Tyson Fury has plenty of options should Anthony Joshua lose to Oleksandr Usyk this September, according to Bob Arum.
Joshua will face Usyk as his WBO mandatory on September 25 as a result of Tyson Fury’s failure to escape his trilogy rematch obligation with Deontay Wilder. The pair will fight for the WBC belt this October, assuming Fury has recovered from his bout of coronavirus which delayed their original July meeting.
Should Joshua suffer a surprise upset to Usyk that might lead to a rematch which would delay any potential undisputed clash with Fury, but Top Rank promoter Arum believes there will be other options to consider in that event.
"There are a lot of good heavyweights that we could fight," Top Arum told Sky Sports.
"Tyson, because of his personality, has really appealed to the American audience and is such a big favourite in the US.
"He is larger than life, he is a straight talker, and people in the States love him.
"We would do a fight for Tyson in the US while Joshua and Usyk finish their business."
Despite the complications that a win for the Ukrainian would cause, Arum is keen to see him succeed.
"Usyk is a friend of mine because he is Vasiliy Lomachenko's friend," he said. "He is a terrific guy, funny, articulate and smart.
"It is against my economic interest, but I will be rooting for him in the fight! I just can't help myself."
However, Fury’s co-promoter admitted that he believes Joshua is the favourite because of his size advantage.
"This is a new era. We have never seen heavyweights of the size that we see now," he said.
"We've never seen a guy of 6'9'' like Tyson fight the way he does. Or Joshua. They are all huge.
"Evander Holyfield was a light-heavyweight, then a cruiserweight, then a great heavyweight. Other than Riddick Bowe there weren't many big guys that he fought.
"Mike Tyson was relatively little.
"In ordinary times a guy like Usyk, against a 6'2'' heavyweight, has a really good shot.
"But against a massive guy like Joshua? It may be a bridge too far."