Eddie Hearn On Fury-Joshua Fight: ‘Weβre Nearly There’
Eddie Hearn expects to announce the venue of the highly-anticipated fight between Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua soon.
The financial terms of the two-fight deal have been agreed to and the sides are expected to go over the location of the fight on Sunday. The goal is to have the fight on July 24.
βItβs good to hear some positivity from the team, weβre close, both fighters will be presented with offers for this summer,β Hearn told Sky Sports (via boxingscene). He talks when things are close, you can feel the excitement building. Weβve got several offers on the table. Iβm quietly confident. The teams will get together, Iβll see Bob Arum on Tuesday, weβre nearly there. I donβt want to get too excited, but weβve worked really hard to get this done.
βHe had a dream to become undisputed, and weβre in a good place, weβre nice and close. All I can tell you is I canβt do more than Iβm doing, weβre on the verge now. It wonβt be long,” Hearn continued. “I donβt think it will take a lot of decisions, both fighters want to get moving. Heβs virtually in camp already, itβs the biggest fight of all time, the biggest sporting fight this year. The build-up will be something youβve never seen before. It doesnβt get any bigger than this. It will never get bigger than this in our generation. Weβre n the verge, on the top of the hill, hopefully we can scream and shout in the future.
βIt [London] will be presented, but financially itβs not at the races,” Hearn concluded. “Speaking to DCMS, can we get 100,000 on 24 July, the answer is βwe hope soβ. Weβre in the middle of a global pandemic, itβs difficult to secure the logistics. Itβs now, not at the end of the year. It happens this summer, we may not get this opportunity again. Never ideal to make a sporting event like this in the middle of a global pandemic.β
The hope for many fans would be that the fight would take place in England with fans as it is easily the biggest fight in UK boxing history.
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