Fury wants to meet Joshua early

Tyson Fury (31-0-1, 23 KOs), who proposed Anthony Joshua (24-3, 22 KOs) fight for the WBC heavyweight belt, refuses to agree to the demand of a compatriot for a fight on December 17. The King of the Gypsies prefers an earlier date.

“Either November 26 at Wembley, or December 3 in Cardiff. The first date is 11 weeks ahead, the second is 12 weeks ahead. If a professional athlete prepares for a whole year and cannot get in shape in 3 months, we have a problem, ”Fury commented on the date of the fight in a talkSPORT interview.

Meanwhile, Joshua's promoter Eddie Hearn is hopeful and believes that there will be a superfight, although he advises to moderate emotions for now: "I don't want people to rejoice ahead of time because I have doubts, but AJ will be ready to fight in December. We are for, let's go! I see no issues that could not be resolved with goodwill from both sides,” the head of Matchroom Boxing said in an interview with IFL TV, adding that he had already held preliminary discussions with Frank Warren about a joint PPV with the British television channel BT Sport and the DAZN platform .