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Joshua ‘accepts’ Fury title fight offer – promoter

Anthony Joshua has accepted a 40-60% offer to fight WBC world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, his promoter Eddie Hearn has said, with Fury taking the bigger share of the revenue.

Fury has shifted his stance from insisting he was retired over the summer, to then claiming he was ready to fight WBA-IBF-WBO world heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk following the Ukrainian’s points win over Joshua on Aug. 20.

But Usyk has ruled himself out of fighting again in 2022 due to injury, which provoked Fury to call out Joshua on Monday, saying he would be prepared to face his compatriot in a fight he dubbed the “Battle of Britain” in December, with Joshua responding later on Monday to say he would be “ready” for the proposed bout.

Fury’s co-promoter Frank Warren said on Tuesday that his team had sent a formal offer to Joshua, with Hearn saying that Joshua’s team had accepted, with a fight potentially taking place on Dec. 17 at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales.

Hearn told IBF on Wednesday: “So I went back this morning and said we accept 60-40, we want that reversed in a rematch, rightfully so, because you’re the champion here you want the bigger split, which I think is fair.

“We want to do the fight in December and interestingly they have Dec.17 .. being held at Millennium stadium, so that’s perfect, that’s perfect for us.”

The only UK stadium capable of holding a boxing event in November or December is the Principality Stadium in Cardiff, because it has a retractable roof. Outdoor stadiums in the UK are not used to stage boxing events in the winter months due to the weather.

Fury and Joshua previously agreed to face each other in 2020, when promoters were claiming the fight was valued at £200 million, but Fury went in another direction, instead fighting Deontay Wilder, while Joshua lost his three belts to Usyk.

ESPN Boxing

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