ANTHONY JOSHUA vs Tyson Fury Is now set to go ahead THIS YEAR
Eddie Hearn has confirmed they had finally both signed their contracts for the 2 fight bout.
32 year old Tyson Fury, has been tirlessly posting on social media aout his frustration where a deal hasn’t yet been agreed- admitting he has started taking time off until a deal is done so has stopped training and eating while
“Everyone in this building knows more about this fight than I do,” Fury said (via Boxing Scene). “Apparently, it’s done, it’s signed. We got a date, a venue. News to me. I don’t know jack. I don’t know anything. As far as I’m concerned, I’m not even training anymore. I’ve stopped training. (Trainer) Sugar Hill (Steward) has gone home. He went home in November, end of November. (Assistant trainer) Andy Lee’s gone home. I’m burnt out, ya know? I need a rest, mentally and physically and emotionally.”
Joshua’s promoter Hearn- confirmed the good news saying the ‘hard part’ is now over and done with. he told ESPN “We’d like to get a site deal confirmed in the next month.
“The hard part is always getting everybody to put pen to paper.
“But this was a major effort from all parties to get this over the line.
“You had rival promoters, rival networks and rival fighters.
“I actually feel we’ve done the hard part.”
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‘multiple countries’ – including Saudi Arabia and America – are keen to host the monster showdown.
Hearn claimed: “Speaking for myself, Anthony and his team at 258 management, I know how hard we’ve worked hard these last couple of months.
“I just feel that this fight is so big it’s not a difficult sell.
“We’ve already had approaches from eight or nine sites.
“The offers have come from multiple countries in the Middle East, from Asia, Eastern Europe and America.
“This is the biggest fight in boxing and one of the biggest sporting events in the world.
“It will be a major, major win for a country that wants to showcase itself.”
The fight purse split was agreed as long ago as June 2020.
Earlier this month, Hearn even sold Brit fans the dream of the second-leg of the two-fight rivalry happening at a packed Wembley stadium, after lockdown restrictions have been lifted.
Fury has not boxed since his February 2020 rematch win over Deontay Wilder that earned him the WBC title that is the one missing from Joshua’ impressive collection.
Joshua, meanwhile, beat Kubrat Pulev as recently as December with a brutal ninth-round KO.
Over the weekend, Fury told MTK Global: “I could drink 14 pints and still give AJ a hiding.
“I’m not training anymore. I only need six/seven weeks anyway for these bums.
“I don’t need no big, great sparring partners for a bodybuilding type of guy, I just need the local binmen.”
He told iFL TV: “See, if I am looking for a challenge, I have been looking, searching the world for 13 years, a professional to find a man who can better me.
“And I just can’t find him. Even if I go away, I still can’t be beat.
“I am like the bionic action warrior.
“I can’t be beaten.”