Tyson Fury could eventually fight Anthony Joshua, Top Rank promoter Bob Arum says, but right now their sole focus is on the undisputed heavyweight title clash with Alexander Usyk.
Fury has already completed a thrilling trilogy with Deontay Wilder, defeated Wladimir Klitschko to become unification champion and sold out stadium fights twice this year.
He has already floated the idea of retirement, but the biggest fights of his career are still to come.
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Promoter Bob Arum reveals that Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk have agreed to fight each other, but the date and venue have yet to be confirmed
Top Rank promoter Arum told Sky Sports that Fury and Usyk had agreed to fight each other next, with no other fight between them.
This monumental contest will decide the first undisputed heavyweight champion since Lennox Lewis, who won all the belts in the division in 1999.
But that’s not the only big event Fury can host. Arum did not rule out seeing him fight Briton and former champion Anthony Joshua in the future.
Image: Talks for a Fury vs Joshua match fell through earlier this year
Joshua’s talks to fight Fury publicly broke down earlier this year, with Derek Chisora stepping in to box Fury on the December 3 date he provided.
Fury subsequently insisted Joshua had missed his last chance to win the fight, but Arum remained hopeful it could still be done.
Image: Usyk lands a great left off the ropes on Joshua (Image: Mark Robinson/Matchroom)
“Tyson was suspended because he offered Joshua the fight at the end of this year, the one that Chisora took and Joshua agreed and then pulled out,” Arum told Sky Sports.
“So Tyson really is [annoyed] against Joshua and says he won’t fight him. But let’s see. Joshua and Fury down the road could be a huge fight in the UK. We’ll have to see.”
However, Arum concluded, “But one fight at a time. Right now, the only heavyweight title fight I’m watching is Tyson and Alexander Usyk.”
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