Eddie Hearn: Fury vs Joshua location could be announced this week, Estrada-Chocolatito 3, much more

Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn once again used his Instagram story to field some fan questions today, so here are some tidbits from the session.

• The hope is to have a location for Tyson Fury vs Anthony Joshua “lock(ed) in this week.” One figures that would also come with a date.
• With the WBC’s goofy decision-making that wound up with an order for Estrada-Chocolatito 3 and Sor Rungvisai-Cuadras 2, Hearn says he’s working on making that a doubleheader, which would be the best possible upside for boxing fans with the situation at least.
• Light heavyweight Joshua Buatsi will still return on May 15 in the UK, his first fight under new trainer Virgil Hunter, and then Hearn wants to have him “jump in a big one.”
• Hearn “loves” the idea of doing Dillian Whyte vs Andy Ruiz Jr. Whyte just beat Alexander Povetkin, and Ruiz is returning from a long layoff to fight Chris Arreola on May 1.

• Newly crowned WBO cruiserweight champ Lawrence Okolie has a mandatory, according to Hearn, but “also wants to unify ASAP.” IBF titlist Mairis Briedis was Okolie’s noted top target, and Briedis told us he’s willing to do it.
• Once again, it’s noted that the ordered IBF heavyweight eliminator between Filip Hrgovic and Michael Hunter is heading to purse bids.
• Hearn plans to have an announcement for WBC junior lightweight titlist Terri Harper toward the end of this week.
• The promoter sees “big nights ahead for both” Ted Cheeseman and JJ Metcalf after a “fantastic” fight on the Povetkin-Whyte 2 card.
• He likes Derek Chisora’s move to work with trainer Buddy McGirt for his May 1 fight with Joseph Parker, calling it a “great link-up” and McGirt a “great trainer.”
• Hearn isn’t looking forward to David Avanesyan for Conor Benn, saying all eyes are on Benn’s April 10 fight with Samuel Vargas, which he thinks “will be a war.”
• The ordered Lewis Ritson vs Jeremiah Ponce fight, part of an IBF eliminator tournament at 140, is being put together for June.
• Matchroom Fight Camp will return this summer, and one idea Hearn already has is a heavyweight scrap between cult favorite Alen Babic and Nick Webb, who just upset Erik Pfeifer.
• Hearn plans to have European cruiserweight champ Tommy McCarthy and lightweight James Tennyson in action in May. Hearn has previously discussed doing Tennyson against Ricky Burns. 24-year-old junior welterweight prospect Dalton Smith will also be back in May.
• On Campbell Hatton, the son of Ricky who just turned pro this past weekend, Hearn believes he has “loads of potential,” but is also urging patience, adding that the 20-year-old “needs lots of time to develop.”