LONDON —
Anthony Joshua has accepted terms for a proposed
world heavyweight title fight with Tyson Fury, his management team announced on
Tuesday.
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Fury, the WBC champion, made the offer to his
British rival last week, saying he would be willing to offer Joshua 40 percent
of the purse in order to seal the contest.
Joshua’s management team, 258, said on Tuesday they
had accepted Fury’s offer on behalf of Joshua and his promoter, Matchroom, and
were awaiting the champion’s response.
They wrote on social media in a message retweeted by
Joshua: “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.”
“Due to the Queen’s passing, it was agreed to halt
all communication. We are awaiting a response.”
Fury made the offer for a “Battle of Britain” bout
with Joshua after it emerged that rival champion Oleksandr Usyk had ruled out
fighting again until early next year.
Joshua, 32, suffered his second straight defeat to
the Ukrainian in Saudi Arabia last month and had planned to make a relatively
low-key comeback.
Responding last week to Fury’s offer, Joshua’s
promoter Eddie Hearn expressed caution, questioning whether Fury was “serious”
about the bout.
The unbeaten Fury announced he was retiring on his
34th birthday last month, having previously performed a number of U-turns over
his future in the sport.
But in a video posted on social media last week he
appeared to confirm he had reversed his decision again as he challenged Joshua
to a showdown.
Former champion Joshua fell to 24-3 with his latest
defeat to Usyk, who retained his WBO, IBF, and WBA belts, but a clash with Fury
would spark huge interest in Britain.
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