Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury are yet to meet in the ring despite being two of the most successful heavyweight boxers of their generation - but Barry Hearn is convinced that is about to change
Barry Hearn is confident that a blockbuster bout between Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury is on the horizon.
READ MORE: Anthony Joshua vs Daniel Dubois rematch latest with new fight venue named as 'big decision' awaitsHe said: "Each fight has to be judged on its own merits. AJ and Fury will fight because his excellency, Turki Alalshikh, is committed to do their fight. This man is a boxing fanatic, by the way. The guy that's pumping in all these hundreds of millions into boxing in the Middle East - Saudi in particular - has got plans to go bigger and further outside Saudi.
"And it was a similar situation - everyone's saying 'when's it gonna happen? When's it gonna happen? 'It didn't happen for years, and years, and years. And everyone went 'well, they're both past their best now', the cynics. That fight grossed over $500million dollars.
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