Tyson Fury’s promoter is “assured” that the British heavyweight will “reply the bell” and return to struggle the winner of Oleksandr Usyk’s rematch with Anthony Joshua.
Usyk defends the WBA, IBF and WBO titles in his second struggle towards Joshua on Saturday, dwell on Sky Sports activities Field Workplace.
Fury reaffirmed his intention to retire this month, however his US promoter Bob Arum is hopeful the 34-year-old might be lured again to the game by a profitable conflict towards Usyk or Fury.
“Completely – it is actually the one struggle that is smart for Tyson Fury,” Arum informed Sky Sports activities. “I’ve mentioned this with my co-promoter of Fury, Frank Warren, and as soon as this struggle is over we will put collectively a complete unification match between the winner and Tyson Fury.
“Now, if Usyk wins the struggle, which I anticipate, that can be fairly simple to do as a result of we’re very near the Usyk individuals as they’re the identical individuals who handle Vasyl Lomachenko who fights for us.
“If Joshua wins, Eddie Hearn is his promoter. We have talked many occasions with Hearn about numerous matches and I am certain we’ll have the ability to come collectively on this one.”
Fury has beforehand been adamant that April’s victory over Dillian Whyte at Wembley can be his final, though Arum is assured the 34-year-old can be “up for the problem” and return to face the winner.
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“I’ve talked with him [Fury] and every single day is completely different, however he is a fighter and if the appropriate struggle is there then Fury can be up for that struggle,” Arum added.
“The fitting struggle is the unification struggle towards the winner of Usyk and Joshua and I believe – based mostly on my conversations with Fury – he’ll be up for that problem.
“How for much longer he’ll go after that, god solely is aware of and I am unsure, however I am assured no less than that he’ll reply the bell for that main struggle.”
Usyk gained by unanimous resolution when he confronted Joshua in London final September, with Arum backing the Ukrainian to supply an analogous efficiency in Saturday’s Saudi Arabia showdown.
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“I like Usyk within the struggle, I believe that he is a a lot better boxer,” Arum predicted. “Joshua can beat him if he presses the motion, however Usyk has a fairly good punch .
“I do not know if Joshua can prevail if he simply trades punches with Usyk. We’ll need to see, however that is Joshua’s solely probability for my part. I like Usyk fairly massive on this struggle, nevertheless it’s heavyweight boxing and something can occur.
“It is a very fascinating struggle and it ought to be an excellent struggle however, all issues being equal, I just like the Ukrainian boy to win the struggle and retain his title.”
Anthony Joshua’s large heavyweight rematch towards Oleksandr Usyk is on Saturday August 20, dwell on Sky Sports activities Field Workplace. Book Usyk vs Joshua 2 now!
