LONDON.- British heavyweights Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury They are finalizing the details to face each other in an expected fight in November, the promoter said this Tuesday Eddie Hearn.
Hearn stressed that he is “pretty confident” that the fight will finally take place later this year.
Fury signed his return on Saturday after 16 months of retirement with a victory against Arslanbek Makhmudov via points.
After that fight, Netflix announced on social media that the deal had been closed for the most lucrative fight in British boxing history between stars Fury and Joshua.
Hearn said the streaming platform jumped the gun, but he is confident the fight will happen.
Joshua first needs to return to the ring in a tune-up fight after his December win over the YouTube star Jake Paulin his only appearance in 19 months.
“The instructions I have from AJ (Anthony Joshua) are to close the fight and that’s what we’re going to focus on. I wouldn’t really say there are friction points, but obviously when you receive a contract it’s very natural to respond with a lot of things,” Hearn explained.
“It’s nothing important, just details about who he fights in July, when he fights, where the fight is going to be,” he added.
Joshua was involved in a car accident in Nigeria in December in which two of his closest friends died.
In the next fortnight, doctors are expected to give him the go-ahead to resume full training following the injuries suffered in the accident.
The 36-year-old boxer has been working on his physical preparation in Ukraine with the champion of WBCthe AMB and the IBF, Oleksandr Usyk.
Fonseca defeats Tabilo
The young Brazilian promise Joao FonsecaNo. 35 in the world, defeated the Chilean this Tuesday Alejandro Tabilo (45th) in the first round of the tournament ATP 500 Munich.
The 19-year-old tennis player from Rio de Janeiro won on clay against Tabilo 7-6 (7/1) and 6-3, complete revenge against a rival who had defeated him in the second round of the tournament. Buenos Aires in February.
Fonseca will face the Frenchman in the round of 16 Arthur Rinderknech (26th).
With Fonseca, there will be two South American tennis players in the round of the 16 best in Munich, after the Argentine Francisco Cerúndolo (19th) achieved the pass on Monday after defeating the Indian Sumit Nagal.
