Tyson Fury vs Anthony Joshua date, venue, fight purse split and latest news

Aside from an official announcement, it appears as though a deal is done for Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua to finally meet, with both fighters having revealed the agreement on Tuesday. Joshua has accepted a 60/40 purse split in favour of Fury, with a December 3 fight taking place at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff..

The pair have remarkably never faced one another despite a two-fight deal having been agreed in 2020 before Fury was ordered to fight Deontay Wilder in a trilogy fight by a US court. This meant that last autumn Fury faced Wilder for a third time, claiming victory, while 'AJ' lost to Oleksandr Usyk in their first fight.

This year has seen circumstance make it appear as a fight could have been further away than ever, with Fury successfully defending his WBC belt and declaring that he would like to face Usyk in a unification bout in the wake of the Ukrainian's win against Joshua last month.

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However, on Tuesday., In a tweet, 258MGT said: "Joshua- Fury update: 258 and @MatchroomBoxing can confirm, on behalf of @anthonyjoshua, that we accepted all terms presented to us by Fury’s team for a fight Dec 3rd last Friday. This message was retweeted by Joshua, with the tweet also confirming that negotiations had been on hold due to the Queen's passing.

Matchroom Boxing Chairman Eddie Hearn revealed on Tuesday that Joshua believed such a chance may not come around again and that Fury's terms had been accepted as a result: “We had an offer for the fight. We weren’t happy with all the terms. We tried to negotiate those terms and we were told there is no negotiation, take it or leave it and we took it,” Hearn told Matchroom Boxing.

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