"I don't think this duel will happen. I used to say there wouldn't be a fight and there wasn't a fight. If someone told you now that a Fury-Wilder duel would happen 100 percent, what would you say?" Hearn rhetorically asked in an interview with IFL TV.
The official reason for the cancellation of the July Fury-Wilder fight was the champion's illness, but there has been unconfirmed speculation that the decision to change the date could be due to a ban on travel to the United States for British citizens, meaning a large portion of ticket buyers for the evening. That ban is expected to be in place for at least a few more weeks and it is not known if it will be lifted before the Fury-Wilder event.