Joshua-Fury Fight Billed For Summer 2021
Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn believes that Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury are close to agreeing a world unification fight.
The two British fighters hold all five world heavyweight titles between them, with news of a pre-agreement to fight coming earlier in 2021.
“I know that there are some negative people out there and people that believe we can’t pull it off, but we spend a lifetime pulling things off, and I believe we will get this done, and I believe you will see this fight in the summer,” Hearn told Sky Sports.
“The next step is to basically get everybody to agree to the venue and the date, and they’re going to have multiple options to choose from.
“There’s no other fight for Tyson Fury. There’s no other fight for Anthony Joshua. This is the fight. Everyone accepts that.”
Wembley Stadium has been tipped has one of the venues to host the fight in the summer. Before that, the London venue will host the semi finals and finals, among other matches, at Euro 2020.
“Firstly, you have the Euros, then you have the Olympics, if they happen,” Hearn added.
“When you look at the Wembley option, which is still teetering around. Maybe unrealistic, but it’s another option that we’d like to present.
“That would be July 24th, for example, which is the end of the Euro period. Once you start going too deep into August, you’ve got the Olympics and so forth.
“I put this fight up there as the biggest sporting event of 2021. I know the Olympics is a big period. This is massive. This is something the whole world will stop to watch.
