The good news is Anthony Joshua and his team appear to be ready to get a contract signed.
The bad news is the actual fight might not happen until December. Joshua’s prompter Eddie Hearn explains why.
“I said we either fight in July or August and then we see what happens, but I want to do a deal now,” Hearn said. “Even if we both fight this summer, I am looking to reach an agreement on this fight prior to our next fight, where we have already signed to fight Wilder in December. Because of the fan demand, it’s important that the fight is actually made now even if they fight one more fight.”
“What I am saying is that I want to make the Joshua-Wilder fight in 2018,” Hearn said. “The question is do we have a fight in the summer and then box Wilder in December or do we go straight into the fight in September or October. That is one of the things I will be speaking with Joshua and Rob about. But the only way I think we should have an interim fight is if the Wilder fight is signed.
If it is pushed back to December. Wilder will likely fight Dominic Breazeale which would be a pretty easy fight for him and Joshua would fight Jarrell “Big Baby” Miller which would be a tougher fight.
We should have our answers by the end of the April.