The heavyweight champions have reached an agreement to face between June and July, with a rematch expected by the end of 2021
Promoter Eddie Hearn confirmed to Mark Kriegel of ESPN that two fights have already been signed between the stars of Hard, Tyson Fury Yes Anthony Joshua, champions of the World Boxing Council and the World Boxing Association, the International Boxing Federation and the World Boxing Organization, respectively.
Important details remain, such as obtaining a place for clashes, but since then, it has been reported that all parties involved have reached the relevant agreements to initiate a process in mid-year, between June or July and the rematch towards the end of the year, in November or December.
“We hope to have a confirmed place next month,” said Hearn, the promoter Joshua, to Kriegel. “The hardest thing is to always get the ink on paper. But it was a huge effort on the part of everyone involved to line up. You have rival promoters, rival supply chains and enemy fighters,” he added.
According to Hearn, they have between eight and nine offers on the table to choose the venue, the Middle East being the preferred site due to the million-dollar guarantee it could offer, in addition to the fact that restrictions due to Covid-19 are still one of the circumstances to be considered.
“I feel like I did the hardest thing,” Hearn added to Kriegel. “Speaking for me, Anthony and his 258 MGT team, we’ve worked hard for the last two months because we think this fight is so big that it hasn’t been hard to sell. We have approaches with eight or nine seats. came from the Middle East. Asia, Eastern Europe and America, “he said.
According to ESPN, the idea is that the guaranteed bag is divided equally, while in the rematch or in the second battle, the winner will take 60 percent and the one who loses 40 percent.
Joshua, 31, holds three of the four belts and will go 24-1 with 22 eliminations, while AngerThe 32-year-old will do so with a green and gold belt and a 30-0-1 record with 21 eliminations.