to another British heavyweight in Derek Chisora.
Ukrainian boxer Oleksandr Usyk and Fury are the two current world heavyweight champions, as the former holds the WBA, IBF and WBO belts after beating Joshua in September, while the latter holds the WBC and The Ring belts.
Fury has been ordered to defend his WBC heavyweight title against interim champion and mandatory challenger Whyte, and it was recently revealed by the governing body that the “Gypsy King” is set to receive 80 per cent of the total purse for the bout.
Ngannou is set to defend his title against interim champion and former teammate, Ciryl Gane, this month.
Joshua is expected to face Usyk later this year for the unified WBA, WBO and IBF belts, after losing them to the Ukrainian.
Fury took to his Instagram after a gym session to update his fans on his next step after last fighting in October.
Earlier this month Whyte was officially made mandatory challenger for Fury’ s WBC heavyweight championship.
Fury is eager to remain active after being kept out of the ring for close to two years by the coronavirus pandemic and contractual issues that caused his trilogy with Deontay Wilder to be delayed for months.
AJ was beaten by Usyk at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in September, relinquishing his WBA, WBO and IBF title.
Both boxers were at Madison Square Garden to watch Vasiliy Lomachenko’s dominant points win over Richard Commey, with the fight coinciding with legendary promoter Bob Arum’s birthday.
The Bronze Bomber lost his WBC heavyweight world title to the Gypsy King in February 2020 after drawing their first fight.