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Anthony Joshua Looking For Contender For August 12 Bout

OsunDailyBy OsunDailyJune 23, 2023No Comments2 Mins Read
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Anthony Joshua is looking for a suitable opponent for a heavyweight bout on August 12 according to his promoter, Eddie Hearn.

Initially, the plan was that the Nigerian-born British boxer will face fellow British boxer Dillian Whyte on August 12, which was anticipated to be a block-burster.

However, after lengthy negotiations between the representatives of the two British boxers, the deal collapsed.

The fight was supposed to be a dress rehearsal for Anthony Joshua who is preparing to face American boxer Deontay Wilder in Saudi Arabia in December.

Eddie Hearn claimed that talks for Joshua Vs Whyteโ€™s bout collapsed because Whyte refused to accept the financial proposition from Joshuaโ€™s camp.

In an interview with Boxing Social, Hearn claimed that Whyte didnโ€™t ask for ยฃ10 million for the bout as it is being speculated.

โ€œItโ€™s not true at allโ€, Hearn stressed. โ€œWe made him an offer, they made it clear it was nowhere near their expectations. Quite honestly there were very few negotiations after that. He never asked for ยฃ10m, Iโ€™m not sure where that came from, but itโ€™s not the case.โ€

Now that Whyte seems to have been taken off the radar, Anthony Joshua would have to face a different contender for the August 12 bout.

Hearn said the contender must be a boxer rated in the top 15 in the heavyweight category. And the boxing promoter claimed that German boxer Agit Kabayel could be considered.

โ€œHe may be on a long list. I mean, anyone in the top 15โ€ณ, the boxing promoter said.

โ€œLook, I donโ€™t mind being honest; Joshua is gonna fight Deontay Wilder in December, thatโ€™s 100 percent our focus, so he needs a fight against someone who is going to allow him to work on โ€“ under the lights โ€“ everything heโ€™s been working on with (coach) Derrick James.

โ€œThereโ€™s no point fighting a fight against someone heโ€™s going to take out in a round. Itโ€™s difficult to fight an elite, top-three, or top-five guy when youโ€™re fighting Deontay Wilder four months later.


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โ€œWeโ€™re in a little bit of a difficult position, it is what it is. We want him to fight, I donโ€™t think Saudi (Arabia) want him to fight, because they want him to be ready for Deontay Wilder in December. But we all feel as a team that it would be beneficial for his preparation to have that fight in August.โ€


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