Anthony Joshua accepts terms to fight Tyson Fury in all-British heavyweight showdown years in the making

ByTNT Sports

Updated 13/09/2022 at 12:28 GMT+1

The long-awaited all-British heavyweight showdown between Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury is set to go ahead on December 3 after Joshua’s management team, 258MGT, took to social media to announce it had agreed “all terms” put to them by Fury’s camp. The tweet added that they were now awaiting response from Fury’s team. The fight is set to take place at Cardiff's Principality Stadium.

Anthony Joshua looks on during the Rage on the Red Sea Public Work Out at Club Saudi Arabian Airlines on August 16, 2022 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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Anthony Joshua’s management team, 258MGT, have announced that they have “accepted all terms” to fight Tyson Fury, meaning after years of gesturing, the iconic British duo will finally fight.

258MGT added that they were now awaiting a response from Fury's team, to which Frank Warren - Fury's promoter - replied: "Contract will be with you very soon."

The fight is set to take place on December 3 with the Principality Stadium reportedly to host the event.

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A Joshua-Fury all-British super-fight has been mooted for years. They were meant to fight in August 2021 in Saudi Arabia after the pair had agreed to a 50-50 purse, and then a re-match with a 60–40 split in favour of the winner. However, after an arbitration judge ruled that Deontay Wilder was entitled to a third fight against Fury, their paths diverged.

Joshua was ordered to fight WBO mandatory challenger Oleksandr Usyk, a fight the Brit lost at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on September 25. Fury fought and beat Wilder on October 9 in Las Vegas, and last fought in April of this year. The 34-year-old knocked out Dillian Whyte in front of 96,000 fans at Wembley Stadium to retain his WBC heavyweight title, but he said afterwards that he was to retire from the sport - a stance that would soon soften.

Then after Joshua failed to regain his WBA, WBO, IBF and IBO belts from Usyk last month, the chance of the fight looked remote. But, after it emerged that a unification fight between Usyk would have to wait until 2023, Fury offered Joshua a 60-40 purse to fight in late 2022. They offered two dates: November 26 at Wembley or December 3 at the Principality Stadium, with Joshua's team reportedly agreeing to the latter.

Fury has a record of 33 fights, 32 wins and one draw while Joshua's reads 27 fights, 24 wins and three losses.

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