Heavyweight champions Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua have finally agreed on a venue for their highly-anticipated undisputed title unification clash
Boxing champions, Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury have approved the location for their undisputed world heavyweight title fight this summer according to promoter, Eddie Hearn.Although
the match promoter did not reveal the venue agreed by both boxers, he confirmed
that Joshua and Fury had reached an agreement over a location.
Hearn told
Behind The Gloves: “Both sides have approved the site offer that they want to
go with, and now we’re just finalising the site deal and we’re in a great
place.
“I saw
Tyson yesterday. I just messaged him and said, ‘I’m in Vegas, I’m in your hotel
if you fancy a cuppa.
“We just
had five or 10 minutes together and it was good, because I don’t represent
Tyson Fury, so I don’t know what is in his mind.
“It just
good to say, right we’ve got the offer, we all approve. We’re moving forward
now. We’re good.
Several
countries such as Saudi Arabia, United States, China, Qatar, Singapore, Dubai,
and Britain have been mentioned to host the match between both boxing
champions.
The boxing
promoter also assured that the bout would definitely hold in the summer.
“One
hundred percent,” he said. “That’s the thing. Everybody wants this fight as
soon as possible”.