Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury sign two-fight deal to unify titles – Eddie Hearn
Joshua’s promoter says a venue will be confirmed ‘within the next month’.
Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury have signed a deal for two world heavyweight title unification bouts, according to Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn.
Hearn told ESPN that a venue for the fights, in which Joshua’s WBA, IBF and WBO titles and Fury’s WBC belt will be on the line, is set to be announced “within the next month”.
Confirming the deal, Hearn said: “The hard part is always getting everybody to put pen to paper.
“We’ve already had approaches from eight or nine sites. The offers have come from multiple countries in the Middle East, from Asia, Eastern Europe and America.”
The deal is understood to represent a 50-50 split for the first fight, with the winner taking the larger 60% share for a rematch.
Fury added that he had stopped training and was drinking up to 12 pints of lager a day.
Fury said: “Until I’ve got a date and a load of money in my pocket, there’s no fight.
“I’ve stopped training now, I’m on holiday. I’m doing anything between eight to 10 to 12 pints of lager a day at the minute – I’m not eating though, so I’m just getting my calories through alcohol.”
Joshua eased past Kubrat Pulev in his last fight in December while Fury has not fought since his rematch win over Deontay Wilder over a year ago.
