{"id":179130,"date":"2025-10-04T16:30:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-04T16:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/179130\/"},"modified":"2025-10-04T16:30:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-04T16:30:11","slug":"eddie-hearn-delivers-positive-update-on-anthony-joshua-vs-tyson-fury-chances","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/179130\/","title":{"rendered":"Eddie Hearn delivers positive update on Anthony Joshua vs. Tyson Fury chances"},"content":{"rendered":"

Eddie Hearn has revealed that he and Anthony Joshua <\/a>are focussing on a deal for him to finally face Tyson Fury<\/a> next summer after positive talks with Turki Alalshikh.<\/p>\n

Hearn posted a picture alongside the chairman of the Saudi Arabia General Entertainment Authority and head of Riyadh Season after lengthy discussions in Riyadh, which he says took in a number of sports as well as boxing.<\/p>\n

But, when asked about the meeting by The Ring\u2019s Louis Hart, the Matchroom chairman said that the long-awaited heavyweight battle of Britain between Joshua and Fury (34-2-1, 24 KOs) was high on the agenda.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe wants to make AJ against Fury, that\u2019s no secret,\u201d Hearn said of Alalshikh. \u201cHe wants to make the biggest fights in the sport and that is the biggest fight in boxing right now. We\u2019ve got to agree our end and then it\u2019s up to Turki whether he can get Fury in the ring.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe best thing about these situations now is that it\u2019s not me speaking to Frank Warren or Spencer Brown or Tyson Fury trying to do a deal. We just have to do our deal and if Turki can make the fight then it\u2019s on. If he can\u2019t, it\u2019s not on.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are focussing on that side. We have a plan for AJ to get him back in the ring as soon as possible and then lead up to a huge fight against Tyson Fury in 2026. We will do our deal with Turki and he will try and do his deal with Tyson Fury. Fingers crossed we can make it happen.\u201d<\/p>\n

Joshua recently dropped out of The Ring\u2019s heavyweight rankings<\/a> following a year of inactivity since his crushing fifth-round defeat to Daniel Dubois<\/a> in September last year.
With Oleksandr Usyk <\/a>as Ring Magazine champion, Fury remains No. 1 in the rankings despite announcing his retirement <\/a>because his second fight with the Ukrainian icon took place in December.<\/p>\n

Fury, 37, has reaffirmed his commitment to staying retired on many occasions, but Hearn has always remained steadfast in his belief that the Gypsy King could be tempted back with a lucrative offer to fight Joshua.<\/p>\n

Regardless of what Fury chooses to do, two-time world heavyweight champion Joshua (28-4, 25 KOs) is planning his return to boxing. As reported by The Ring this week<\/a>, Hearn has suggested he could still box before the end of the year, if not early in 2026.<\/p>\n

\u201cAJ is in a great place,\u201d he said. \u201cWhen I get that phone call to say, ‘Come see me, I\u2019m ready,’ he\u2019s ready. He\u2019s in camp now to fight.\u201d<\/p>\n

When asked whether he expects the Londoner to retain Ben Davison as his coach after three fights alongside him, Hearn said: \u201cI expect so. He has been training with various different people. He\u2019s got a great relationship with Ben and he knows Ben is No. 1 a very good coach and No. 2 from a research point of view maybe second to none in the sport.<\/p>\n

\u201cRight now he\u2019s getting himself ready physically to do the hard part of camp, the sparring and that solid 8-10 week period and that\u2019s imminent really. We\u2019d like him to return this year.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Eddie Hearn has revealed that he and Anthony Joshua are focussing on a deal for him to finally…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":179131,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,6842,6836,6841,6840,6834,6102,6837,6838,6839,6835,6588,6847,6846,6830,6828,6829,6844,6831,6827,6848,6843,101,6845,6826,6833,56,54,55,6832],"class_list":["post-179130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-boxing-community","tag-boxing-fights","tag-boxing-history","tag-boxing-interviews","tag-boxing-magazine","tag-boxing-news","tag-boxing-photos","tag-boxing-rankings","tag-boxing-schedule","tag-boxing-videos","tag-boxing-results","tag-disqualification","tag-draw","tag-fight","tag-fighter","tag-fighter-news","tag-knockout","tag-latest-boxing-matches","tag-ring","tag-ring-magazine","tag-split-decision","tag-sports","tag-technical-knockout","tag-the-ring","tag-top-fighters","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-upcoming-boxing-matches"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179130","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=179130"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179130\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/179131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=179130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}