By Tim Royner: Former heavyweight champion Tyson Fury’s promoter Frank Warren says the goal is to get the 29-year-old fighting 4 times in 2018 to get him back to the form he was in the past. Fury (25-0, 18 KOs) hasn’t fought in close to 3 years since 2015.
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Warren says Joshua-Fury split should be 50-50
By Tim Royner: Promoter Frank Warren says the purse split for the Anthony Joshua vs. Tyson Fury fight should be 50-50 right down the middle for the super-fight in the UK. Fury, 29, currently wants a 60-40 deal for the Joshua fight, but that’s not sitting too well for AJ’s promoter Eddie Hearn.
Whyte: I expect to fight Joshua 3 to 4 times
By Marcus Richardson: Dillian ‘The Body Snatcher’ Whyte (22-1, 16 KOs) says he thinks he’ll wind up facing heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua 3 to 4 times before his career is over. Whyte, 29, has already fought Joshua once with less than desirable results in losing a 7th round knockout in December 2015. The 2 heavyweights share the same promoter in Eddie Hearn of Matchroom Sport, and this increases the chances that the two will face each other repeatedly.
Tyson Fury tells Hearn to stop using his name to build Joshua-Parker fight
By Scott Gilfoid: Tyson Fury let IBF/WBA heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn know that he wants him to stop using his name on a daily basis to help drive interest in AJ’s unification fight against WBO heavyweight champion Joseph Parker (24-0, 18 KOs) on March 31.
Deontay Wilder: After I knockout Joshua, his popularity will go away
By Marcus Richardson: Deontay Wilder says he expects Anthony Joshua’s popularity in the UK to evaporate overnight after he knocks him out. 2012 Olympic gold medalist Joshua (20-0, 20 KOs) is a mega-star in the UK, bringing in massive pay-per-view numbers on Sky Box Office and selling out 90,000 seat stadiums.
Hearn worried Joshua-Fury fight will be difficult to negotiate
By Tim Royner: Eddie Hearn thinks it could be a headache for him to negotiate a fight between Anthony Joshua and former heavyweight world champion Tyson Fury for the summer or perhaps later this year. With Fury (25-0, 18 KOs) requesting a large purse split for a fight with IBF/WBA heavyweight champion Joshua 20-0, 20 KOs), Hearn thinks it could make the negotiations drag out.
Wilder: If Parker loses to Joshua, I’ll avenge his loss easy
By Jeff Aranow: Deontay Wilder doubts whether WBO heavyweight champion Joseph Parker will be given a decision in his unification match against British heavyweight Anthony Joshua on March 31 in Cardiff, Wales. Wilder does not believe the judges in the UK will give the visiting fighter Parker (24-0, 18 KOs) the decision if it goes the full 12 rounds at the Principality Stadium.
Hearn doubts Parker will laugh when Joshua hits him
By Allan Fox: Eddie Hearn was amused at learning that WBO heavyweight champion Joseph Parker will smile after he’s hit by Anthony Joshua in their fight on March 31. Hearn says he hopes the 26-year-old Parker doesn’t smile or laugh, because he’s going to have something to worry about.
Jarrell Miller wants Trevor Bryan fight to lead to Joshua title shot
By Jim Dower: Jarrell ‘Big Baby’ Miller (20-0-1, 18 KOs) wants his April 28 fight against unbeaten Trevor Bryan (19-0, 13 KOs) to be an IBF and/or WBA heavyweight title eliminator. Miller hopes that a victory over Bryan will earn him a mandatory title shot against IBF/WBA heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua or Joseph Parker if he wins their unification fight on March 31.
Joshua vs. Parker: 70,000 tickets already sold
By Tim Royner: Matchroom Sport announced today that over 70,000 tickets have already been sold for the Anthony Joshua vs. Joseph Parker fight for March 31 at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff, Wales. The stadium seats 78,000 fans at full capacity, which is what Joshua’s last fight against Carlos Takam pulled in on October 28 at that venue.