The Opening Bell; A boxing podcast

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On the week when it looks all but certain that the all-British

heavyweight showdown between Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua will land in New

York, a fight with serious consequences for the current title picture in the

division – Moses Itauma and Frank Sanchez on August 29 – was upgraded to an IBF

title fight.

The Fury-Joshua news will no

doubt make those already in a spin about the location lose their minds

completely. But before we put the blame solely at the feet of Netflix and Turki

Alalshikh, one crucial thing should be remembered: Nobody is forcing Joshua or

Fury to fight outside of the UK. And hey, there are worse places than New York

to host heavyweight boxing.

In Dublin there was a contest