WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury might probably return on July 22 at Wembley Stadium in London, in response to co-promoter George Warren of Queensberry Promotions.
“It may very well be. It may very well be,” Fury said to Worldwide Boxing Information with respect to a July 22 return.
Fury was in talks to have an undisputed struggle with IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO champion Oleksandr Usyk on April 22 – however their bout fell by when each side have been unable to agree on the phrases for the rematch.
One potential opponent was Joe Joyce – however that choice was derailed on Saturday night time, when Joyce was stopped in six rounds by China’s Zhilei Zhang, who now holds the WBO’s interim-title.
A possible Fury vs. Zhang showdown will rely on Joyce’s determination concerning a direct rematch clause.
“Joe’s acquired that rematch clause, if he takes it, it is clearly going to be a complication with something to debate various fights for him proper now. And on the finish of the day, Tyson’s the boss when it comes all the way down to what he desires to do,” Warren stated.
Warren cautions {that a} large summer time stadium struggle must get underway prior to later – with Fury nonetheless undecided on his subsequent transfer.
“If he desires to struggle this summer time, he’ll tell us, we’ll attempt to make it occur. We have to know fairly rapidly to invoke one thing within the throughout the summer time. Particularly if we will try to do one thing in a stadium within the UK, which is the place he would wish to struggle to try to make it work right here. However yeah, opponents, selections, that can all come all the way down to a dialog with Tyson,” Warren stated.
