Joshua vs Usyk & Fury vs Whyte Site deals for Middle East being discussed
Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn is in Dubai looking to work a deal for a pair of lucrative site deals to stage the Anthony Joshua vs. Oleksandr Usyk 2 and Tyson Fury vs. Dillian Whyte heavyweight match-ups in the Middle East.
If Hearn successfully puts together two massive site deals, Joshua-Usyk II & Fury-Whyte will make a ton of money fighting in the Middle East.
That’s a win-win situation for those four fighters if Hearn is successful, but of course, UK and U.S boxing fans will come out the loser because they won’t be able to see these fighters live and in person.
At this point, it’s standard for Joshua and Fury’s fights to be sold to the highest bidder, so it shouldn’t be a shock to the fans of those fighters.
They’re not going to fight in a country that doesn’t offer them the most amount of money for their purses, especially when they have to deal with high taxes on their earnings.
“When I heard Usyk was coming, it was good to sit down with him and Egis Klimas. Again, we have to do our work across this territory to look at special site deals for Joshua – Usyk and Fury against Whyte, and all kinds of different heavyweight fights,” said Hearn.
So, that’s the predominant reason for the trip [to Dubai], and it’s good to see Oleksandr Usyk. He’s very chilled and getting ready for talks to progress for an Anthony Joshua rematch.
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“The news that the WBC was ordering the Tyson Fury – Dillian Whyte fight kind of put an end to the step aside discussion unless that evolves in some way over the next week or so, which doesn’t look to be the case.
“Right now, it looks very likely that the two fights will be in play between Dillian Whyte and Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua and Oleksandr Usyk,” said Hearn.
It’ll be great if Hearn can work a pair of lucrative deals to stage the Fury vs. Whyte and Joshua vs. Usyk II fights in Saudi Arabia, where the four fighters will make a boatload of money.
With the high risk those fights present to Fury and Joshua, it’s vital that they make as much money as possible.
Joshua could be facing extinction as an elite fighter in his rematch with Usyk, whereas Fury could taste defeat for the first time at the hands of the tough Dillian.
