Eddie Hearn is very confident Anthony Joshua can finally land an undisputed fight with Tyson Fury.
Joshua faces Francis Ngannou live on DAZN PPV this Friday, and Hearn acknowledges that one essential component of meeting the WBC champion is to win against the former UFC heavyweight.
Fury is set to fight on May 18 against Oleksandr Usyk, also on DAZN PPV, and the promoter thinks that also needs to end in a win for the Briton.
The winner of the two fights are likely to meet in the ring - at least that is the plan.
Hearn told Sky Sports: "That is why we're here in this fight. His Excellency [Turki Al-Sheikh] said to us, the winner of AJ and Ngannou will fight the winner of Fury vs Usyk.
"For us, this is the fast road to undisputed. You've seen what he did to Otto Wallin. People believe in him now. You saw Fury against Ngannou.
"Now all of a sudden, people are going, 'AJ might take Fury out'. I'm telling you, he knocks Tyson Fury out, but we've just got to get over this hurdle on Friday night and I know that His Excellency will have AJ stopping Ngannou and Fury beating Usyk - fingers crossed - [then] there is no way in the world he will not make that fight.
"It will be the biggest fight in boxing. One of the biggest fights of our generation and in all time of the history of the sport, AJ against Tyson Fury.
"But it is all irrelevant if he doesn't win Friday and then May 18, Tyson Fury has to beat Usyk."
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