Eddie Hearn has confirmed that each Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury have now agreed on a battle web site for the undisputed heavyweight world championship this summer time. Final Sunday, the gives have been offered to the fighters and their groups and now it seems the wheels are in movement for an official announcement.
Hearn instructed Behind The Gloves, whereas away in Miami for Demetrius Andrade’s WBO middleweight world title defence in opposition to Liam Williams: “Either side have authorised the positioning provide they wish to go along with, we are actually finalising the positioning provide and we’re in an excellent place.”
Understandably, Hearn was apprehensive to disclose precisely the place the battle shall be happening.
Saudi Arabia, which staged AJ’s rematch with Andy Ruiz Jr in December 2019, is believed to be the frontrunner.
Fury confirmed final week earlier than flying to Las Vegas to start his coaching that he’d lastly obtained a sequence of battle gives.
“Simply had some large information. Three or 4 large gives on the desk,” he mentioned in a video on Twitter.
“There’s curiosity from Saudi Arabia, my Gypsy brothers in Qatar, Uzbekistan, Russia, America, England,” he mentioned.
“There’s some large, large gives on the desk. I will undergo them on Sunday and hopefully we will get this large battle on and I can smash this large dosser.
“Large ineffective dosser, let me say. As a result of after I get him I will give him that [clenched fist], you large dosser.”
Joshua has already began coaching whereas the Gypsy King is now sharpening his instruments within the High Rank Health club in Vegas.
Fury has shared varied movies this week coaching together with his reduce man Jorge Capetillo.
His coach SugarHill Steward has additionally arrived in Vegas because the trio look to start their official battle preparations.
Promoter Frank Warren, who manages Fury with High Rank chief Bob Arum, mentioned earlier this week that he cannot see how the battle occurs in July as a consequence of AJ’s coach Rob McCracken’s Group GB commitments.
“I don’t see how any of that may occur in July and even early August from my perspective,” he instructed talkSPORT.
“Robert McCracken is AJ’s coach, he’s additionally our Olympic crew’s head coach, so he’s gonna be in Japan – I feel the Olympics begin on July 23, and I don’t know what the quarantine interval is.
“He can’t be in two locations without delay. That’s if Robert McCracken’s nonetheless coaching AJ, perhaps he’s not coaching the Olympic squad, I’m undecided. That’s one challenge.
“I don’t consider this battle will go on till – if it’s late August we’ll be very fortunate, perhaps September.”
Hearn has been fast to brush apart any adverse discuss and doubts surrounding the battle and he insists this battle will get made this summer time on his watch.