Tyson Fury vs. Anthony Joshua | NETFLIX - 11 December 2026

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Fury by KO, via an uppercut, in round 1.

[KiwiRider]

After this weekend I think us fans need to come up with a name for the bout.

Chinny v Fatty

Has a nice ring to it.

Seriously though, this fight doesn't need to be on US primetime Netflix.

It's a domestic battle between two very past their prime fighters which, I think, will still be a great fight (Fury tko 8) but it has to be in the UK at 10pm on a Saturday night.

Turks, Dana & the rest can f*ck off. This fight between the 6th & 7th best Heavyweights in the UK has to be in the UK.

Chinny Vs Chubby?

[overhand_right]

After this weekend I think us fans need to come up with a name for the bout.

Chinny v Fatty

Has a nice ring to it.

Seriously though, this fight doesn't need to be on US primetime Netflix.

It's a domestic battle between two very past their prime fighters which, I think, will still be a great fight (Fury tko 8) but it has to be in the UK at 10pm on a Saturday night.

Turks, Dana & the rest can f*ck off. This fight between the 6th & 7th best Heavyweights in the UK has to be in the UK.

The Bashing at the Cash-in

[Taansend]

After this weekend I think us fans need to come up with a name for the bout.

Chinny v Fatty

Has a nice ring to it.

Seriously though, this fight doesn't need to be on US primetime Netflix.

It's a domestic battle between two very past their prime fighters which, I think, will still be a great fight (Fury tko 8) but it has to be in the UK at 10pm on a Saturday night.

Turks, Dana & the rest can f*ck off. This fight between the 6th & 7th best Heavyweights in the UK has to be in the UK.

The Bashing at the Cash-in

[gregregegg]

Whyte vs wilder on the undercard please... if I am going to watch washed fighters in fights that should of happened years ago let's tick a few boxes...

Mabey throw Joyce vs yoka...

Louis Ortiz vs pulev...

Hysa vs prenga

Chisora vs zhang

Hrgovic vs milas

Just a real shit show heavyweight card...

[mickey1975]

Whyte vs wilder on the undercard please... if I am going to watch washed fighters in fights that should of happened years ago let's tick a few boxes...

Mabey throw Joyce vs yoka...

Louis Ortiz vs pulev...

Hysa vs prenga

Chisora vs zhang

Hrgovic vs milas

Just a real shit show heavyweight card...

Hearn recently said that the people close to Joyce should sit him down and tell him it’s over….

[gregregegg]

Whyte vs wilder on the undercard please... if I am going to watch washed fighters in fights that should of happened years ago let's tick a few boxes...

Mabey throw Joyce vs yoka...

Louis Ortiz vs pulev...

Hysa vs prenga

Chisora vs zhang

Hrgovic vs milas

Just a real shit show heavyweight card...

Hearn recently said that the people close to Joyce should sit him down and tell him it’s over….

at least 7 of the people i listed, plus both guys in the main event need that chat.... thats the point of my post, if we are going to have a washed main event, lets make a washed undercard and have a 10 retirment night...

[KiwiRider]

There won't be any money left over for an undercard of any substance.

[Ruthless-RKO]

Fury v Joshua closer but hurdles still to clear

The long-awaited heavyweight fight between Britons Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua has moved a step closer after they won their respective warm-up fights - but not without plenty of drama.

Fury was first into the ring on Friday, stopping 46-year-old Mariusz Wach in seven rounds in Pattaya, Thailand.

Joshua's night in Saudi Arabia was a different story.

Facing little-known Albanian Kristian Prenga, Joshua was expected to ease through his comeback. Instead, he was dropped after just 20 seconds and again in the opening round before producing a stunning turnaround to stop Prenga in the second.

With both men winning and contracts already agreed, the biggest fight in British boxing remains on course. Reports have suggested purses of around $100million (£75m) each, so there is every incentive to get the deal over the line.

But there are still a few hurdles to clear.

'It's done' - Hearn says Fury-AJ will happen

Many expected Fury to fly straight from Thailand to Saudi Arabia for a face-off inside the ring after a Joshua win.

Remarkably, the only time they have ever shared a ring was during a sparring session at Finchley Amateur Boxing Club in 2010.

After beating Wach, Fury insisted he would not travel to Jeddah and, despite rumours throughout Saturday, he kept his word. Reporters even briefly thought he had arrived when a Fury lookalike stepped out of a car outside the arena.

But Joshua's promoter Eddie Hearn insisted a fight with Fury will happen next.

"It's done. We signed a legally binding contract about three months ago," Matchroom's Hearn said.

Netflix is expected to broadcast the fight globally to more than 325 million subscribers but the biggest unanswered question is when and where.

New York in November the frontrunner

New York's Madison Square Garden in November is understood to be among the leading options as Saudi organisers look to maximise the event's appeal in America.

British fans, understandably, want the fight in the United Kingdom - specifically at Wembley Stadium.

Saudi boxing chief Turki Alalshikh has previously suggested if the bout were staged in Britain, it would have to start in the early hours of the morning to cater for the lucrative American television audience.

It would not be unprecedented. Ricky Hatton's fight against Kostya Tszyu in Manchester in 2005 began at about 02:00 BST while Joe Calzaghe's victories over Jeff Lacy and Mikkel Kessler also started after midnight.

Cardiff's Principality Stadium would welcome the opportunity to host Fury-Joshua, but the fight would have to be held on either Saturday, 31 October or Saturday, 28 November. The three Saturdays in between all host Wales rugby internationals.

Wembley Stadium's curfew is 23:00, although London Mayor Sadiq Khan and Brent Council have indicated they would be open to discussions about extending it for this major sporting event.

However, sources close to the mayor told BBC Sport on Friday organisers had not been in touch.

But AJ wants it at Wembley

Joshua and Fury have signed separate contracts with Alalshikh, who is financing the fight.

Hearn, however, insists their agreement is for the bout to take place in Britain.

"We insisted that this fight was in the UK," Hearn said. "I know that AJ will sometimes want to be a little bit of a peacekeeper but the reality is he said to me, 'I want the fight in the UK. This is a British fight'. I can't agree more.

"We would have conversations but the only way the fight doesn't take place in England is if Anthony Joshua and myself agree to it because we have a legally binding contract."

Joshua also made his preference clear after his win.

"I wouldn't expect it to be at Tottenham [Hotspur Stadium] or the [Cardiff] Principality Stadium, respectfully," he said. "It's just got that history when you think of Wembley."

Hearn says if Saudi organisers decide they want to stage the fight in America instead, Joshua's contract would need to be renegotiated.

Is Fury v Joshua still a huge fight?

From a purist's perspective, the fight comes years too late.

Fans wanted Fury and Joshua to meet when both were world champions and at the peak of their powers rather than after years of negotiations, failed talks and defeats.

Other super-fights have also arrived later than many hoped, including Floyd Mayweather's victory over Manny Pacquiao in 2015 and, closer to home, Amir Khan's defeat by Kell Brook in 2022.

Commercially, though, Fury v Joshua remains enormous.

Joshua's knockout of Jake Paul introduced him to a wider American audience beyond traditional boxing fans, while Fury has built a huge following through his appearances on WWE, trilogy with Deontay Wilder and his Netflix series.

Fury and Joshua are two of Britain's biggest sporting personalities. For casual fans around the world, that is reason enough to tune in and to sell out any stadium or arena.

Who is the favourite to win?

Joshua's comeback against Prenga was one of the bravest performances of his career but it also highlighted familiar vulnerabilities. Dropped twice by a heavyweight competing at world level for the first time, he somehow recovered to produce a dramatic stoppage victory.

It also came under extraordinary circumstances.

Joshua was fighting for the first time since surviving the car crash in Nigeria that claimed the lives of his close friends Sina Ghami and Latif 'Latz' Ayodele. The emotional burden was obvious afterwards as he struggled to speak during his post-fight interview.

His recent results and performances do raise eyebrows. Since the end of 2023, Joshua has beaten Otto Wallin, former UFC champion Francis Ngannou, YouTuber-turned-boxer Paul and the unknown Prenga. The last time he faced a top-level operation, he suffered a damaging knockout defeat by Daniel Dubois.

Fury has not looked untouchable either. Before comfortably beating Wach, he outpointed Arslanbek Makhmudov in April but had previously lost back-to-back world title fights to Oleksandr Usyk. His split-decision win over Ngannou in 2023 also came after he was knocked down by the MMA star.

Perhaps the question is no longer who is the better heavyweight but who has declined the least.

Joshua still possesses knockout power but Fury's movement, ring IQ and adaptability make him the favourite.

[Ruthless-RKO]

Eddie Hearn says Tyson Fury-Anthony Joshua fight can only be held abroad if terms renegotiated

Eddie Hearn says the Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua showdown must take place in the UK under the terms of the fight deal signed three months ago.

Saudi boxing chief Turki Alalshikh wants to stage the fight - which is expected to take place in October or November - at a time that would attract a global audience.

Alalshikh would need to gain an exemption to Wembley Stadium's current curfews to go ahead with his plans for a 2am UK start, and it has now emerged Madison Square Garden in New York is the powerbroker's preferred choice for the all-British fight.

But Joshua's promoter Hearn insists they have signed up for a UK fight only and the contract would have to be renegotiated to move elsewhere.

"There's a reason we put contracts together," Hearn said after Joshua's second-round stoppage of Kristian Prenga kept him on course for a Fury showdown, little more than 24 hours after his British rival had stopped Mariusz Wach in Thailand.

"There's a reason that AJ employs lawyers. There's a reason me and him sit down and have endless conversations to make sure that every move is correct.

"We insisted that this fight was in the UK. I know that AJ will sometimes want to be a little bit of a peacekeeper, but the reality is he said to me, 'I want the fight in the UK. This is a British fight'. I can't agree more.

"Turki Alalshikh is our partner and has been an unbelievable supporter of Anthony Joshua. It's not like as if it was allegedly (Fury's promoter) back in the day and we would have made this fight and I'd have said, 'Spin on it'.

"We would have conversations, but the only way the fight doesn't take place in England is if Anthony Joshua and myself agree to it because we have a legally binding contract that took a long, long time to negotiate

"Let's be honest this is a fight for the British public. The MSG, great venue, but this is something that will be remembered across all generations forever.

"There's nothing I need to do to make the fight. The fight's signed. The fight's made. So, we'll see what the next couple of weeks bring."

Joshua believes the legacy of both himself and Fury would be tarnished if their long-awaited meeting is not held in the UK - and the two-time former world champion says Wembley has been agreed to host it.

He said: "When these conversations started, there was no other venue or location that was ever mentioned.

"It was simple. This is the road map. You fight, come back, fight, and then providing you're victorious, you'll be fighting Tyson Fury in the UK, basically Wembley.

"I wouldn't expect it to be at Tottenham (Hotspur Stadium) or the Principality Stadium (Cardiff) respectfully. It's just got that history when you think of Wembley.

"So I'm not too sure where all this conversation started of different locations, new this that and the other."

[Glass Joe]

I would pull out if I was turki. Rather put the money towards peak fighters

[Nightmare Roy]

Whyte vs wilder on the undercard please... if I am going to watch washed fighters in fights that should of happened years ago let's tick a few boxes...

Mabey throw Joyce vs yoka...

Louis Ortiz vs pulev...

Hysa vs prenga

Chisora vs zhang

Hrgovic vs milas

Just a real shit show heavyweight card...

Hearn recently said that the people close to Joyce should sit him down and tell him it’s over….

Easy to say when you ain't on 10%.

[Nightmare Roy]

Eddie Hearn says Tyson Fury-Anthony Joshua fight can only be held abroad if terms renegotiated

Eddie Hearn says the Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua showdown must take place in the UK under the terms of the fight deal signed three months ago.

Saudi boxing chief Turki Alalshikh wants to stage the fight - which is expected to take place in October or November - at a time that would attract a global audience.

Alalshikh would need to gain an exemption to Wembley Stadium's current curfews to go ahead with his plans for a 2am UK start, and it has now emerged Madison Square Garden in New York is the powerbroker's preferred choice for the all-British fight.

But Joshua's promoter Hearn insists they have signed up for a UK fight only and the contract would have to be renegotiated to move elsewhere.

"There's a reason we put contracts together," Hearn said after Joshua's second-round stoppage of Kristian Prenga kept him on course for a Fury showdown, little more than 24 hours after his British rival had stopped Mariusz Wach in Thailand.

"There's a reason that AJ employs lawyers. There's a reason me and him sit down and have endless conversations to make sure that every move is correct.

"We insisted that this fight was in the UK. I know that AJ will sometimes want to be a little bit of a peacekeeper, but the reality is he said to me, 'I want the fight in the UK. This is a British fight'. I can't agree more.

"Turki Alalshikh is our partner and has been an unbelievable supporter of Anthony Joshua. It's not like as if it was allegedly (Fury's promoter) back in the day and we would have made this fight and I'd have said, 'Spin on it'.

"We would have conversations, but the only way the fight doesn't take place in England is if Anthony Joshua and myself agree to it because we have a legally binding contract that took a long, long time to negotiate

"Let's be honest this is a fight for the British public. The MSG, great venue, but this is something that will be remembered across all generations forever.

"There's nothing I need to do to make the fight. The fight's signed. The fight's made. So, we'll see what the next couple of weeks bring."

Joshua believes the legacy of both himself and Fury would be tarnished if their long-awaited meeting is not held in the UK - and the two-time former world champion says Wembley has been agreed to host it.

He said: "When these conversations started, there was no other venue or location that was ever mentioned.

"It was simple. This is the road map. You fight, come back, fight, and then providing you're victorious, you'll be fighting Tyson Fury in the UK, basically Wembley.

"I wouldn't expect it to be at Tottenham (Hotspur Stadium) or the Principality Stadium (Cardiff) respectfully. It's just got that history when you think of Wembley.

"So I'm not too sure where all this conversation started of different locations, new this that and the other."

There is absolutely no way they will be able to stage the fight at that time, think of all the extra transport costs, policing, paramedics etc.

[Boxerbeetle]

Whyte vs wilder on the undercard please... if I am going to watch washed fighters in fights that should of happened years ago let's tick a few boxes...

Mabey throw Joyce vs yoka...

Louis Ortiz vs pulev...

Hysa vs prenga

Chisora vs zhang

Hrgovic vs milas

Just a real shit show heavyweight card...

Hearn recently said that the people close to Joyce should sit him down and tell him it’s over….

Easy to say when you ain't on 10%.

Not quite the same thing anyway really, everyone knows Joyce is shot and the only thing left for him is fighting indefinitely for ever decreasing purses, so there’s no real incentive to continue unless he’s desperate for the money. Whereas AJ basically knows he has one fight left for absolutely mega money, very hard to argue he shouldn’t hang on for it.

[Nightmare Roy]

Hearn recently said that the people close to Joyce should sit him down and tell him it’s over….

Easy to say when you ain't on 10%.

Not quite the same thing anyway really, everyone knows Joyce is shot and the only thing left for him is fighting indefinitely for ever decreasing purses, so there’s no real incentive to continue unless he’s desperate for the money. Whereas AJ basically knows he has one fight left for absolutely mega money, very hard to argue he shouldn’t hang on for it.

If you've got 2 or 300 million in the bank do you really need another 100? I'd giess Joyce needs it nore.

[mickey1975]

Hearn recently said that the people close to Joyce should sit him down and tell him it’s over….

Easy to say when you ain't on 10%.

Not quite the same thing anyway really, everyone knows Joyce is shot and the only thing left for him is fighting indefinitely for ever decreasing purses, so there’s no real incentive to continue unless he’s desperate for the money. Whereas AJ basically knows he has one fight left for absolutely mega money, very hard to argue he shouldn’t hang on for it.

And Joyce was competitive with a much better fighter than Prenga and went 11 rounds. Did he even hit floor?

[CaptainSpacerod]

I would pull out if I was turki. Rather put the money towards peak fighters

Yeah spot on. The £150m he'll splurge on purses for these two past it, greedy, shadows of their former selves could be put towards making some genuine elite vs elite fights

[Boxerbeetle]

Easy to say when you ain't on 10%.

Not quite the same thing anyway really, everyone knows Joyce is shot and the only thing left for him is fighting indefinitely for ever decreasing purses, so there’s no real incentive to continue unless he’s desperate for the money. Whereas AJ basically knows he has one fight left for absolutely mega money, very hard to argue he shouldn’t hang on for it.

And Joyce was competitive with a much better fighter than Prenga and went 11 rounds. Did he even hit floor?

Not really relevant though? Win or lose, Joyce didn’t have a mega-fight waiting for him afterwards like Joshua did.

[Nightmare Roy]

Not quite the same thing anyway really, everyone knows Joyce is shot and the only thing left for him is fighting indefinitely for ever decreasing purses, so there’s no real incentive to continue unless he’s desperate for the money. Whereas AJ basically knows he has one fight left for absolutely mega money, very hard to argue he shouldn’t hang on for it.

And Joyce was competitive with a much better fighter than Prenga and went 11 rounds. Did he even hit floor?

Not really relevant though? Win or lose, Joyce didn’t have a mega-fight waiting for him afterwards like Joshua did.

Health is much more important than money, especially if you allready have more money than you can ever spend, he should walk away he's absolutely shot to bits, we knew that afyer the DDD fight.

[gilgamesh]

I think he'll be better long term with the extra money he'll make from this Tyson Fury bout. I don't think he'll take any damage he can't recover from in the fight, but he will get his ass kicked.

[overhand_right]

Joe Joyce would walk through Joshua right now.

[gregregegg]

Hearn recently said that the people close to Joyce should sit him down and tell him it’s over….

Easy to say when you ain't on 10%.

Not quite the same thing anyway really, everyone knows Joyce is shot and the only thing left for him is fighting indefinitely for ever decreasing purses, so there’s no real incentive to continue unless he’s desperate for the money. Whereas AJ basically knows he has one fight left for absolutely mega money, very hard to argue he shouldn’t hang on for it.

both are shot to bits, both really should retire, but if anything one has about 5 million, one has about 500million.... surely the latter is the one who should more obviosly never fight again... an extra million for joyce probably does more than an extra 100m for AJ...

[Nightmare Roy]

Easy to say when you ain't on 10%.

Not quite the same thing anyway really, everyone knows Joyce is shot and the only thing left for him is fighting indefinitely for ever decreasing purses, so there’s no real incentive to continue unless he’s desperate for the money. Whereas AJ basically knows he has one fight left for absolutely mega money, very hard to argue he shouldn’t hang on for it.

both are shot to bits, both really should retire, but if anything one has about 5 million, one has about 500million.... surely the latter is the one who should more obviosly never fight again... an extra million for joyce probably does more than an extra 100m for AJ...

Exactly

[Ruthless-RKO]

Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua could both retire after they finally fight this year, says heavyweight rival Dillian Whyte

Anthony Joshua resumed his career too early says old rival Dillian Whyte after the former world heavyweight champion suffered a massive scare against Kristian Prenga; Joshua was floored twice before stopping Prenga in the second round; Fury and Joshua are set to finally fight in November

Dillian Whyte believes Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua could both retire after their long-awaited fight this year.

Fury and Joshua are expected to finally share the ring in November after they both emerged victorious from their warm-up fights, with America now the likely location for the British heavyweight blockbuster.

But the Brit rivals appear to be in the closing chapters of their careers as Joshua climbed off the canvas twice before stopping Kristian Prenga in the second round, while Fury selected the 46-year-old Mariusz Wach as his opponent before securing a seventh-round stoppage.

Whyte, who has fought both Fury and Joshua, told Sky Sports: "It's hard to say [who will win] because the boxing pugilists will pick Tyson Fury and the hardcore boxing fans will pick Anthony Joshua because AJ's got power and Tyson Fury's feet have slowed down, so I'll say Fury on points [or] AJ by stoppage.

"Potentially, both men could hang up their gloves after the fight. When it's done, they might say, listen, we've done everything, Tyson's won all the belts, AJ's been a unified world champion, they might just say, yeah, that's it.

"I think they might both hang up their gloves after and then it'd be a sad day for boxing."

Joshua returned to the ring for the first time since he was injured in a car crash in December that claimed the lives of his two close friends, Sina Ghami and Latif 'Latz' Ayodele.

After Joshua was floored in the first 20 seconds, Whyte has suggested this was a sign that his old rival was not yet in the right mindset to resume his career.

"Prenga might not have been the best boxer in the world, but he could punch," said Whyte.

"In boxing, anybody can get knocked down. I've been knocked down multiple times in different fights.

"It's kind of hard to say if his punch resistance is gone, you know, I think it's more mental than punch resistance.

"I think he's in a place mentally where he's been through a lot.

"Listen, AJ is not my friend, we don't like each other per se, so you know, I'm just being honest.

"I think it's that it was the nervousness and mentally not being ready for the kind of fight that Prenga brought to him in the early rounds."

What next for Whyte?

Following a loss to Moses Itauma last summer, Whyte is back in training and hopes to sharpen his skills in a comeback bout before targeting a big name.

"I'd love to fight Derek Chisora, Andy Ruiz, Miller," he said. "These are guys from my era that I didn't fight and I'd love to fight them.

"I understand I'm coming off a first-round defeat.

"I'm not deluded - I understand that I need a fight to get myself back into contention, so whoever really.

"I just want to just get a fight back and just get back in the ring, shake some ring rust and just get my groove on again and then fight whoever there is to fight."

[Controversial]

I don’t get the argument that AJ returned too quickly. He was caught within 20 seconds of the fight, no time to see what he was like. As a side note I do think this just highlights how much crap boxers talk, that he’s learnt so much after the Usyk fight, how he’s training harder than ever etc because he was almost flattened by a unknown fighter who hasn’t beaten anyone. AJ said in an interview afterwards that’s he’s learnt a lot from the Prenga fight!! How much can you learn, he’s boxed thousands of rounds as a fighter, been an Olympian and former HW champ but he’s now learning something new when his career is coming to an end. But we see this all the time, fighters claiming all sorts, Joyce was saying he’s going to show all the new skills he’s learnt and he ends up looking worse than ever.