The contracts still haven’t been signed and there hasn’t been an official announcement, but it appears everything is looking good for the Tyson Fury-Anthony Joshua fight.
At least according to the Gypsy King himself.
“I just got off the phone with Prince Khalid of Saudi Arabia,” Fury said in a video posted on Twitter on Sunday morning. “He told me this fight is 100% on Aug. 14, 2021 … All eyes on the world will be on the kingdom of Saudi Arabia. And I cannot wait, repeat, cannot wait, to smash Anthony Joshua on the biggest stage of all time. This is going to be the biggest sporting event ever to grace the planet Earth.”
Bob Arum who recently said the fight was dead in the water has now had a change of heart (which happens often with Bob).
“We still haven’t gotten the final contracts — we’re supposed to get a clean draft on Monday,” Arum said. “But Prince Khalid has assured Tyson that there will be no problems, and everybody who has dealt with Prince Khalid and his team know them to be men of their word.”
Fury and Joshua would get $75 million apiece for the fight and an additional $5 million will be made available to put together an undercard.
Until the deal is signed and the fighters are in the ring, I would still be a little cautious about getting your hopes up, but looking good so far.
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