The situation in today's heavyweight boxing world is a bit chaotic, and the original triple crown champion Usik and his old rival Joshua are going to fight a second battle, which is also the hope of promoter Herne. WBC boxer Furi was supposed to fight a legal defense with forced challenger Dillyan White, but due to the lack of agreement on the gratuity issue, White resorted to justice, and Fury's opponent in the spring was to be determined.
As a result, the 90-year-old promoter Bob Arum, as the co-promoter of Furi, suddenly came forward to break the news that Usik and Furi were negotiating in the Middle East, and did not rule out a direct war of unification, so Joshua may have to stand on the sidelines.
Promoter Arum revealed that the "Middle East Agreement" negotiations between Furi and Usik are underway, preparing to start a united war. Arum said: "The situation is chaotic right now and I don't know if Fury will face White or Usik in the next game.
The WBC has ordered Fury to face White and defend his title, but the situation has become complicated and the game has been confusing. Usik and Joshua also had a two-time war agreement. If Fury and Usik go to war, they will inevitably give White and Joshua a huge concession fee. ”
Arum continued: "The situation is very chaotic at the moment, if Furi beats Usik, will White pull aside? Some people who don't have a contractual relationship, like Frank Warren's company, and my top companies, are getting involved in the case. This is a typical bad state, and I hope to sort it out quickly.
On Friday, White's bid for the event with Fury might make things clearer. I don't know who Fury will fight next. Who are those people in the Middle East? What can be done? All I know is that Fury signed with Warren and signed with me. No one talked to me about a buyout or got our permission. ”
Judging from Arum's words, the situation is indeed very confusing. Don't know how, Fury and Usik are negotiating? This is a relatively new statement. The prevailing narrative is that Herne wants Joshua to play Against Usik in April-May this year, still in England. Do the local tycoons in the Middle East want to put this highly anticipated heavyweight ultimate boxing king unification war there?
This is not impossible.
Because Joshua also said that if he got more than $40 million in concession fees, he could stand aside and let Usik take the lead in fighting the united war with Furi. As for White, $3 million in concession fees is enough. In the face of huge concession fees, nothing is impossible. Of course, this is a guess.
How much credibility Aroome's words are remains to be verified. However, this statement does bring great uncertainty to today's heavyweight boxing world.
At present, Fury, Joshua and Usik are still the three hottest stars in the heavyweight category, Wild has been eliminated, and as for White and others, they are only spoilers, and it is difficult to set off a big storm. What the hell is going on? We can only wait and see. 【Text/Fighting Jianghu】