Anthony Joshua, Tyson Fury Signs Two-Fight Heavyweight Unification Deal, Promoter of Joshua Says

Joshua promoter Eddie Hearn said on Monday that Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury had signed an agreement for two all-British World Heavyweight Title integration fights. Confirming the agreement, Hearn told ESPN: “The hard part is always getting everyone to put the paper in.” But it was a major effort of all parties to bring it on the line. You had rival promoters, rival networks and rival fighters. “Hearn had called a venue for the fights, with the titles of Johua’s WBA, IBF and WBO, and Fury’s WBC on the belt line, to be confirmed” within the next month. “

According to the news, Saudi Arabia, where Joshua won a rematch against Andy Ruiz Jr. in December 2019, is at the forefront of hosting both fights.

But hern told ESPN “They already had eight or nine sites” in the Middle East, Asia, Eastern Europe and the Americas.

“We want to ensure a site deal in the next month,” he said.

Joshua, 31, and Rosh, 32, are both expected to earn £ 100 million ($ 139 million), splitting 50–50 for the first fight in the purse and 60–40 for the rematch in favor of the defending winner. it happens.

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Joshua defended his WBA, IBF and WBO titles against Kubrat Pulaev in London in December, in revenge for a crushing defeat to Ruiz.

Fury struggled for no more than a year to beat Dante Wilder in February 2020 to claim the WBC title.