Tyson Fury will be back on June 15th at the Thomas & Mack Center, ESPN +

By Jake Donovan

Boxing fans can now expect to see the "big three" heavyweight fight, just weeks away from each other, even though they stay very far apart one to the other to get themselves face.

Deontay Wilder, Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury will be in the ring for four weeks, from mid-May to mid-June, in separate bouts, all on separate platforms. BoxingScene.com learned that Fury would return to the ring on June 15, making his first career appearance in Las Vegas on a playing card at the Thomas & Mack Center.

An opponent must still be solidified for the event, which will be broadcast live on ESPN + during the first fight under the new co-promotion pact of Great Britain with Top Rank and ESPN.

Fury (27-0-1, 19KOs), England, will be fighting for the first time since their draw for the 12 rounds against Wilder last December in Los Angeles, which marked the debut of Pay-Per-View both boxers. The event distributed by Showtime sold 325,000 units, with commercial success and how the fight ended, sparking enough interest for a rematch.

According to most observers, Fury deserved this decision. To complicate matters, however, Wilder scored two badists in innings 9 and 12, respectively. The last of the two had apparently Fury out, but he miraculously recovered in time to beat the count and finish the fight on foot.

The talks for a sequel seemed well advanced, but Fury and promoter Frank Warren surprised many industry professionals by signing up with Top Rank and ESPN in mid-February. This operation functionally wiped out all the revenge projects, with a peace offer presented in the form of a multi-combat contract presented to Wilder to join the ESPN family.

The offer was rejected by Wilder (40-0-1, 39KO), who is currently a free agent of the network. The big heavyweight star will hold the subject at a press conference to be held Tuesday in Brooklyn, New York.

During the session, the Wilder of Alabama will also confirm his defense of the mandatory title against Dominic Breazeale, which he had to honor in light of the fallout of Fury. The event is scheduled for May 18 at Brooklyn's Barclays Center, with the unknown amount on which platform it will be broadcast.

Wilder and his team recently presented a lucrative offer from the DAZN sports streaming platform, which claims Joshua (22-0, 21KO) and will present his showdown on June 1 against Jarrell Miller. The event will take place at Madison Square Garden, New York, as Joshua's debut in the United States.

DAZN hoped to bring its own 1-2 1-2 in the heavyweight division also wearing Wilder-Breazeale. However, he is firmly convinced that Wilder will not only reject the current offer, but will not head to DAZN at all since it will likely remain on platforms provided by the series of first boxer champions (PBC ) by Al Haymon, such as Showtime and Fox Sports. and their respective PPV arms.

Meanwhile, Fury will do its best to stay active in an ESPN universe that currently does not have a complete list of heavyweights, but it is constantly growing.

Oscar Rivas of Canada is one of the heavyweights who joined the family and was considered a favorite for plum allocation.

However, the undefeated contestant – who has just won a knockout victory over Bryant Jennings on ESPN + on Jan. 18 – has been ruled out. Montreal Journal said that it would be more likely to appear on the underlying map of June 15 and revisit such a fight. shortly thereafter.

The fate of Rivas reinforces the opportunity for his previous conquest to surface near the top of the queue.

Jennings (24-3, 14KO) has not fought since his defeat against Rivas in January, and after the fight, he did not seem quite sure what he wanted to do. The veteran contender from Philadelphia had been in the heavyweight category for several years, including his valiant defeats against the then heavyweight king, Wladimir Klitschko, and the acting champion, Luis Ortiz, in consecutive fights in 2015.

The setbacks were followed by an interruption of 20 months before resurfacing in August 17 after having signed a promotion contract with Top Rank. Jennings has won five straight victories, including Alexander Dimitrenko's exciting KO last August on ESPN.

His loss to Rivas obviously blocked any progress towards another title race – but he is still part of the Top Rank / ESPN family, which usually minimizes the hbadle of finding an external opponent.

Regardless of the choice of mission, Fury returns to the ring for the first time in six months and just over a year from his triumphant comeback last June. The British faced drug, alcohol and mental health problems after an absence of 31 months. They won two updates to secure the Wilder final.

In a more ideal world, thinking about the two fights at four weeks apart and with Joshua-Miller stuck between them would constitute a gold mine of marketing for the heavyweight division.

Instead, it will simply serve as a reminder for the last time – no matter how close they are to the schedule – how far they are from resolving their differences in the ring.

Jake Donovan is a senior writer for BoxingScene.com. Twitter: @JakeNDaBox