JAKARTA Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury have conditions that must be met if they want to meet in the ring. Both have to win over their opponents to face each other in this year's calendar.
Fury is currently in negotiations for the unification of four heavyweight belts against Oleksandr Usyk. Meanwhile, AJ is confirmed to be in the ring on April 1 against United States champion Jermaine Franklin.
Fury's promoter Bob Arum said if both of them win over their opponents, he would seek a "Battle of Britain" duel between Joshua and Fury to be held this year.
"In the future if Fury succeeds, the best fight for him is against Anthony Joshua," he told iD Boxing, quoted by The Sun.
The duel between Joshua and Fury could actually be held in December last year. However, Joshua at that time had just suffered a second successive defeat in just 11 months from Usyk.
He refused to sign the deal until the deadline Fury gave him.
While Fury got into the ring against Derek Chisora, where he won by TKO.
"If they [Joshua and Fury] don't mess up like they did the last time, I definitely want to bring them together, as long as Joshua wins his fight in April," Arum said.
Although Arum's desire was very strong, Joshua vs Fury's duel seemed a bit tough to materialize. This is because Fury, who is the WBC champion, looks very upset after the challenges he had given him previously were not pleasing to Joshua.
In an interview with SportBible some time ago, Fury has even dismissed the possibility of getting into the ring against Joshua on another occasion.
"I don't want to talk about the duel against Joshua anymore. I'm not interested in questions related to AJ. Zero. Humans are dead in my eyes. There is no business between me and him that must be resolved. Done," he said.
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