Joshua, Haye and Bellew to give British boxing a record-breaking 2017

Steve Bunce  Boxing writer for  ESPN

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It is safe to say that records will be broken in the British boxing business in 2017, and not all of them will be welcome.

There are currently 13 men with a British licence with a valid claim to a world title -- and that is not even close to the 21 who held versions of seven different world titles in 2002.

They were mostly anonymous then and they are often anonymous now.

The heavyweight division in Britain will generate over £200 million ($248 million) this year if Tyson Fury returns. The combined revenue from Anthony Joshua vs. Wladimir Klitschko, David Haye vs. Tony Bellew, and their future fights, will create the vast sums. Hughie Fury, who looks likely to fight Joseph Parker for the WBO version, could chip in, too.

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