Tyson Fury vs. Deontay Wilder vs. Anthony Joshua: What to know about the muddled heavyweight title picture

The three men are locked in what could be a legal battle to decide an undisputed champion in the premier weightclass

After loads of hype, weeks of uncertainty and the securing of the biggest site fee in the history of boxing, it seemed the battle for the undisputed heavyweight championship between WBC champion Tyson Fury and WBO, WBA and IBF champ Anthony Joshua was finally a done deal. Then, an arbitrator ruled Fury must face Deontay Wilder in a third bout between the two before mid September and everything was muddied. Wilder was guaranteed a fight with Fury after Fury beat him in their February 2020 rematch. That fight had a stipulation where the loser could initiate a third fight by taking the short side of a 60-40 purse split. Wilder initiated before the COVID-19 pandemic threw extra wrinkles that pushed the fight from summer to October and then December before Wilder's team attempted to push it further into 2021. At that point, Fury's team claimed the time allotted for the rematch clause had expired and attention turned to a clash with Joshua, which would be the biggest fight in boxing. The politics and machinations of boxing are confusing enough for insiders, let alone those who only tune in for the biggest fights of the year. Let's take a look at some of the burning questions in this increasingly complicated situation.