Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua have verbally agreed to a stunning boxing fight that will take place at Wembley, GB News can exclusively reveal.
Fury retired from the sport back in January, just weeks after suffering the second defeat of his professional career to Oleksandr Usyk.
His first loss was also at the hands of Usyk, who beat him in May last year in Saudi Arabia.
As for Joshua, the Watford-born star is yet to return to the ring since losing to Daniel Dubois back in September.
For years, talk of the two men doing battle has rumbled on and on.
With Fury retiring in January, many felt the ship had sailed and that Britain’s two biggest boxers would never engage in battle.
Now, however, GB News can exclusively reveal that Fury and Joshua have both agreed to fight – with the Gypsy King U-turning on his decision to quit the sport.
A well-placed source said: “Fury and Joshua is a case of when, not if.
“Tyson has agreed to come out of retirement to face AJ, which is why he’s been working hard in the gym in recent months.
“Things should be made official in the coming weeks.”
In recent years, many of the sport’s biggest fights have taken place in Saudi Arabia – with Turki Al-Sheikh having a big role to play.
Yet the bout between Fury and Joshua will take place at Wembley instead, with both figures keen for it to take place on UK soil instead of overseas.
The source also revealed that the fight could take place by the end of the year, if the pair and their entourages are able to agree on finances.
Fury made a staggering £67.3m from his December bout with Usyk but is likely to earn even more from a clash with Joshua.
Finances are, it’s understood, the only thing holding up a deal with the pair eager to secure as much money as possible.
The news that the clash will take place at Wembley, rather than on foreign soil, will likely please British fans on these shores.
Eddie Hearn, Joshua’s promoter, recently admitted that the fight could be ‘easily made’ in a huge sign that an agreement was close.
“I do [think it can be easily made],” he said.
“In the past, it’s always been: one’s a champion, one’s a challenger.
“Now, both guys are in a similar position: they’re coming off a defeat… Fury has two defeats, both to Oleksandr Usyk.
“They’re both still pretty much in their prime, and as we saw last Saturday, sometimes you don’t need the world championship belt.
“Sometimes when you’ve got two champions trying to become undisputed, it’s a little bit cagey.
“Benn vs Eubank Jr was just a great example of two guys that just went to war, and that’s exactly what you’d get with AJ against Fury.”
