TYSON FURY’S promoter Frank Warren has claimed that a trilogy bout between the Gypsy King and Deontay Wilder may not happen until 2021.
It had been expected that the duo would face each other for a third time in the summer in Las Vegas after the Bronze Bomber exercised his rematch clause after having his WBC title ripped away.
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Frank Warren has claimed Tyson Fury’s trilogy bout against Deontay Wilder may not happen until next yearCredit: USA TODAY Sports
But due to the coronavirus pandemic, the fight has been postponed, with Bob Arum suggesting that fans may have to wait until October to see the contest.
However with all sporting events continuing to be banned in America, and with Fury and Wilder unwilling to fight behind-closed-doors, Warren has stated both men may not be in action until next year.
Speaking to iFL TV, Warren said: “To be quite honest, it’s all moot at the moment.
“Who knows whether we’re even going to get that this year?
“Because the fight is meant to go on in Vegas and obviously boxing is banned there at the moment and who knows when it’s going to be lifted.
“And it’s impossible that the fight takes place behind-closed-doors, because of the money the fighters want.
“It’s not financially viable for that to happen.”
Wilder recently hinted he could retire should he lose once again to Fury as he hit out at the snakes in his team.
Despite Wilder next in line to face Fury, Anthony Joshua is desperate to face his British compatriot as he looks to become the first undisputed heavyweight champion since Lennox Lewis in 1999.
And Fury’s US promoter Bob Arum said the Gypsy King could fight AJ before the Bronze Bomber, with the Brit unable to travel to America.
Arum told World Boxing News: “We have a contract (with Wilder) for the third fight. “Now, we have punted it to October because July was too early. But who knows if we can do fights in October for spectators?
“Without the massive gate that we did for the last fight (on February 22nd), the seventeen million US dollars, I don’t know how you do that.
“And then we have a further problem, that is the travel ban. I mean, Fury is back in the UK, and Wilder is here in the United States.
“We have to see how Fury gets back into the United States with the travel ban. What’s he supposed to do, swim the Atlantic?
“So again, to talk about a Fury-Wilder fight, it’s very, very premature until we see how this situation, not just involving boxing but the whole situation works itself out.”
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