Anthony Joshua vs Jake Paul: Eddie Hearn confirms talks for fight before AJ targets Tyson Fury in 2026 | Boxing News

Anthony Joshua says Jake Paul’s fight before targeting a very weighted attack against Tyson Furi in 2026, says Eddie Herne, the British heavyweight promoter.

Joshua, who has not been fighting since his loss to Daniel Dubua in September last year, underwent surgery in May, but aims to return to the ring later in 2025.

Since then, the boxer Paul, who has turned into a professional against old warriors Mike Tyson and Julio Cesar Chavez Junior in heavy weight and weight respectively.

After Shavez’s defeat unanimously last month, Paul brilliantly called for a confrontation with Joshua and midfielder Al -Alasi to try to achieve this.

“I will make that battle,” said Herne, who also held a meeting with the director of AlasHik and the director of Paul Nakisa Bayfaria. Sky Sports News.

“Jake Paul’s director has come out and said:” No one decides who is fighting Jake Paul but we are. “I got smaller arrogance in this situation, and this is very cool!

“For us, we want to fight Tyson France, but we will fight before the Battle of Tyson France because Tyson France will not fight Anthony Joshua before the spring or summer of 2026.”

France is currently retiring from boxing, but it disturbed the return to sports, and Herne is still keen to make the Battle of Joshua-France. He continued: “Aj came out [of action] To reach a year in September, so we definitely want to fight again. “

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Paul is famous for his professional life on YouTube, but he now won 12 battle after the launch of his career in 2020.

The 28 -year -old suffered from the defeat of Tommy Furi in 2023, but he continued to overcome former UFC star Nate Diaz, professional American boxers Andre and Ryan Burland, as well as former UFC fighter Mike Perry.

The controversial match against Tyson is to fight Paul’s only heavyweight, before he stepped down to the weight of the cruiser against Chavez.

“AJ-PAOL is not a battle we have never expected, and it is never a battle we targeted,” Herne said.

“But if you want Jake Paul to be a warm battle [for Fury] – It is clear, financially, it is a great opportunity for AJ – and you want to provide AJ with an opportunity to extinguish Jake Paul about the boxing world, then AJ may commit.

“Jake is a great and strong weight. I don’t think he is especially competitor, but we know in the world in which we live, many people will see it.

“It may be the biggest battle that can be made, strangely, in this sport. I will not sit here and tell you,” Yes, it is a big challenge. “

“I think it is settled as quickly as possible, but there will be a large amount of people worldwide wanting to see it.

We will see. Happiness told us, “Will you be interested in fighting? “I cannot say no, until we know the proposal, and if Jake Paul is crazy enough to enter with Anthony Joshua, and it may be, because of the amount of money he knows, who knows?