Saudi boxing boss to offer ‘premium price’ for Anthony Joshua to fight Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk
BOXING bosses in Saudi Arabia are ready to offer a “premium price” for the heavyweight’s elite to fight each other.
Talks are progressing for Anthony Joshua to face Deontay Wilder in the Middle East in December.
And they are not stopping there with Tyson Fury lined up for an undisputed title decider against Oleksandr Usyk.
Amer Abdallah – head of boxing for Skill Challenge Entertainment – warned they are fully financed to make the doubleheader a reality.
He told The Express: “Tyson wants the fight, from what I understand. I know George [Warren] wants the fight and Frank [Warren] wants the fight at Queensberry.
“Usyk definitely wants the fight. AJ wants the fight. Eddie [Hearn] wants the fight. Shelly [Finkel] wants the fight.
“Deontay wants the fight. I mean, there’s nothing that should prevent this from happening.
“And, the offer that will be made from Skill Challenge will be a very good offer. It won’t be one that we’re going to go back and forth with.
“It’s going to be a premium price, and we’re going to offer it to these guys and pay them their market value, if not, maybe even a little bit more.
“We’re going to put on great fights and a great event. If anything prevents this fight from happening it’s because certain individuals don’t want the fight to happen, it won’t be because the money isn’t there.”
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Usyk, 36, and Fury, 34, earlier in the year failed in talks for the division’s first ever four-belt unification bout.
Fury is still left to find an opponent to return against while Usyk is mandated to fight Daniel Dubois, 25.
Meanwhile Joshua, 33, is similarly on the scout for a summer opponent but talks to rematch Dillian Whyte, 35, have hit a snag.
And Wilder, 37, has also opened the door to returning in the interim as negotiations with AJ continue.