With an arbitrator ruling that Tyson Fury must face Deontay Wilder for a third time, and Wilder not wanting to take “step-aside” money for Fury to face Anthony Joshua in August — nor does anyone want to give it to him — Fury’s co-promoters at Top Rank are making a move.
Bob Arum has told Mark Kriegel that the company have reserved a July 24 date at Las Vegas’ Allegiant Stadium for the fight. That doesn’t mean it’s official for that date or venue, mind you, but it’s an early idea, and an aggressive one, given that this would mean the fight would happen in about two months’ time.
Fury (30-0-1, 21 KO) and Wilder (42-1-1, 41 KO) both have been inactive since their Feb. 2020 rematch, which Fury won via dominant seventh round stoppage, taking the WBC title from Wilder.