{"id":294133,"date":"2023-11-15T20:24:37","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T20:24:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/?p=294133"},"modified":"2023-11-15T20:24:37","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T20:24:37","slug":"joshua-nets-wallin-showdown-as-hearn-takes-a-back-seat-to-warren","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/boxing\/joshua-nets-wallin-showdown-as-hearn-takes-a-back-seat-to-warren\/","title":{"rendered":"Joshua nets Wallin showdown as Hearn takes a back seat to Warren"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Anthony Joshua nets \u00a375m Otto Wallin showdown in Saudi Arabia as his promoter Eddie Hearn takes a back seat to rival Frank Warren<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Anthony Joshua to face\u00a0Otto Wallin on star-studded bill\u00a0in Riyadh<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Joshua&#8217;s promoter Eddie Hearn has agreed a deal with rival Frank Warren<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Latest as huge list of big fighters head for Saudi on December 23:\u00a0The Hook\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Anthony Joshua&#8217;s insistence on clambering back aboard the oil train to Saudi Arabia has brought Eddie Hearn to Frank Warren&#8217;s table for the first time in their long and often bitter rivalry.<\/p>\n<p>As Warren&#8217;s Queensberry company unveiled at a media conference in Wembley Arena a bumper card in Riyadh on December 23, Hearn took his place as one of the supporting promoters.<\/p>\n<p>Warren is resisting any temptation to gloat. Instead, he says: &#8216;I&#8217;m just delighted that I&#8217;ve been able to bring together many of the world&#8217;s leading promoters.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;And everybody involved should be very grateful to His Exellency Turku Alalshikh (Saudi Minister of Entertainment) for making this possible. &#8216;<\/p>\n<p>Given the massive funding, there could be no reasonable denying Matchroom Man Joshua his share of a total Christmas box purse for this event understood to be in the region of \u00a375 million.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/15\/19\/77844965-0-image-m-53_1700075787195.jpg\" height=\"486\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Heavyweight Anthony Joshua features on star-studded bill in Saudi Arabia on December 23<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/15\/18\/77831909-0-Joshua_will_face_Otto_Wallin-a-35_1700074509291.jpg\" height=\"905\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Joshua to face Otto Wallin (above), with the incentive of taking on Deontay Wilder if he wins<\/p>\n<p>Hopefully Joshua&#8217;s comeback from a darkened room of soul searching meditation &#8211; and a place not too distant from career oblivion &#8211; is happening just in time.<\/p>\n<p>The incentive to do this cannot be as rewarding as the $50 million Tyson Fury is believed to have banked from his somewhat fraught crossover battle with UFC icon Francis Ngannou in Riyadh last month.<\/p>\n<p>Nor will it come close to the Gypsy King&#8217;s next fortune awaiting him in the long delayed fight with Oleksandr Usyk which, on February 17, will anoint the first undisputed world heavyweight champion since Lennox Lewis.<\/p>\n<p>That, too, will take place in Riyadh, where a further inducement dangles for Joshua as long he beats Otto Wallin.<\/p>\n<p>Deontay Wilder, the biggest puncher in boxing today and now recovered from his brutal trilogy with Fury, takes on another former world champion Joseph Parker on the Joshua-Wallin Christmas card.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The end game for these,&#8217; says Warren, \u2018is AJ v Wilder in the New Year on condition they both win. Also in Riyadh.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I said when we did Tyson v Ngannou that it was a huge event which would be a game-changer for boxing. And here we are, with all these parties coming together. &#8216;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/15\/19\/77844967-0-image-a-52_1700075686297.jpg\" height=\"421\" width=\"306\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/15\/19\/77845049-0-image-a-51_1700075686272.jpg\" height=\"421\" width=\"306\"><\/p>\n<p>Joshua&#8217;s promoter Eddie Hearn (L) has agreed a deal with rival Frank Warren (R)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/15\/18\/77831423-0-With_the_Bronze_Bomber_pictured_and_AJ_involved_it_is_arguably_t-a-34_1700074501458.jpg\" height=\"824\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Joshua and Wilder (above) lead a star-studded bill on December 23 in Saudi Arabia<\/p>\n<h3>DAY OF RECKONING CARD\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p>Anthony Joshua vs Otto Wallin<\/p>\n<p>Deontay Wilder vs Joseph Parker<\/p>\n<p>Daniel Dubois vs Jarrell Miller<\/p>\n<p>Dmitry Bivol vs Lyndon Arthur<\/p>\n<p>Jai Opetaia vs Ellis Zorro<\/p>\n<p>Frank Sanchez vs Junior Fa<\/p>\n<p>Filip Hrgovic vs Mark De Mori<\/p>\n<p>Arslanbek Makhmudov vs Agit Kabayel<\/p>\n<p>Joshua made his first appearance in Saudi Arabia on a Matchroom card in his rematch with Andy Ruiz Jr.<\/p>\n<p>A change in advisors paved the way for Warren to establish a long-term partnership with the Kingdom.<\/p>\n<p>Hence Joshua v Wallin, whose only loss has been to Fury despite inflicting a a 46 stitch cut to the eye of the World champion.<\/p>\n<p>Plus not only Wilder v Parker but also a chance for Daniel Dubois to come back into world title contention after his controversial loss to Usyk, among a number of high profile fights.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/boxing\/article-12754215\/Anthony-Joshua-nets-75m-Otto-Wallin-showdown-Saudi-Arabia-promoter-Eddie-Hearn-takes-seat-rival-Frank-Warren.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anthony Joshua nets \u00a375m Otto Wallin showdown in Saudi Arabia as his promoter Eddie Hearn takes a back seat to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":294132,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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