Tyson Fury's promoter Bob Arum believes the upcoming fight between Fury and his compatriot Anthony Joshua will be the biggest money fight in the heavyweight history. WBC champion Fury and IBF, WBA & WBO titleholder Joshua set to face each other in the most awaited fight of the year. Eddie Hearn revealed on Wednesday that he sent the first draft of the contract to Fury's promoters and Arum confirmed. The fight will take place in June. “He had a mediator and it went nowhere. Really, the contract is over with, and we’re proceeding ahead with the fight between Fury and Joshua,” said Bob Arum to Three Knock Down Rule. “I’ve got the first draft [for Fury vs Joshua], and hopefully that fight takes place in June. Arum has also added that he hopes to see fans back by June. Supporters will bring a huge amount of money to the camps. "The fight doesn’t belong in America, even though Tyson Fury has kind of Americanized himself with the events he’s done here. Then the question is do you do it in the UK, and the answer from both sides was no because even if though it’s June, who knows where it’s going in the UK? “So we’re looking at the Middle East and Asia. Those are the two possibilities for where the fight will happen. It could happen in Singapore, and it could happen in Macau [China] and in the Middle East in various countries. “That’s true [Fury not ever wanting to fight Wilder again] because he felt like he was not only insulted personally by being called a criminal by Wilder but what Wilder was saying could be a statement against Gypsys. “He interpreted that way, so he was beyond offended. It was absurd what Wilder was saying…We’ve moved on. “It’ll be a substantial site fee if it’s done outside of the UK and U.S. And it’ll probably be the biggest money fight in heavyweight history. “It’ll be massive, but again, you can’t count the chickens before they’ve hatched. But I am optimistic at how well this fight well do, both at the site standpoint and the pay-per-view standpoint, particularly in the UK, where we predict we’ll do over two million homes. “We’ve had a number of discussions and one of the discussions we’ve had is lowering the pay-per-view price,” said Arum. “I advocated lowering the pay-per-view price across the board, and then the pay-per-view people said no. “If the fight has exceptional name value, then the price doesn’t matter. In other words, ESPN+ was charging $60 for a UFC pay-per-view, and the McGregor fight, which was exceptional because McGregor got a big audience,” Arum said.
Source: BoxingNews24