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A fight between former world heavyweight boxing champions Anthony Joshua and Deontay Wilder could be part of a ‘mega card’ with an undisputed title clash in Saudi Arabia between Tyson Fury<\/a> and Oleksandr Usyk, Joshua said on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Contracts have been signed for Britain’s Fury and Ukraine’s Usyk to fight for their combined titles on a date yet to be decided in Riyadh.<\/p>\n

“They want to put Usyk-Fury, Joshua-Wilder on the same night. That might not happen until April,” Joshua told reporters ahead of the U.S. Formula One Grand Prix in Austin, Texas.<\/p>\n

“When Fury gets through Ngannou, it is going to be late October, early November, so I doubt he will now prepare for Usyk<\/a> and fight in December, it’s too short,” said the 34-year-old Briton.<\/p>\n

WBC champion Fury is due to fight former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou in Saudi Arabia on Oct. 28 in a bout with professional boxing rules. Usyk holds the WBA, WBO, IBF and IBO belts and, like Fury, has an unbeaten record.<\/p>\n

“The next window (after that for Fury-Usyk) will probably be in March-April, so that’s probably when the undisputed fight will potentially happen,” said Joshua, who was in Austin after being announced last week as an investor in the Renault-owned Alpine team.<\/p>\n

“Then obviously what we are being told is they want to make it a mega card and they like the sound of Joshua versus Wilder on the same card.”<\/p>\n

Wilder, 38, was WBC heavyweight champion from 2015 to 2020. Joshua<\/a>, twice beaten by Usyk, said his next fight would be in December and likely in London against a ‘non-championship’ opponent yet to be decided. No date has been set for him to fight Wilder. “Some fighters want to maximise their revenue,” said the Briton.<\/p>\n

“It is like, ‘where can we get the most money for the fight?’ And they want to go to Saudi Arabia so they are waiting for the undisputed fight.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n