Eddie Hearn said the match between Joshua and USYK – the mandatory opponent of WBO, basically was agreed, but it would not take place as expected in August, instead the match will back to the end of September. Wembley Stadium or Tottenham Hotspur Stadium may be used to organize the match.
Earlier Joshua was expected to play with Tyson Fury in August in the Arab, but the entire American referee had ruled Tyson Fury to rematch Deontay Wilder, so the WBO Federation asked Anthony Joshua to protect the belt against Oleksandr USYK in the next match.
There is an opinion that Joshua could remove the belt to play another match, but Hearn confirmed that it wouldn't happen.
“Aj knows U Usyk is a leading boxer but AJ wants to confront such high -class boxers, many viewers will not be sure he can win ten parts, Aj likes that and he wants to make the audience think about him.” – Hearn said.
“Usyk does not say that he wants to play, instead the first thing he says is 'I want to have more money'. If the match between Usyk and AJ is a lottery ticket, AJ is a Disbance and Usyk needs to win to get more money.” – Hearn talks about USYK.
Eddie Hearn expects the match between Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury
Mr. Eddie Hearn also said that he was looking forward to the match between Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury if they both won their own match.
“If AJ defeated Usyk and Fury to defeat Wilder, then in the four -month period, we can witness a bigger battle than ever. I hope everything will happen so well.”