It’s almost upon us as Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua’s first press conference is set to go ahead as planned in London on Wednesday September 30, after a raft of challenges were resolved.
The British heavyweight rivals are billed to go head-to-head for the first time since their blockbuster heavyweight clash was finally confirmed last week at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium on December 11.
Recall that Fury raised fresh fears about the bout m holding on Saturday, insisting there was a ‘one per cent’ chance that he would face Joshua next.
Hearn had recently questioned whether Fury has enrolled in pre-fight drug testing, but Fury’s manager has confirmed to Sky Sports that he has enrolled six days earlier than required.
Tyson Fury claimed over the weekend that the Anthony Joshua fight had a ‘one per cent’ chance of happening
Fury’s manager Spencer Brown, in an interview with Goldstar Promotions, said: “One thing is for sure: the Gypsy King will be there [at Wednesday’s press conference] – one million per cent.”
He added: “We were asked very early on to fight in London, to fight at Wembley, we agreed. Then it got moved to New York, we agreed to that. Our first contract was in Ireland; we’re now four down the line with Wales, and we’ve agreed to that. We’ve agreed to everything.”
Speaking to the FurociTV YouTube channel, Fury had said at the weekend: “If you’ve got a guy that wants to fight, yeah, and you’ve got a guy that doesn’t want to fight, then how are you going to make that fight happen?
“I’ve had nearly 40 professional fights, yeah, and I’ve been on top of this game for over a decade, right? How did I manage to fight all these people before you, all these champions, yeah, for all these titles that there is in boxing, but, yeah, every time it comes to fighting [Joshua]… it never happens.
“Has anyone ever asked themselves why?”
But Joshua and Fury are now going to press ahead with their media obligations for a fight that will reportedly have the WBA ‘super’ heavyweight title at stake.
“I’ve just seen today that it’s for the WBA world heavyweight title as well, so that’s another little bit of incentive,” Fury said in his interview.
“Whoever wins this one will become three-time heavyweight champion. So that’s another incentive to win.”
