Promoter Frank Warren believes that there is little or nothing in the way of Anthony Joshua’s proposed fight with Tyson Fury next year.
The Queensberry Promotions chief is Fury’s co-promoter and has arranged a December 5 fight for his boxer against Agit Kabayel in London. That match-up was hastily arranged once Fury’s December 19 contest with Deontay Wilder fell through — though the American boxer is disputing the decision to move on from the trilogy.
Joshua fights a week later than Fury when he meets Kubrat Pulev in a mandatory defense of his IBF title on December 12, and assuming both British boxers emerge unscathed then they are set to meet twice in 2021.
Speaking on British radio station talkSPORT, Warren said: “We’ve been banging on about it now for a long time since Tyson came back.
“Provided they come through their next fights then I don’t see how anything can get in its way. I just can’t see it.
“If it doesn’t happen for any reason, then it won’t be because of Tyson Fury or us. The money side of it is very simple – it’s a straight 50-50 split – but it’s whether the other side really wants it.
“I know that Tyson does, and there should be nothing standing in the way of it providing they get through their two respective fights in December.”
With money apparently no obstacle to the fights taking place, Warren cautioned both boxers about their upcoming events.
“Fury should not have any problems with Kabayel, although, in the heavyweight division, anything can happen, as we have seen so many times,” Warren warned.
“But Pulev is a dangerous fight for Joshua, and remember what Bob Arum has been saying for the longest time – that Pulev will KO Joshua.
“It would be a real shame if this did happen, simply because we all really want to see Fury and Joshua get it on and settle their differences. It will be a massive heavyweight year in 2021 if these two do collide.”