{"id":291696,"date":"2023-10-22T20:09:37","date_gmt":"2023-10-22T20:09:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/?p=291696"},"modified":"2023-10-22T20:09:37","modified_gmt":"2023-10-22T20:09:37","slug":"anthony-joshua-confirms-tyson-fury-double-bill-plans-and-shares-potential-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/boxing\/anthony-joshua-confirms-tyson-fury-double-bill-plans-and-shares-potential-date\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Joshua confirms Tyson Fury double bill plans and shares potential date"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Anthony Joshua has revealed he could fight American boxer Deontay Wilder on the same night as\u00a0Tyson Fury v Oleksandr Usyk in what would be one of the biggest events in boxing history. The potential double bill has already been labeled as a “mega card,” although is yet to be officially confirmed.<\/p>\n

The fight night\u00a0comes amid Fury and Usyk’s heavyweight bout that was agreed\u00a0in October. The pair will compete for the\u00a0undisputed title – with\u00a0Fury being the current holder of the WBC belt, and Usyk holding the\u00a0WBA, WBO and IBF titles – and after Fury has fought Francis Ngannou.<\/p>\n

Joshua is scheduled to fight Wilder having recently defeated\u00a0Robert Helenius and\u00a0Jermaine Franklin this year. Wilder is the obvious opponent for the\u00a0former\u00a0two-time\u00a0unified\u00a0world\u00a0heavyweight\u00a0champion, with the American last competing\u00a0in October 2022 where he also fought, and defeated,\u00a0Helenius.<\/p>\n

Reports that all four fighters could compete on the same night come following a recent admission from Joshua.\u00a0“They want to put Usyk-Fury, Joshua-Wilder on the same night. That might not happen until April,” Joshua said, speaking ahead of the United States Grand Prix in Austin, Texas.<\/p>\n

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“When Fury gets [through] Ngannou, it is going to be late October, early November, so I doubt he will now prepare of Usyk and fight in December, it’s too short,” Joshua added.<\/p>\n

“So the next window will probably be in March-April, so that’s probably when the undisputed fight will potentially happen. Then obviously what we are being told is they want to make it a mega card and they like the sound of Joshua v Wilder on the same card as well.”<\/p>\n

Before any such bout, Fury will have to face former UFC heavyweight champion Ngannou first. The pair will touch gloves on Oct. 28 in\u00a0Riyadh in a bout that will not go towards either fighter’s records.<\/p>\n

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