Heavyweight Division

[bart]

Tyson calling out AJ ... i'm suss
Its Tyson that has everything to lose here and I'm not 100% he really wants that risk
Look for team Fury to make up some excuse - change the landscape etc and say AJ ducking but Team AJ saying they want it....

[diehard]

Except Fury will make more money fighting AJ than Usyk. Maybe it's more about the money than the titles? Believe Fury wants a 60/40 split, which is reasonable since Fury has a belt and AJ has lost his last two fights. It could also be a ploy to get Usyk to sign up for the fight and meet Fury's $$$ demands.

[diehard]

That's what I said it was all about. $$$. Although I don't think AJ is overrated, at least not in his prime:

https://www.boxing247.com/boxing-news/teddy-atlas-says-anthony-joshua-brings-the-money-for-tyson-fury-fight/250812

[diehard]

Joshua agrees to Fury offer

Anthony Joshua promoter Eddie Hearn has reportedly agreed to WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury’s 60/40 offer for Joshua to fight Fury later this year. A date hasn’t been agreed on yet, and there will be a rematch clause in the event Joshua wins. The Joshua camp wants the fight to take place on December 17, but Fury is demanding that the bout take place sooner – either November 26 in London or on December 3 in Cardiff, Wales. Fury turned to Joshua after WBA/IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk ruled out fighting again in 2022.

[diehard]

https://www.boxing247.com/

[diehard]

Results from Montreal

Heavyweight Simon Kean (22-1, 21 KOs) won a bizarre first round TKO against Newfel Ouatah (18-5, 10 KOs). At the sound of the bell, Ouatah immediately took a knee without being hit and the bout was waved off. Effortless “W” for Kean. Ouatah will obviously have his purse withheld.

[bart]

Hearing Fury v AJ is back on terms agreed .... will only believe when they are touching gloves but saga continues

[bart]

https://www.boxingforum24.com/threads/breaking-news-aj-has-agreed-to-all-terms-and-will-fight-fury-on-december-3rd.692516/

[diehard]

Excellent. I think part of Fury's decision is to remain active. And the $$$ of course. I think the fight will be bigger with AJ than with Usyk. I'm looking forward to it!

[diehard]

Wilder-Helenius PPV undercard set

The final two fights have been announced for the four-fight FOX Sports PBC Pay-Per-View event headlined by the return of former WBC heavyweight world champion Deontay “The Bronze Bomber” Wilder against Robert “The Nordic Nightmare” Helenius on Saturday, October 15 from Barclays Center in Brooklyn.

The telecast will include undefeated heavyweight Frank Sanchez (20-0, 13 KOs) against Carlos Negron (25-3, 20 KOs) in a 10-rounder, while bantamweight contenders Gary Antonio Russell (19-0, 12 KOs) and former IBF champion Emmanuel Rodriguez (20-2, 13 KOs) meet in a 12-round rematch.

2008 Olympian Negron was previously scheduled to meet Sanchez on January 1 but had to withdraw from the fight after testing positive for COVID-19.

Russell originally fought Rodriguez in August 2021, but an accidental clash of heads ended the fight as a no-contest before the first round was completed.

In the previously announced co-feature, former IBF super middleweight champion Caleb “Sweet Hands” Plant faces two-time WBC super middleweight champion Anthony “The Dog” Dirrell in a WBC super middleweight title eliminator.