258 MGT announced on Twitter that Matchroom Boxing and Anthony Joshua have agreed to all of Tyson Fury’s terms for a fight on December 3.
Joshua-Fury update:
258 and @MatchroomBoxing can confirm, on behalf of @anthonyjoshua, that we accept all the terms presented to us by the Fury team for a fight on Friday, December 3.
Due to the death of the Queen, it was agreed to suspend all communication.
We are waiting for an answer.
– 258MGT (@258mgt) September 13, 2022
The statement was shared by both Matchroom and Joshua, and it looks like the British heavyweight superfight fans who have clamored for years may finally have come together after just eight days of negotiation.
Fury, the WBC champion and intermittent retiree, shared an unusually calm and professional fight offer with Joshua via social media on September 5. Within days, Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn publicly agreed to Fury’s 60/40 financial split, but the death of the UK’s Queen Elizabeth II brought most sporting events and business to a halt.
We may not hear an official announcement until after Queen Elizabeth’s state funeral on September 19. But, it seems that all parties involved are serious and eager to fight.
Bad Left Hook will continue to update the situation as details become available. For now, we’ll just say that quick and respectful negotiation is a charming and tragically rare twist in the sport of boxing. It seems that when two superstars agree to face each other, things can happen very quickly, even with the death of a head of state bringing the national sports business to a halt.
Meanwhile, there’s still no word on Errol Spence and Terence Crawford.
