Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn tells Sky Sports activities that he nonetheless has designs on some huge fights for his prized heavyweight, Anthony Joshua. Joshua, who Hearn admits is coming in the direction of the top of his skilled preventing profession, isn’t actually ready for a rebuild and Hearn would love him to relaxation up till December 21 when Oleksandr Usyk rematches Tyson Fury.
“If Tyson Fury loses that struggle, you arrange a giant struggle with Anthony Joshua. If Tyson Fury wins that struggle, you make a voluntary defence towards Anthony Joshua for the unified heavyweight championship.”
Hearn continued by saying a possible Fury vs Joshua struggle remains to be clearly the largest struggle to be made within the heavyweight division by a strong margin, and subsequently consider that’s one thing value focusing on for 2025.
“Even in defeat, he’s nonetheless the largest star in Britain with Tyson Fury, and presumably all over the world. He doesn’t need to lose, however as we shut the chapters to his profession he’ll be in search of the largest fights.”
Whereas Joshua has been gracious in defeat, there are various who firmly consider that Joshua not has the sturdiness to carry up towards the cream of the crop, nevertheless it’s additionally been stated that Joshua is not going to have the motivation to struggle boxers a degree under the easiest. That places him in a little bit of a predicament in the intervening time, however his crew believes there’s nonetheless huge alternatives on the horizon.
