Anthony Joshua ACCEPTS Tyson Fury’s 60/40 fight offer for biggest British boxing bout in history worth…….but Joshua can’t….
Joshua was on the surprising end of a callout from Fury, who is not willing to wait around for an undisputed clash with Oleksandr Usyk next year.
AJ was offered a 40 per cent split of what would be a record-breaking UK purse to fight the Gypsy King.
Anthony Joshua ACCEPTS Tyson Fury’s 60/40 fight offer for biggest British boxing bout in history worth…….but Joshua can’t …
A date in early November was initially put on the table but Joshua can only return by December at the earliest following last month’s points loss to Usyk.
Fury also wants to include a rematch clause and AJ’s team are happy to comply, as long as they get the lion’s share in return if they win.
Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn confirmed they are willing to take the deal on offer after talks with Frank Warren’s son George.
He told iFL TV: “We just went back this morning and said, I spoke to AJ about that offer, we think, I think particularly he deserves more than 40 per cent.
“But, he’s happy. And I don’t make the decisions, he does. So I went back this morning and said, ‘We accept 60/40’.
“We want that reversed in the rematch, rightfully so because you’re champion here, you want the bigger split, which I think is fair.
“And we want to do the fight in December. Now interestingly, they have December 17th, Queensberry held at the Millennium, so that’s perfect
Fury initially wanted to fight WBA, IBF and WBO champion Usyk, who beat Joshua twice in the space of 11 months.
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It would have been the heavyweight division’s first four-belt undisputed title decider.
But Usyk, 35, has ruled himself out until next year after the Ukrainian hero returned to his war-torn home and family for the first time.
Fury wants to return by the end of the year and therefore turned his attention to Joshua.
Anthony Joshua ACCEPTS Tyson Fury’s 60/40 fight offer for biggest British boxing bout in history worth…….but Joshua can’t….
Joshua was on the surprising end of a callout from Fury, who is not willing to wait around for an undisputed clash with Oleksandr Usyk next year.
AJ was offered a 40 per cent split of what would be a record-breaking UK purse to fight the Gypsy King.
Anthony Joshua ACCEPTS Tyson Fury’s 60/40 fight offer for biggest British boxing bout in history worth…….but Joshua can’t …
A date in early November was initially put on the table but Joshua can only return by December at the earliest following last month’s points loss to Usyk.
Fury also wants to include a rematch clause and AJ’s team are happy to comply, as long as they get the lion’s share in return if they win.
Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn confirmed they are willing to take the deal on offer after talks with Frank Warren’s son George.
He told iFL TV: “We just went back this morning and said, I spoke to AJ about that offer, we think, I think particularly he deserves more than 40 per cent.
“But, he’s happy. And I don’t make the decisions, he does. So I went back this morning and said, ‘We accept 60/40’.
“We want that reversed in the rematch, rightfully so because you’re champion here, you want the bigger split, which I think is fair.
“And we want to do the fight in December. Now interestingly, they have December 17th, Queensberry held at the Millennium, so that’s perfect
Fury initially wanted to fight WBA, IBF and WBO champion Usyk, who beat Joshua twice in the space of 11 months.
READ MORE:Amazing Anthony Joshua responds to Tyson Fury’s offer of British heavyweight clash, insisting he’ll be…see full details
It would have been the heavyweight division’s first four-belt undisputed title decider.
But Usyk, 35, has ruled himself out until next year after the Ukrainian hero returned to his war-torn home and family for the first time.
Fury wants to return by the end of the year and therefore turned his attention to Joshua.
