By Scott Gilfoid: Joseph Parker’s promoter David Higgins says Anthony Joshua is refusing to compromise in the negotiations for a unification fight between them. Higgins wants a 65-35 split for his fighter WBO heavyweight champion Joseph Parker (24-0, 18 KOs), but Joshua and his promoter Eddie Hearn are interested in giving him a lower figure.
By Scott Gilfoid: David Higgins says he won’t be accepting the offer from IBF/WBA heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn to fly over to the UK to meet with him in person to hammer out a deal for a Joshua vs. Joseph Parker fight in early 2018.
By Marcus Richardson: Eddie Hearn thinks he’ll have IBF/WBA heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua for the remainder of his pro career. Hearn believes they have a good thing going right now with his fights selling well on Sky Box Office pay-per-view. He feels that he gets along really well with the 28-year-old Joshua.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.