TYSON FURY’S PROMOTER Frank Warren hopes Deontay Wilder will accept a pay-off to waive his right to a rematch to allow for an all-British unification bout against Anthony Joshua.
Fury beat Wilder with a seventh-round TKO in Las Vegas at the weekend to raise the prospect of a highly-anticipated clash against his fellow Brit and IBF, IBO, WBA and WBO title holder.
Wilder has a rematch clause – which the American has said he will activate – but Warren hopes he will forgo that with the right offer.
“It would be expensive – but who knows? The only way you find it is if you try,” Warren told The Daily Telegraph.
“He’s made some stupid statements, I think. I hoped he’d take the defeat as I think he should have done – with grace.
All that nonsense about the [ring walk] costume [weighing him down] was garbage.”
Aside from when the fight can be staged, the other big question is the venue with Saudi Arabia, where Joshua reclaimed his belts from Andy Ruiz Jr in December, a potential if somewhat controversial option.
Once again, money will be a major factor in deciding the outcome.
“You go back to [Muhammad] Ali fighting [George] Foreman in Zaire when a lot of money was put up, you go back to the ‘Thrilla in Manila’, where money was put up. That happens in boxing,” added Warren.
“All I can say at our end is that if we can do it we’ll do it, for obvious reasons. I think Tyson will do a job on him.”
Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn is also keen for the fight to happen and would like nothing more than for it to happen this summer, although he accepts that is entirely dependent on the Wilder situation.
“No-one wants to see Wilder-Fury III, but we understand he’s got a rematch clause,” Hearn told iFL TV.
“If it has to happen it happens, but don’t string it out until October/November. Get it done in June/July.
“The strategy is, let’s get Pulev [Joshua’s IBF mandatory challenger Kubrat Pulev] wrapped up and signed and if over the next couple of weeks there’s a move – where someone can wait, someone can have a few quid – we would love nothing more than to go into Fury in June or July.”
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Fury beats Joshua all day
@Sean Murphy: he won’t need all day
@Sean Murphy: I agree that Fury is likely to beat Joshua, but the amount of people that dismiss Joshua is ridiculous. He knocked out Klitschko who in fairness was ageing, dominated Joseph Parker in a title unification, took the Ruiz loss like a champ and coasted to a win in the rematch. While he’s an underdog, he has a real chance of beating Fury.
@James O’ Connor: He beat an old man in his 40s (Klitschko) and lost to a short obese Mexican (Ruiz). Fury is different gravy and this is the real deal fight to see what they’re both made of.
@James O’ Connor: Parker is a good boxer but he’s not top top level, Klitschko was done, Ruiz was beaten by his height disadvantage and it speaks volumes of Joshua’s boxing IQ that he didn’t figure out during the first fight that he could just abuse his height difference to win.
He has less of a chance of beating Fury than Wilder had because at least Wilder had that lucky punch in his locker, Joshua is gonna have to outbox Fury and there is not a hope of that happening.
Personally I think Wilder beats Joshua every time because he’s not as skilled as Fury to avoid Wilder’s power punch.
@John Black: Josuhua definitely has a far better chance of beating Fury than Wilder did because hes a superior boxer to the American. Wilder might have one of the hardest punches in boxing but Joshua is has a decent bang on him also..Plus he’s way stronger than Wilder which means he wont be bullied and pushed around as easily as Fury did last wknd. Technically Wilder is one of the worst boxers to ever win a world title- The heavyweights of the 80s & 90s would have mangled him. He wouldn’t have landed a glove on Klitschko. Hopefully they can make the Fury Joshua fight happen this summer or autumn.
@John Black: do u not think Joshua has knockout power? Fury would be making a big mistake if he thought that
@Stephen Keane: I think he has knockout power, all heavyweights do. I think his knockout power is significantly less than Wilder’s
@Robert O Farrell: Joshua is going to have to outbox Fury and his chances of outboxing Fury are much smaller than the chances of Wilder landing a lucky punch. Joshua is clearly a superior boxer to Wilder but that’s irrelevant, Wilder was never relying on his boxing ability against Fury but Joshua will have to.
Most of the heavyweights of the 80s and 90s wouldn’t stand a chance against Wilder because most of them aren’t 6ft4 or over, they’d get jabbed out the gate by a taller longer athlete and knocked out if they tried to get inside, heavyweight boxing made a big change in the 2000s, normal sized men can’t compete anymore.
Wilder would’ve got schooled by Klitschko, he’s not a great boxer, but that’s a pointless comparison because Klitschko in his day would have beaten Joshua comfortably.
@John Black: mike Tyson would like a word son! Don’t have to be 6’4 to bang for a title!
@simplysuperman69: And Klitschko was the youthful age of 39 going into the Fury fight?
@John Black: How about Lennox Lewis ? You mean to tell me he couldn’t get inside this famed Wilder jab you speak of. Wilders jab is non existent – in fact it would be hard to find a worse jab in pro boxing. And just because Wilder is 6.4 it doesn’t mean he would have been able to handle beasts like Holyfield or Tyson. Have you seen Wilders legs – he cant handle any power whatsoever.Agree that Joshua will lose if he tries to outbox Fury. In boxing styles makes fights however. He’ll have to get inside Furys jab and get out quickly..When he gets in he’ll have to use his power and strength to do as much damage as possible. Who knows though until we see them stepping into the squared circle..
@Jimmy: Mike Tyson’s record against boxers over 6’4 is a lot less impressive than his overall record
@James O’ Connor: he was still champion then, but I’ll take your point, he wasn’t in his prime, but Fury beat him comfortably, it would’ve been a better fight in Klitschko’s prime and maybe Klitschko would win that hypothetical fight but Fury has done nothing to say Fury wouldn’t beat that Klitschko either, no way of knowing really, both dominant in their primes
@Robert O Farrell: how about Lennox Lewis? Lennox Lewis was 6ft5 and was part of the changing of heavyweight boxing going from normal men to giants.
And I’m not saying it’s a “famed jab”, it’s ok, he sets up a lot off it, I’m just saying with his height and length it’s good enough to keep them away.
Wilder is 6ft6, I’m just saying it would take someone who is at least 6ft4 to compete in today’s world. He’d beat Tyson comfortably, Holyfield is a bit taller so maybe he could work something but it’s doubtful really, especially when you factor in Wilders punch power.
Wilder can’t handle power??? He’s been put down in 2 fights in a 40+ fight career.
Fury is faster than Joshua and has better movement, Joshua isn’t getting inside Fury’s jab consistently unless Fury opens up to knock Joshua out.
@John Black: Lennox had a great jab.
Emanuel Steward boxers always had a good jab
@Paul Murphy: okay? I never said he didn’t have a great jab…
@Robert O Farrell: Wilder is 6 7
@Sean Murphy: and twice on a Sunday
The manner of defeat doesn’t warrant a rematch, to be fair.
Fury might suit Joshua it’s a hard one to call, Joshua struggled against Ruiz but I think that was more so down to a massive height difference
@Philip McLoughlin: ?? Yea… AJ was much taller and had a longer reach, so the height difference benefited him. Joshua will run from Fury for another while before he has to fight him.
@Philip McLoughlin: Joshua struggles with Ruiz because of height? It’s the only reason he won the rematch hahahahahaha
Would Like to see Joshua v wilder before another wilder v fury fight…. Joshua will dodge fury for a year or so before agreeing to a fight