By Scott Gilfoid: If things go as Eddie Hearn plans, he could be wrapping up a deal for a unification fight between IBF/WBA heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua and WBO champion Joseph Parker in the next 2 weeks.
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Joshua waiting for Parker to accept offer
By Scott Gilfoid: Anthony Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn has given WBO heavyweight champion Joseph Parker their offer for a fight in early 2018, and they’re waiting to hear back from him and his promoter David Higgins to see if they’ll agree to the fight.
Fury: Parker can KO Joshua
By Scott Gilfoid: Tyson Fury is betting that Joseph Parker will do a canvas job on IBF/WBA heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua when the two of them face each other. Let me rephrase this. I mean, IF Joshua and Parker fight each other next. Right now, Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn is negotiating hard and not willing to give WBO heavyweight champion Parker (25-0, 18 KOs) the 65-35 cut of the revenue that he wants for him to fight Joshua (20-0, 20 KOs) in early 2018.
Lucas Browne wants Anthony Joshua fight
By Scott Gilfoid: If Lucas ‘Big Daddy’ Browne misses out on a title shot against WBO heavyweight champion Joseph Parker, then he wants a crack at IBF/WBA heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua after he faces Parker.
Fury wants Joshua to put off Wilder fight until later
By Marcus Richardson: Tyson Fury doesn’t want Anthony Joshua to mix it up with WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder in a unification fight, as he sees the fight as too dangerous for him to take. Fury says Joshua would be risking messing up their big money fight by facing Wilder.
Tyson Fury explains how to beat Joshua
By Tim Royner: Tyson Fury has it all figured out already how he plans on defeating IBF/WBA heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua when the time comes for them to face each other in 2018. Fury, 29, says he’ll use a combination of upper body and foot movement to outsmart the unbeaten Joshua and get the better of him for 12 rounds.
Joshua will need to face Charr-Ustinov vs. Oquendo winner eventually
By Scott Gilfoid: WBA heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua will eventually need to face the winner of tonight’s fight between Manuel Charr and Alexander Ustinov fight.
Ustinov (34-1, 25 KOs) is fighting Charr (30-4, 17 KOs) for the vacant WBA World heavyweight title in Oberhausen, Germany. The World Boxing Association is interested in reducing the number of champions in each division. Part of that plan obviously will involve Joshua, who holds the WBA Super World heavyweight title, fighting the winner of the Charr vs. Ustinov fight.
Arum says 65-35 is fair split for Joshua-Parker
By Scott Gilfoid: Top Rank promoter Bob Arum says 65-35 is a fair split of the money for the unification fight between WBO heavyweight champion Joseph Parker and IBF/WBA champion Anthony Joshua. The 86-year-old Arum feels that the 65-35 split, which Team Parker is asking for, is perfectly reasonable for a unification fight against a champion with 2 titles in Joshua.
Joshua chomping at the bit to fight Parker
By Scott Gilfoid: Joseph Parker and his promoter David Higgins have gotten IBF/WBA heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua riled up to the point where he’s anxious to get the fight underway next year, according to promoter Eddie Hearn.
Joshua says he’ll beat Wilder, Parker and Fury
By Jeff Aranow: Anthony Joshua has sized up WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder and Joseph Parker, and concluded that he’ll knockout both without too many problems. Despite the belief by many in the boxing world that Wilder is likely the better fighter of the two at this moment, Joshua (20-0, 20 KOs) feels that he’ll knock him out quickly when the time comes.