Eddie Hearn reveals Anthony Joshua won’t get £60million payday if Dillian Whyte wins rematch
Eddie Hearn has praised Anthony Joshua for risking it all by agreeing to rematch Dillian Whyte.for the British and Commonwealth heavyweight titles in December 2015.And in August they will do battle for a second time in their respective pro careersAlmost eight years after Joshua knocked out his nemesis in a wild main event at London’s O2 Arena,they will face off again at the same venue on August 12, a fight you can listen to live on talkSPORT.
The fight is a massive risk for Joshua who has already agreed to face former WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder for an exorbitant amount of money in Saudi Arabia later this year.which will no longer be on the table if he suffers an upset defeat against Whyte next month.READ MORE ON EDDIE HEARN“We had meetings last week with the Saudis. Obviously, that’s one of the biggest fights in boxing, and he wanted to fight in the interim.
"You know, he’s been working with Derrick James, he wanted to have that fight and he was insistent it was Dillian Whyte. I wasn’t over the moon because I know it’s dangerous. "It’s a fight that is built off emotion, they don’t like each other. You saw what happened last time at the O2, it’s going to be an absolute firefight on August 12.
"That’s why it’s so dangerous. You’ve got that Deontay Wilder fight in December, he could’ve just waited and had an easy, gimme fight at the O2 – but he’s decided to roll the dice."
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