Eddie Hearn Pitches New Timeline for Tyson Fury vs. Anthony Joshua

Published 07/28/2021, 8:30 AM EDT

This year, Anthony Joshua vs Tyson Fury’s magnetic undisputed title fight was all set to come to life. This bout also got set to take place in Saudi Arabia on August 14, with both the fighters being on the brink of receiving their biggest paychecks. However, due to some external factors, this contest fell through and every fight fan was left feeling disheartened.

But recently, Joshua’s promoter, Eddie Hearn, revealed a piece of positive news pertaining to this matchup. He asserted that this fight might come to fruition once Joshua and Fury get past their next adversaries. And talking about the timeline, Hearn added that a February 2022 timeline might be ‘realistic’

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Speaking to talkSport, he said, “I spent six months wasting my time, so let’s get these fights out the way and see what happens.”

Eddie Hearn has named February as "realistic" for Anthony Joshua vs Tyson Fury, if they beat Oleksandr Usyk and Deontay Wilder. But he's insisted no talks yet: "I spent six months wasting my time, so let's get these fights out the way and see what happens." [@talkSPORT]
— Michael Benson (@MichaelBensonn) July 27, 2021

More than anyone else, both the fighters themselves were eager to take each other on in this cosmic encounter. They pulled off some staggering performances in the heavyweight roster to make themselves viable for this fight. And since all the heavyweight titles were on the line for this bout, this contest seemed otherworldly to many fans.

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However, it unfortunately, failed to materialize and now both the fighters are lined up to face different opponents. That said, Joshua will face Oleksandr Usyk for his title defense on September 25th. Whereas, Fury will defend his WBC strap against his arch-nemesis, Deontay Wilder on October 9th.

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Both the British warriors would look to claim gratifying wins in these fights, so as to align a fight against each other subsequently.

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Fury and Joshua are the two greatest technicians of the game to come out of Great Britain.

They both possess uniquely astonishing skill sets and with that their boxing careers have reached gigantic heights. That said, the debate of the best heavyweight of the modern era will only be settled once these two enter the ring against each other.

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If this collision takes place somehow, needless to say, it’ll be regarded as the biggest heavyweight bout of the modern era. It’ll be interesting to see if this fight comes to life soon.

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Prathamesh Singh Chauhan is a Boxing Author at EssentiallySports. He is a graduate from the International Institute of Sports Management who combines his love for sports, particularly combat sports, and his flair for writing and analysis to help him in his day-to-day work. He has prior professional experience with sporting organizations such as Star Sports, Khelo India, and NBA.

Eddie Hearn Pitches New Timeline for Tyson Fury vs. Anthony Joshua

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Anthony Joshua vs Tyson Fury – The biggest modern era heavyweight clash