12-28-2017, 03:41 PM
Contract arrives for Joseph Parker's unification fight with Anthony Joshua
New Zealand heavyweight boxer Joseph Parker is set to put is WBO belt on the line against WBA and IBF champion Anthony Joshua in a massive unification fight.
Joseph Parker's hopes for a world heavyweight unification fight with Anthony Joshua have taken a significant step closer to reality with the arrival of a formal contract.
The "substantial document" has been delivered from Joshua's boss Eddie Hearn and is now in the hands of Parker's promoter David Higgins.
Higgins revealed there had been "concessions" from the Joshua camp and Parker's slice of the mega-fight will be in the range of 30-35 per cent.
Higgins asked that the contract be shaped along the lines of Joshua's fight with Wladimir Klitschko in London earlier this year, fight that attracted 90,000 to Wembley and was a global TV extravaganza.
"I did that in the belief that the Klitschko camp will essentially have done a lot of the hard work for us," Higgins said on Thursday.
Higgins has taken that a step further, tracking down Kiltschko's London-based lawyer. He will will cast an eagle eye over Parker's deal to make sure it stacks up.
If the details are satisfactory, Higgins will board a plane to London next week to work out the final fine-print and ink a deal unprecedented in New Zealand boxing history and making for one of the biggest occasions in the country's proud sporting history.
It is believed Parker could earn has much as $12m.
The arrival of the contract signals a decisive moment from weeks of negotiations.
"Joshua versus Parker has never been closer to happening," a thrilled Higgins said.
"Eddie Hearn has been a pleasure to work with ... he's smart and decisive."
The date and venue are still up in the air but it looks likely to be in the UK in late March or early April and will be a stadium venue befitting the occasion as Parker puts his WBO belt on the line against Joshua.
Higgins revealed the rematch clause in the contract would see Parker, if he beat Joshua, get a 55 per cent share of the spoils for the sequel.
- Stuff
New Zealand heavyweight boxer Joseph Parker is set to put is WBO belt on the line against WBA and IBF champion Anthony Joshua in a massive unification fight.
Joseph Parker's hopes for a world heavyweight unification fight with Anthony Joshua have taken a significant step closer to reality with the arrival of a formal contract.
The "substantial document" has been delivered from Joshua's boss Eddie Hearn and is now in the hands of Parker's promoter David Higgins.
Higgins revealed there had been "concessions" from the Joshua camp and Parker's slice of the mega-fight will be in the range of 30-35 per cent.
Higgins asked that the contract be shaped along the lines of Joshua's fight with Wladimir Klitschko in London earlier this year, fight that attracted 90,000 to Wembley and was a global TV extravaganza.
"I did that in the belief that the Klitschko camp will essentially have done a lot of the hard work for us," Higgins said on Thursday.
Higgins has taken that a step further, tracking down Kiltschko's London-based lawyer. He will will cast an eagle eye over Parker's deal to make sure it stacks up.
If the details are satisfactory, Higgins will board a plane to London next week to work out the final fine-print and ink a deal unprecedented in New Zealand boxing history and making for one of the biggest occasions in the country's proud sporting history.
It is believed Parker could earn has much as $12m.
The arrival of the contract signals a decisive moment from weeks of negotiations.
"Joshua versus Parker has never been closer to happening," a thrilled Higgins said.
"Eddie Hearn has been a pleasure to work with ... he's smart and decisive."
The date and venue are still up in the air but it looks likely to be in the UK in late March or early April and will be a stadium venue befitting the occasion as Parker puts his WBO belt on the line against Joshua.
Higgins revealed the rematch clause in the contract would see Parker, if he beat Joshua, get a 55 per cent share of the spoils for the sequel.
- Stuff