FRANK WARREN insists Anthony Joshua would receive no more than 30 per cent of the spoils in a colossal heavyweight clash with new world champion Tyson Fury.
Fury claimed the WBC heavyweight world championship belt with a stunning seventh round TKO of American Deontay Wilder in Las Vegas overnight.
Warren reckons AJ would get only 30 per cent of the spoils in a fight with FuryCredit: Reuters
Tyson Fury became a two-time world heavyweight champion after beating Deontay Wilder in Las VegasCredit: Reuters
And now the stage is set for a potential world title unification bout between British stars Fury and Joshua, a fight that Fury’s promoter Warren said would be Britain’s biggest sporting event since the 1966 World Cup.
Warren said: “Is there not money on this side of the table? Who is the No. 1 heavyweight in the world? It’s Tyson.
“Joshua is spoilt goods. We saw what happened in New York and he came back and beat a guy who trained in his fridge. He came back and fought like he was wading through custard.
“I’m not taking anything away from Joshua, he trained well and did his job but, come on, this is different gravy with Tyson.
“He is the No 1 heavyweight and Joshua is in the slipstream. We would probably be generous and give him 70/30.”
In the immediate aftermath of Fury’s impressive victory, Joshua’s promoter and Matchroom boss Eddie Hearn called for the British champs to get it on.
AJ is due to fight mandatory challenger Kubrat Pulev at Tottenham Hotspur’s new stadium in June after avenging his defeat to Andy Ruiz Jr in the pair’s rematch in Saudia Arabia back in December.
Joshua holds the WBA, IBF and WBO belts after regaining them from Mexican Ruiz and either AJ or Fury could unify the heavyweight division with a win.
Wilder has 30 days to activate his rematch clause for the trilogy fight but if he chooses not to, Joshua against Fury could be on the cards next.
Hearn told talkSport: “Our mandatory challenger, Pulev, is also promoted by Bob Arum, like Fury, so there is a very easy manoeuvre there if Wilder doesn’t accept the rematch to go straight into this undisputed fight in the summer.”
Undoubtedly Hearn would not be ready to accept such a small portion of the purse for a Fury v AJ clash which would generate massive pay-per-view and ticket sales revenue.
The two promoters are likely to go head-to-head in the future to thrash out the details but it looks as if Warren means business and he seemingly has the upper hand in negotiations after Fury’s destructive performance in the US.
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Source: Boxing - thesun.co.uk
