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Tyson Fury-Anthony Joshua fight odds have been set on news that the fighters have agreed to a two-bout deal in order to unify the heavyweight titles.
BetOnline has released odds for the first of the two bouts.
Tyson Fury -190
Anthony Joshua +165
(Odds project a 65.5% implied probability for Fury)
"We'd like to get a site deal confirmed in the next month," said Eddie Hearn, managing director of Matchroom Sport, Joshua's promoter. "The hard part is always getting everybody to put pen to paper. But this was a major effort from all parties to get this over the line. You had rival promoters, rival networks and rival fighters."
With the terms of the deal now set, it is now time to start looking into prospective sites.
A Top Rank source said: "It's pending, finding a site and a date that's acceptable to both (fighters' camps). We have 30 days from the signing, or the deal could go away."
"I actually feel we've done the hard part," Hearn said. "Speaking for myself, Anthony and his team at 258 management [258 MGT], I know how hard we've worked these last couple of months and I just feel that this fight is so big it's not a difficult sell. We've already had approaches from eight or nine sites. The offers have come from multiple countries in the Middle East, from Asia, Eastern Europe and America."
- Tyrone Black, Gambling911.com
