Tyson Fury vs Anthony Joshua Fight Confirmed

The biggest heavyweight showdown is soon on its way as Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury have finally signed terms on a two-fight deal. Eddie Hearn announced the news after years of negotiations.

He told Sky Sports “All parties have now put pen to paper and we will be working hard over the next few weeks to confirm the site and date for the biggest fight in boxing.”

The date and location are still to be confirmed as Hearn has cited Qatar, Abu Dhabi, Saudi Arabia, China, Singapore, Las Vegas and London as potential hosts. The idea of London being the host has been dampened due to Boris Johnson’s coronavirus roadmap. “Can you really sit there with any real confidence and say we’re going to be allowed 100,000 people in June in Wembley? You’ve answered the question.” He went on to play down the likelihood of Vegas too.

“We’d like to get a site deal confirmed in the next month,” said Hearn. “The hard part is always getting everybody to put pen to paper. But this was a major effort from all parties to get this over the line. You had rival promoters, rival networks and rival fighters. I actually feel we’ve done the hard part. Speaking for myself, Anthony and his team at 258 management, I know how hard we’ve worked hard these last couple of months and I just feel that this fight is so big it’s not a difficult sell.”

The contract would have the fighters getting a 50-50 split in the first bout and a 60-40 split in the rematch where the winner would get the higher share.

Saudi Arabia are rumoured to be the most likely host the first fight between Fury and Joshua, who holds the WBO, WBA and IBF belts. “Saudi just did Formula E and the golf, they are not slowing down the development of sport,” Hearn said last week.