Fury vs Joshua: Everything you need to know

Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua both won over the weekend to keep themselves on course for a blockbuster heavyweight showdown – here is everything you need to know about the proposed fight. <p>Fury and Joshua have shared eras, headlines and negotiating tables without ever sharing a ring. A fight was previously announced for August 2021 in Saudi Arabia and terms were accepted again for a December 2022 date before both collapsed without a punch being thrown.</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.skysports.com/boxing/news/12183/13567030/anthony-joshua-remembers-late-friends-after-win-over-kristian-prenga-sets-up-tyson-fury-fight-and-lovely-treat-for-fans"><strong>Joshua devotes win to late friends as 'lovely treat' of Fury fight looms</strong></a></li><li><a href="https://www.skysports.com/boxing/news/12183/13566772/damar-thomas-britain-s-next-heavyweight-hope-is-gunning-for-gold-at-the-glasgow-commonwealth-games"><strong>Britain's next heavyweight hope gunning for Commonwealth Games gold</strong></a></li><li><strong><a href="https://www.sky.com/tv/sports?dcmp=Ilc_skysports_nc_articlelink" target="_blank">Get Sky Sports</a> or <a href="https://www.nowtv.com/watch-sky-sports-online?DCMP=ilc_skysports_nc_articlelink" target="_blank">stream with no contract on NOW</a></strong></li></ul><p>This weekend's return to the ring for both men is expected to be the final box-ticking exercise before it happens for real this time.</p><h3><strong>What happened in Fury and AJ's warm-up fights?</strong></h3><p><a href="https://www.skysports.com/boxing/news/12183/13566702/tyson-fury-vs-mariusz-wach-british-star-claims-dominant-seventh-round-tko-victory-and-remains-on-course-for-anthony-joshua-fight">Fury claimed a seventh-round TKO over Mariusz Wach</a> at the Max Muay Thai Stadium in Thailand on Friday, with Wach signalling to his corner to wave the fight off before the officials ended it ahead of the eighth.</p><widget id="9"></widget><p>The bout was not televised and fought in front of around 1,500 spectators in Pattaya and was the 37-year-old Fury's second since ending his latest retirement, following his points win over Arslanbek Makhmudov at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in April.</p><p><a href="https://www.skysports.com/boxing/news/12183/13566890/anthony-joshua-knocks-out-kristian-prenga-after-huge-scare-to-move-closer-to-blockbuster-showdown-with-tyson-fury">Joshua's night in Jeddah was far more dramatic</a>. He was floored inside 20 seconds by Kristian Prenga, hit the canvas twice in the first round, then knocked out the Albanian with right hands in the second.</p> <widget id="12"></widget><p>It was AJ's first outing since he was a passenger in a December car crash that killed his friends Sina Ghami and Latif Ayodele and his first fight since stopping Jake Paul last December.</p><h3><strong>When will the pair fight?</strong></h3><p>The calendar has been circled for November and the warm-up double-header was arranged to align with that timeline.</p><p>Contracts are signed and the pair are now set to meet, though a precise date has not been announced – although Fury said after beating Wach that he hopes the fight is signed "next week".</p><h3><strong>Where will the fight be?</strong></h3><p>No venue has been announced.</p><p>Turki Alalshikh, who is promoting the fight, has said he wants the fight to suit a global audience and that he will talk to London authorities over a later-than-usual start time.</p><p><em>Sky Sports</em> revealed, though, that <a href="https://www.skysports.com/boxing/news/12183/13565180/tyson-fury-vs-anthony-joshua-harsh-reality-awaits-loser-of-blockbuster-british-bout-says-tony-bellew">Brent Council had not yet been contacted about extending Wembley Stadium's usual 11pm curfew</a>.</p><p><a href="https://www.skysports.com/boxing/news/12183/13566854/tyson-fury-vs-anthony-joshua-proposed-heavyweight-super-fight-moves-step-closer-to-being-in-usa-over-uk">Joshua's promoter Eddie Hearn has revealed that the USA is now the preferred venue</a> for Alalshikh, but highlighted that the current signed contracts state that the fight must be in the UK.</p> <widget id="7"></widget><p>"That doesn't tally up with the contract that we signed," he said. "Until we're happy, we expect every point of that contract to be followed. I feel like this fight should be taking place in the UK.</p><p>"If they want to change the contract, then we have to renegotiate the contract. Which, by the way, is not a problem but it's a conversation we have to have."</p><p>Wembley has been championed by Barry Hearn, Eddie's dad, while Cardiff's Principality Stadium has been rumoured but Croke Park appears not to be an option despite earlier suggestions of talks about moving the bout to Dublin.</p><p>"There's two or three different places it could be but there's still objections to a few of them and the one man who's going to make the decisions is Turki Alalshikh, and Netflix," said Spencer Brown, Fury's manager.</p><p>"They're going to make the decisions. They both want the fight, so there's going to be a bit of chopping and changing."</p><h3><strong>What has AJ said?</strong></h3><p>"I am going to rip his heart out," Joshua said after beating Prenga. "All jokes aside, I respect everything he has done and achieved but we are here now.</p><p>"I hope the fans will be in for a lovely treat."</p><p>He also dedicated the win on Saturday to his late friends, adding: "It's more than just punch power, it was spirit."</p> <widget id="13"></widget><p>Joshua has also insisted the contract states the fight must be in the UK.</p><h3><strong>What has Fury said?</strong></h3><p>Fury got his shots in after beating Wach and <a href="https://www.skysports.com/boxing/news/12183/13566741/tyson-fury-not-convinced-that-anthony-joshua-will-have-the-guts-to-face-him-in-blockbuster-all-british-heavyweight-fight">questioned whether Joshua has the "guts" to face him</a>, referencing his rival declining to enter the ring after the Makhmudov fight in f...