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Alla Zakarian

05-12-2018 | 15:56 Boxing
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Frank Warren: “Fury is Number 1 with Wilder, Joshua now sits at 3rd”

According to the Tyson Fury’s promoter Frank Warren, Fury is now the top fighter in the heavyweight division while Anthony Joshua continues to be Eddie Hearn’s cash cow. “He’s not the most powerful man in the division anymore. I said all along that when the best fight the best, it decides the No1. I know I am biased but Tyson Fury is the No. 1 now, for me and maybe Wilder is No. 2 or is No. 1 joint with him. But Joshua is in the slipstream now because these guys went in and did it at good ages. They did it at their peak. ”They were not fighting old guys, it was not a passing-the-baton fight, Tyson is almost at his peak. Joshua’s promoter Barry Hearn is no schmuck, he is an accountant, he has gone on the record to say they have a business plan that is all about selling tickets and making a lot of money. They said ‘we can fight Mickey Mouse and still sell all these tickets, we don’t care if he never fights Deontay Wilder' they are his words, he said them. As long as they can keep milking the cash cow that’s what they will do.” Warren believes Joshua could now face undisputed cruiserweight king Oleksandr Usyk on April 13 at Wembley with Dillian Whyte another rumoured opponent. “I am now hearing Joshua’s next opponent for April 13 is not going to be Dillian Whyte and will be Oleksandr Usyk, let them get on with it. This right here was the best heavyweight fight, ironically, since the Lennox Lewis vs Vitali Klitschko fight that was in the same Staples Center venue in 2013. “I know why they want to fight Usyk, he is a smaller guy and not much of a puncher. This rematch is the fight boxing fans want to see. Tyson was robbed of a historical moment, he is the people's champion, we will put it right. I want it in the UK, Tyson has been saying he wants it in Manchester but I reckon we would only get a draw there too.”

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