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title: "Eddie Hearn Says One Fight Is Bigger Than Fury-Usyk: “He’s Not A Global Star”"
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published: "2023-10-02T14:45:04Z"
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# Eddie Hearn Says One Fight Is Bigger Than Fury-Usyk: “He’s Not A Global Star”

Matchroom Promoter, Eddie Hearn, has commented on the recent announcement of the Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk, claiming that although it’s undeniably a huge fight, another heavyweight clash is the biggest fight in boxing.

After much criticism for failures to make Fury-Usyk back in Spring, the [two champions have reached an agreement for an undisputed title clash with a reported date of either December 23rd or early January 2024](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/boxing/66962430).

Although, despite applauding the efforts of both men and their teams, Hearn claimed that an all-British blockbluster between Fury and Anthony Joshua would make for a bigger and better spectacle than the historic first-ever four-belt undisputed fight.

Speaking to [iFL TV](https://youtu.be/51Hmc9EH0mI?si=IeIb3iAq5GNiJTYU), Hearn said:

> “No \[it’s not the biggest fight in boxing\], Fury against AJ \[Anthony Joshua\] is, but it’s a massive fight and it’s not far behind. I only say that because when you have got two global stars, commercial giants fighting each other, like Fury-AJ, it’s bigger. Usyk is not the global star, but he is the unified heavyweight world champion, so it’s a massive fight, first undisputed \[heavyweight\] fight since Lennox Lewis in 1999.”
>
> “It’s a huge fight, AJ-Fury, AJ-Wilder, Fury-Usyk, Benn-Eubank, they are all mega, mega fights. Even getting one of them, I know we haven’t got a date and anything could happen, but it is certainly very positive and I think that it shows you that, when the money is there, the fights will happen.”
>
> “Freak money, like we are seeing for this fight and for Joshua-Wilder and stuff like that, comes around once so often, but when it does come, it’s great to see big fights happening.”

In contrast to the success of the Fury-Usyk negotiations, [Hearn has suffered a setback in making the much expected showdown between ‘AJ’ and Deontay Wilder, with a proposed deal with Saudi Arabia’s Skills Challenge now dead in the water](https://wp.boxing-social.com/news/anthony-joshua-vs-deontay-wilder-deal-off/).