The failure to finalize the fight between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk has raised many questions about a fight between former champ Anthony Joshua and the WBC Heavyweight champion. This will be a sensational bout for the whole world and the UK. But, even though there are no official announcements yet for the fight, it seems like this potential matchup is already making it into the mainstream news. Joshua is set to face Jermaine Franklin on April 1, returning to the ring after almost a year. On the other hand, Fury has not announced his next fight since his negotiations fell apart with the Ukrainian.
Frank Warren, responsible for promoting the 34-year-old champion, slammed Eddie Hearn for making bold claims about the fight between Joshua and Fury. Wherein, Warren had a different story to tell.
Frank Warren is annoyed at Eddie Hearn
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In an interview with talkSPORT, Warren showed dismay over Hearn’s remarks regarding the Fury and Joshua fight. Though Hearn had positive comments about the fight happening, Warren did not seem to be happy with this gesture of the 43-year-old British promoter.
Frank Warren claimed that it was a 30-second conversation and showed his disapproval of the claims made by Hearn. Warren said, “It was a 30-second conversation. We’ve not even discussed with Tyson. Really annoyed about that. ‘Contracts in the next week’, absolute b****cks.” Frank added that conducting fight negotiations over social media can kill the fight. He said, “This is what starts all that stuff going, I know you’re in the social media business, and we are to a certain extent, but social media’s actually killing some of the fights because of the expectation level.”
The 71-year-old held social media responsible for the falling out of negotiations with Usyk. He said, “I don’t wanna be conducting negotiations through social media. That became part of the downfall of the fight with Usyk. The fans are hopeful for this fight to take place and Joshua doesn’t consider ‘The Gypsy King’ to be a threat to him.
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The fight between the duo is one of the most anticipated fights in the sport. Both boxers underwent negotiations twice, but to everybody’s disappointment, no positive outcome was reaped from them. This will be a great fight for the whole world to witness.
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This fight can be considered as the clash of two British boxing sensations. And, the one who prevails in this fight would go home glorious and establish himself as the better British boxer. But any official announcement is yet to be made. And the fans are notably still hopeful for this fight, even after failing to materialize twice.
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Who do you think stands a better chance among the two? Fury or AJ? Let us know in the comments.
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