- Hearn tells ESPN venue will be set ‘within next month’
- Fury had claimed fight ‘nowhere near’ agreed last week
Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua have signed a two-fight deal for their long-awaited world heavyweight title unification, according to Joshua’s promoter, Eddie Hearn.
A venue for the two bouts is set to be confirmed “within the next month”, Hearn told ESPN. “The hard part is always getting everybody to put pen to paper. But this was a major effort from all parties to get this over the line. You had rival promoters, rival networks and rival fighters.”
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