Eddie Hearn says talks with Bob Arum are going ‘pretty good’ as he looks to organise a mega unification fight between Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury at the end of the year, but did lastreveal AJ could fight Deontay Wilder instead.
Joshua’s promoter insists that while it’s important AJ keeps his focus on his next opponent, Kubrat Pulev on June 20 at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, plans will be set for the all-British fight assuming both men win in the summer.
Fury, who is managed by Arum, is set to take on Wilder for a third time in July and Hearn also admitted plans are being made for Joshua to fight Wilder in November or December if the Bronze Bomber wins the trilogy fight.
‘The conversations I’ve had with Bob Arum in the last 48 hours have been pretty good in the sense of doing a deal between the winner of these next two fights to take place in November/December,’ Hearn told William Hill.
‘We’re willing to do that deal with Wilder just in case he beats Fury in a rematch too.
