Tyson Fury, of England, celebrates aft defeating Deontay Wilder successful a heavyweight title boxing lucifer Saturday, Oct. 9, 2021, successful Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Chase Stevens) Photo by: AP Photo/Chase Stevens
Associated Press
Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026 | 8:40 a.m.
MANCHESTER, England (AP) — The long-awaited showdown betwixt Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua is yet happening.
The 2 erstwhile heavyweight satellite champions are acceptable to conscionable Dec. 11 successful Cardiff, promoter Turki Alalshikh said Thursday.
“For 15 years nary 1 has been capable to marque this fight,” Alalshikh posted connected X. “I tin present corroborate that Fury Vs Joshua volition beryllium coming to the UK, arsenic I promised British boxing fans. The clip for talking is over...”
The combat is being staged astatine the Principality Stadium.
A clash betwixt the British rivals has been 1 of the astir anticipated fights for much than a decade.
“THE WAIT IS OVER. Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua yet collide,” Joshua’s promoter Matchroom posted connected X.
Fury stepped retired of status this twelvemonth and made his instrumentality to the ringing for the archetypal clip successful much than a twelvemonth with victories against Arslanbek Makhmudov and Mariusz Wach.
Joshua’s lone fights since losing his IBF satellite rubric combat against Daniel Dubois successful 2024 were against YouTuber Jake Paul and Kristian Prenga.
Alalshikh is simply a Saudi Arabian advisor who organizes boxing events for the kingdom.
While Fury and Joshua are arguably past their peak, it is combat that is inactive apt to garner planetary attraction and volition beryllium streamed unrecorded connected Netflix successful the aboriginal hours of the greeting moving into Dec. 12.
Approval volition beryllium needed to let the combat to instrumentality spot astatine that time.
“There are inactive immoderate arrangements to beryllium finalized with the organisers, including immoderate required changes to Principality Stadium’s premises licence, but we are looking guardant to welcoming fans to the metropolis for what promises to beryllium an unforgettable nighttime of boxing,” Cardiff Council person Chris Weaver said.
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