Joshua v Fury fight could be on this year
PROMOTER SAYS CLASH MAY COME IN SUMMER
EDDIE Hearn says he wants to make the fight between Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury this year.
Fury and Joshua have been constantly linked with each other, but it appeared that a showdown between the two heavyweights may not be able to take place until 2019 at the earliest.
Promoter Hearn has given hope that it could happen sooner rather than later, revealing that he would like the fight to take place this year.
“I spoke to Tyson Fury this morning. He even got in contact with Anthony Joshua at the weekend, so we’re all talking.
“Let me tell you, that’s a fight that we would sit down now and make for 2018,” he said.
“I’ve already seen that he wants 60-40, Tyson Fury, which is not quite the idea that we have, but we are up for making the Tyson Fury fight.
“It won’t be next, because we know what we’re trying to do next.
“We’re trying to clean up the division and win all the belts, but if it has to be the one after in the summer or have to be after that.
“We are prepared to sit down and make that fight now with Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua is as well, because he called me straight after Tyson was texting him the other day.
“Realistically, Tyson talks about getting in the ring in April, fighting Joshua. “That’s not going to happen. “We can’t base our career on a guy that still has what six or seven stone to lose and doesn’t have a British Boxing Board of Control licence, that hasn’t boxed for two years.
“We’re desperate to see him back. We’ll even give him a fight. It will be a massive return, but we are prepared to make the Tyson Fury fight for the summer or for the winter of 2018, unquestionably, but let’s see him back.
“You do not want to go in the ring with Anthony Joshua, having been out of the sport for two-and-a-half years, especially in the physical condition he’s in at the moment.
“Tyson Fury is a great fighter, it’s a tough fight for Anthony Joshua, but it’s one we want, it’s the one the British public want, and we will make that fight.”
IBF, WBA and IBO heavyweight champion Joshua is expected to face WBO heavyweight champ Joseph Parker in a unification fight at the end of March, with an official announcement due in the coming days. Fury has previously stated on several occasions that he would like to make his long-awaited return to the ring in April, and providing both men win those respective contests, a fight between the two could be plausible for the summer.
We’ll give him a fight. It will be a massive return Eddie Hearn