Anthony Joshua vs Tyson Fury has moved a step nearer and will occur this summer time at Wembley Stadium.
Eddie Hearn has revealed he needs Joshua to return to motion in Could or June and has reserved Wembley for a possible mega-fight with Fury.
Nonetheless, Hearn admits it’s nonetheless unclear what Fury needs to do after successive defeats to Oleksandr Usyk.
Requested if he had a Wembley date obtainable if Fury wished to struggle Joshua, Hearn mentioned: “Yes. We’re looking to get back in the ring in May or June. If it ended up being July, it doesn’t really matter.
“I nonetheless assume it rests on Tyson Fury. Till the water settles on the defeat and the place he is at mentally and what he needs to do, that is the place we’re actually going to search out out.
“Because when he looks at the options, what else is he going to do and who else is he going to fight?”.
Joshua, who has not fought since being knocked out by Daniel Dubois in September, posted an image of Fury on his Instagram with the message “looking for this guy”.
Talking on the Ring Awards, Hearn added: “Everything I’ve seen from AJ’s social media, particularly in the last hour or so, is very encouraging.
“He is probably not one to name anybody out, however clearly he’s calling him out. He is calling out Tyson Fury.
“It’s the fight he wants. I keep saying there are two fights: Daniel Dubois or Tyson Fury.
Joshua says he needs to ‘go away the sport with a bang’ and struggle Fury
“The world heavyweight title is what he [Joshua] wants. But, of course, Fury is a fight that must land on the resume of Anthony Joshua.
“And clearly it have to be delivered for the British public as effectively.
“I think the real key in this is Tyson Fury. He’s just three weeks off a defeat, probably still upset and reflecting upon that defeat. We’ll have to see if he wants to fight again.”
Joshua: I am gunning for Fury and wish to go away the sport with a bang
Anthony Joshua to Ring Journal…
“After my last fight I took some time out. I let my body heal, which I’m still working on now, and I declined some business opportunities so I could focus on the sport, which takes off mental pressure as well as physically.
“I went away with household which is all the time good and we’re again once more for 2025 and I really feel good.
“It is a struggle [Joshua vs Fury] I wish to see, as a result of I am a fan of boxing, so I wish to get that struggle underway.
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Daniel Dubois is looking for to avenge his defeat to Oleksandr Usyk after his upcoming struggle in opposition to Joseph Parker
“When I’m in the local gym everyone is asking me, and the reason I decided to do some interesting stuff (on social media) is because I haven’t got many years ahead of me. I’ve had more years behind me.
“So what I wish to do is go away the sport with a bang and make an affect.
“Be outlandish, a great character, have fun with it while we’re doing it and go for the big fights. Tyson Fury is one of them.
“Each time I see folks they are saying: ‘If you combating Fury?’ The Irish neighborhood, English neighborhood, Nigerian neighborhood, everyone seems to be asking me the identical query.
“As a fighter, it’s up to me to deliver. It has to happen this year.”
