Eddie Hearn found it difficult to negotiate with Deontay Wilder’s camp but according to Frank Warren, it’s a breeze discussing terms with the American’s team.
Wilder’s next defence of his WBC heavyweight title was confirmed on Saturday night, with Tyson Fury getting the next shot at ‘The Bronze Bomber’.
The battle of the undefeated heavyweights is set to go down in Las Vegas and Wilder was present in Belfast this weekend to confront Fury, who claimed a unanimous decision victory over Francesco Pianeta.
The date of the monster clash is set to be announced in the coming weeks but according to Warren, everything is in place for Wilder vs. Fury to take place in either November or December.
“All of the terms are agreed,” Fury’s promoter told BBC Radio 5 live.
“We’re working at the moment on the date and the venue.
“We have another unification match with Josh Warrington and Carl Frampton and we don’t want a clash on those two dates.
“One of those fights will be in November, and one will be in December.”
After claims from Matchroom chief Eddie Hearn that Wilder’s camp refused to cooperate properly during early discussions for a unification bout with Anthony Joshua, Warren insisted that he had no such problem.
Warren claimed that a “50-50” purse split was agreed between the fighters after “quick and smooth negotiations.”
“He was the world heavyweight champion. He’s undefeated. They understand that.”
Fury, who has dropped almost nine stone after ballooning up to 27 stone in his time away from the ring, intends to lose even more weight ahead of his meeting with Wilder.
“I was 18st 6lbs there. Wilder will probably weigh about 15 or 15-and-a-half. I’m going to try to get myself down to 18st, nice and light so I can move and slip and slide and be very awkward” Fury said at the post-fight press conference.
“It’s alright having massive, massive power but if you can’t land it, you’ve lost.
“Wladimir Klitschko had massive power – ‘Dr. Steelhammer’. He had one of the biggest punching right hands in the history of boxing and he did land it but not effectively and not cleanly because I’m always riding the shots.
“It’s very hard to land cleanly on me nowadays. I have been over twice before, by [Neven] Pakjic and [Steve] Cunningham, but I’m a different fighter now. I don’t walk square on, I don’t rush, I take my time. Cool, calm, collected and calculated, thinking about my job.
“I’m very awkward to land on and I’ll give Wilder his credit but I’ve not got a glass chin. I can take punches and I’ll be there to fight. I’m not going to be there to play games.
“I’m going to make him miss and make him pay. I think his style is tailor-made for mine with his big, awkward, wild swings and I believe that I’m a better boxer than him, technically.”
