IBF heavyweight champion Filip Hrgovic says he is open to facing Rico Verhoeven on the Tyson Fury–Anthony Joshua undercard if they can agree on a good deal. He said he had heard only rumors; his ultimate goal is to unify the titles.
Frank Sanchez is Hrgovic’s IBF mandatory challenger and accepted step-aside money to allow the fight with Moses Itauma. Hrgovic said Sanchez could step aside again if they reached a financial agreement; the article says a new offer would need to be significantly higher than the previous one.
The article says Manny Pacquiao–Shakur Stevenson could take the card’s co-main-event slot. It reports that Verhoeven has had two professional fights, both losses, but came close to beating Oleksandr Usyk earlier this summer.
