The highly-anticipated super fight between Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua could happen sooner rather than later, according to Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum.
Boxing fans may be treated to a super fight between Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua earlier than expected. According to the former’s Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum, a specific “arrangement” could allow the pair of Brits to meet in the ring sooner rather than later.
Fury is set to face off against Oleksandr Usyk on May 18 in Saudi Arabia, with the winner being crowned the undisputed heavyweight champion. The two boxers are already under a contractual agreement to rematch immediately after their first bout, and Joshua is expected to fight the winner at a later date.
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If Fury is able to decisively beat Usyk in dominant fashion, however, Arum argues their second fight could be discarded in favour of a matchup between the “Gypsy King” and Joshua. The latter is fresh off an impressive victory over Francis Ngannou in early March, and he has won his last four fights after suffering back-to-back defeats to Usyk.
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“I think the knock on Joshua has been that he’d lost his confidence,” Arum told the Daily Mail. “If a fighter loses his confidence, he’s very diminished. Now Joshua seems to be regaining his confidence, and if that continues Joshua will be a very dangerous fighter that could compete with anybody.
“What happens if Fury-Usyk turns out to be a classic? A fight that is so exciting and so thrilling that the public wants to see it again,” he continued. “Then that would certainly trump a Joshua fight, and contractually, it’s a fight that has to happen.
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Arum attributed the close nature of the fight to Tyson being out of shape, but insisted he’d be far better prepared for his upcoming matchup. “I look at his performance with Fury as really Fury being not ready to fight anybody that night, but Ngannou did what he had to do to make it competitive,” he said.
“[Fury] knows how tough a fight Usyk is. Usyk is a tremendous athlete, very determined, has never lost a fight. So I really believe we’ll see the best of Tyson Fury on May 18.”