The highly anticipated “classic English civil war” fight between Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury will take place not only in 1 but 2 matches to satisfy the audience.
The highly anticipated “classic English civil war” fight between Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury has “inched” one step closer to world boxing fans. And there is not only one match, Joshua – Fury will be bet on 2 matches.
The above information has just been confirmed by famous promoter Eddie Hearn, head of Boxing Matchroom, Anthony Joshua’s management unit.
2 matches?
According to Eddie Hearn, fans, especially in England, will not need to worry too much about the possibility of not being able to watch the two best boxers in this country’s history compete in their homeland. Instead, half of the match between Joshua and Fury will be scheduled to be held on British soil.
“Turki Alalshikh is a great boxing fan, very influential in the field of sports and entertainment in Saudi Arabia. I talked to him. Turki also mentioned the two-match bet between Joshua and Fury, one The match will take place in Saudi Arabia and one match at Wembley Stadium in England,” promoter Eddie Hearn revealed.
It is known that Turki Alakshikh is the head of the Saudi Arabia Entertainment Department. This powerful figure has contributed to turning the country in West Asia into a “new paradise for world boxing” by pulling all the famous boxing events with the world’s top boxers to Saudi Arabia to compete.
No one will be surprised if Joshua and Fury fight in Saudi Arabia in the future. The match at Wembley Stadium will also be great because this is the “sports cathedral” of England. At Wembley Stadium, Anthony Joshua defeated the iconic Wladimir Klitschko in 2017, in front of 90,000 spectators, to win the WBA (super), IBO belt and retain the IBF belt.
The last time AJ competed at Wembley was December 2020, when he knocked out Kubrat Pulev, successfully defending the 4 WBA, IBO, IBF and WBO belts. Meanwhile, the last time Tyson Fury fought at Wembley was in April 2022, when he defeated compatriot Dillian Whyte to defend the WBC title.
Obviously, the Joshua – Fury match will be an ideal boxing match not only for British fans but also for global boxing fans. But this fight will easily come true as soon as possible, if Fury overcomes Usyk in the classic heavyweight title unification match on May 18 and there will almost certainly be a rematch between Fury – Usyk.
Thus, the earliest Joshua – Fury match can only take place at the end of 2024. Before that, in the middle of this year it is likely that Joshua will fight a title match and the opponent is the undefeated name mentioned many times Fillip Hrgovic.
