Eddie Hearn knows it’s his job to deliver a British boxing super-fight. Anthony Joshua retained his world heavyweight titles as he took on his IBF mandatory challenger Kubrat Pulev, dropping him four times en-route to a ninth-round stoppage while also staying on course for a showdown against Tyson Fury. Hearn knows that it’s now or never for the fight between Joshua and the WBC king Fury. “It was an amazing fight,” Hearn said about the main event just across the road from the 90,000-seat Wembley Stadium. “The fight was what it was, we got the win, it was a brutal but composed performance and it was exactly what Joshua needed.” Fury criticised Joshua’s display, stating that he “sh-t himself” when asked about the all-British showdown with the WBC champion and saying that he “can’t wait to knock him out”. Hearn is ready to enter into talks with Fury’s representatives as soon as possible. “I can’t make it clearer from our side that everybody wants the fight,” he added. “It’s a natural fight. There’s nobody on the team who doesn’t want the fight. ‘AJ’ isn’t the kind of guy who is going to come out, screaming and shouting people’s names. “Of course, he wants the fight and I’m going to keep schtum and tell you that it’s my job to deliver that fight next and I’ll do everything that I can to deliver it and we should start that immediately.”
Source: BoxingScene