{"id":667797,"date":"2026-07-01T11:01:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T11:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/667797\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T11:01:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T11:01:14","slug":"paulie-malignaggi-disagrees-with-eddie-hearn-on-anthony-joshua-tyson-fury-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/667797\/","title":{"rendered":"Paulie Malignaggi Disagrees With Eddie Hearn On Anthony Joshua-Tyson Fury Fight"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hearn had explained that Joshua\u2019s contract currently requires the fight to take place in Britain, while acknowledging other locations such as Croke Park and the United States had been discussed. He also described Joshua-Fury as \u201cthe biggest fight in the history of our country.\u201d<\/p>\n

Malignaggi disagreed.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor me, as an American, I think it has to be in the UK. I love the UK atmosphere when there\u2019s huge UK fights. I don\u2019t see how you can make it anywhere else,\u201d said Paulie to talkSPORT Boxing.<\/p>\n

He then explained why he believes Hearn\u2019s description goes too far.<\/p>\n

\u201cI do disagree with him that it\u2019s the biggest fight in British history only because they\u2019re not in their primes. If they were in their primes, yes,\u201d said Malignaggi. \u201cLennox Lewis and Frank Bruno fought for the heavyweight championship. They were in their primes.\u201d<\/p>\n

Malignaggi argued that timing matters just as much as the names involved. While Joshua and Fury remain two of Britain\u2019s biggest boxing attractions, he believes the years of delays have reduced the significance of the contest.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s an amazing fight. It\u2019s a fight everybody will want to watch, but I don\u2019t think it\u2019s the biggest fight because there\u2019s no heavyweight title on the line. They\u2019re not in their primes anymore,\u201d said Malignaggi.<\/p>\n

Joshua returns to the ring on July 25 against Kristian Prenga in Saudi Arabia, while Fury fought last April, beating Arslanbek Makhmudov. Malignaggi said he wants to see Joshua\u2019s performance before making a prediction on the superfight.<\/p>\n

\u201cA year ago I would have said Fury wins it. Now I want to see what Joshua has on July 25 before I make a prediction. I need to see what kind of Joshua I see because the Jake Paul fight really didn\u2019t show me anything,\u201d said Malignaggi.<\/p>\n

The debate over where Joshua and Fury should meet continues, but Malignaggi believes one thing is beyond dispute: if the fight finally happens, the atmosphere belongs in a British stadium, even if, in his view, it can no longer be considered the biggest fight the country has ever produced.<\/p>\n

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Olly Campbell is a boxing journalist who has covered the sport since 2014, providing ringside reporting and technical analysis of major bouts. His work focuses on fighter tendencies, tactical adjustments, and the details that shape high-level competition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hearn had explained that Joshua\u2019s contract currently requires the fight to take place in Britain, while acknowledging other…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":667798,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-667797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667797","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=667797"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667797\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/667798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=667797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=667797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=667797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}