Hearn wants Joshua vs Fury to recount “PRIORITY” over Pulev battle

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Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn is restful stubbornly kicking spherical the postulate of a battle between Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury coming before AJ’s defense against his IBF crucial Kubrat Pulev on June 20.

Hearn has already mutter apart July 25 as the backup date for the Joshua vs. Pulev battle if it needs to bag postponed.

If the Joshua-Pulev battle needs to be postponed due to the coronavirus, then it can per chance well bag pushed neatly past the summer. In that case, Hearn thinks a battle between Joshua and Fury ought to happen sooner than the Pulev match.
The ask is would the Worldwide Boxing Federation rubber stamp Hearn’s draw of Pulev getting pushed to the facet whereas the AJ vs. Fury battle takes build head of it.

Likewise, Fury is a trilogy battle that he needs to manage with against former WBC champion Deontay Wilder by July 18. Deontay (42-1-1, 41 KOs) and his management aren’t going to be happy to appreciate Fury electing no longer to battle him, and instead picking to face Joshua.
“Effectively I mediate, all of a unexpected, does the Joshua-Fury battle open taking precedence, perchance over a Pulev battle, if the Pulev battle extends past the summer,” said Hearn to skysports.com. “Contractually Deontay Wilder is going to desire his battle next.

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