Overview
- Eddie Hearn said Matchroom has contracts for a Joshua–Fury plan and is exchanging edits with the Saudi side, so no fight is finalized.
- The proposal sets Joshua for a July return, pending medical clearance after a December car crash in Nigeria, with a Fury bout targeted for November.
- Hearn said Netflix posted that the fight was confirmed, but he called the announcement premature because talks are ongoing.
- The offer comes from Turki Alalshikh’s Riyadh Season and Ring, and Hearn said they prefer Joshua not face Deontay Wilder in July.
- Hearn signaled a safer tune-up by saying July’s opponent should be around the level of Fury’s recent foe Arslanbek Makhmudov.