Tyson Fury is not entertaining rumours of a tournament involving himself, Deontay Wilder, Anthony Joshua and Oleksandr Usyk.
Last week, talkSPORT’s Simon Jordan said on the talkBOXING show: “I wanted to talk about the landscape of what is likely to be happening in the heavyweight division…
“There’s a lingering observation and, I suppose rumour, that’s seeded I think in some substance – that there is a series of fights being arranged in the Middle East that involve Fury, Usyk, Joshua and Wilder.
“Three fights being made which is Fury vs Usyk, Wilder vs Joshua and the two winners of those fights meeting again in the Middle East for the ultimate showdown.”
With that being said, one of the men involved, Fury, has immediately dismissed these claims, posting on his Instagram story: “I can confirm that these rumours are absolute BS.”
This comes after Wilder’s trainer, Malik Scott, had discussed the talk in an interview with IFL TV: “Those rumours are true, negotiations are going on and big fights are gonna be happening.”
Joshua’s promoter, Eddie Hearn, then also confirmed that there was an ‘appetite’ from the Middle East to make this tournament happen.
“There is definitely some appetite from the Middle East to stage that event…” Hearn told IFL TV.
“But, it’s going to take four fighters to commit to that and four separate deals to take place, but if the money’s right then I’m sure it can happen.”
Hearn added: “There have been conversations with people who would like to host Fury vs Usyk and Joshua vs Wilder on the same night.
“It’s going to cost a lot of money, but would be epic.”
The Matchroom Boxing Chairman was then asked to speculate on how much the combined fighter purses might be worth from the tournament and he said $400million (£320m), which would surely be enough to lure Fury in.