ANTHONY JOSHUA’S

fight with Kubrat Pulev will go ahead this year despite yesterday’s announcement that fans cannot return to major sporting events. Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn had been hoping the heavyweight world-title fight would take place on December 12 at the O2 in front of 5,000-plus fans. He said: ‘Our intention now is carry on with all our scheduled events. Clearly the finances are affected by not having crowds, but we’re working to keep our schedule. That includes Joshua. We’ll go ahead in December for Joshua because it’s been a year since he fought Andy Ruiz and he needs to fight.’