#Fury vs joshua plus

Rewind to June 2020, and Fury declared, out of the blue, that a two-fight deal with Joshua had been agreed. It has been a long road to get to this point. Sources close to Fury told Telegraph Sport on Tuesday that this contest with Joshua is “on”.

Was this a real call-out, or a call-out gone wrong? When the Ukrainian ruled himself out, Fury became restless. But that, we now understand, was for Fury versus Oleksandr Usyk. There was a Dec 17 date also booked in Cardiff by Warren’s Queensberry Promotions. Nov 26 and Dec 3 were originally offered by Fury to Joshua. This is a carpe diem moment for both boxers, even if it comes at a time which suits Fury and could prove to be an end-game fight for Joshua, who is taking a major gamble. We are awaiting a response.”įrank Warren, Fury’s promoter in the UK, has also been reluctant to speak publicly in the immediate aftermath of the death of Queen Elizabeth II, but said on Tuesday: “Contract will be with you very soon.” “Due to the Queen’s passing, it was agreed to halt all communication. They wrote on social media in a message retweeted by Joshua: “258 and Matchroom Boxing can confirm, on behalf of Anthony Joshua, that we accepted all terms presented to us by Fury’s team for a fight Dec 3 last Friday.

Joshua’s management team, 258MGT, said on Tuesday that they had accepted Fury’s offer on behalf of Joshua and his promoter, Matchroom, and are awaiting the champion’s response. It meant the 2012 Olympic gold medallist was unable to be rated until now.įury had made an offer to his British rival last week, saying he would accept a 60-40 purse split in order to seal the contest. Joshua had held and challenged for the World Boxing Association, International Boxing Federation, and World Boxing Organisation versions of the belt since 2016, with the WBC having an ongoing policy of not ranking any fighter who competes for another organisational belt. Indications that the contest is genuinely moving forward have also come with the World Boxing Council-sanctioning body now having installed Joshua as No 6 in its rankings, with Fury set to make a voluntary defence of the WBC heavyweight title after defeating mandatory challenger Dillian Whyte on April 23 at Wembley Stadium. But it is understood that the stadium has also been booked for Dec 17 in case an alternative date is required. The favoured date is Dec 3, offered by the Fury camp, with the roof closed for the “Battle of Britain” superfight which will generate upwards of £80 million.

#Fury vs joshua plus

The negotiations which made Anthony Joshua vs Tyson Fury possible – plus our predictionĬardiff's Principality Stadium is the likely venue for all-British heavyweight fight, on either Dec 3 or Dec 17Īnthony Joshua has accepted terms for a proposed world heavyweight title fight with Tyson Fury, his management team have announced, with Cardiff’s Principality Stadium on either Dec 3 or Dec 17 in play.