Joshua’s fight with Fury signed; deal worth £200m

Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury will face off twice in 2021 after the contracts were finally signed.

The star duo have been locked in talks to face-off in an all-British heavyweight unification showdown this summer.

Fury recently vented his frustration at the contracts not being signed.

But now the fight has finally been confirmed with Joshua and Fury going toe-to-toe twice later this year in a deal worth £200million.

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Joshua’s promoter, Eddie Hearn, confirmed the good news.

Hearn told ESPN: “We’d like to get a site deal confirmed in the next month.

“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.

“We’ve already had approaches from eight or nine sites.

“The offers have come from multiple countries in the Middle East, from Asia, eastern Europe and America.

“This is the biggest fight in boxing and one of the biggest sporting events in the world.

“It will be a major, major win for a country that wants to showcase itself.”