The full-weight champions reached an agreement to face off between June and July with a rematch expected by the end of 2021
Promoter Eddie Hearn confirmed Mark Kriegel of ESPN which were signed and two fights between the stars of Heavy weight, Tyson Fury i Anthony Joshua, champions of the World Boxing Council and the World Boxing Association, International Boxing Federation and World Boxing Organization, Respectively.
Important details remain such as getting a venue for the clashes, but outside of here, it was reported that all parties involved ended up signing the relevant agreements to mount a lawsuit in the middle of the year, between June or July, and revenge towards the end of the year, in November or December.
“We hope to have a confirmed headquarters for next month,” Hearn, promoter of Joshua, A Kriegel. “The hardest thing is always to put ink on paper. But it was a big effort by everyone involved to line up. You have rival promoters, rival distribution chains and enemy fighters,” he added.
According to Hearn, they have on the table between eight and nine offers to choose the venue, with the Middle East being the favorite place for the million-dollar guarantee they could be offering, and restrictions on the Covid-19 remain one of the circumstances to consider.
“I feel like we did the hardest,” Hearn added to Kriegel. “Speaking for me, Anthony and his 258 MGT team, we’ve worked really hard the last two months because we think this fight is so big that it wasn’t hard to sell. We have approaches with eight or nine places. The deals have come from Middle East, Asia, Eastern Europe and America “, external.
According to ESPN, the idea is for the guaranteed bag to be split equally, while in revenge, or in the second battle, the winner will take 60 percent and the loser 40 percent.
Joshua, 31, owns three of the four lanes, and will arrive 24-1 with 22 knockouts, while Fury, 32, will do so with the green and gold belt and a 30-0-1 mark and 21 knockouts.