LONDON (AFP) - A long-anticipated all-British heavyweight fight between Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua appears closer than ever.
Joshua’s management group said in a post on Twitter on Tuesday that its fighter has accepted the terms presented by Fury for a bout on Dec. 3.
The response was pretty much immediate from Fury’s British promoter, Frank Warren.
“Contract will be with you very soon,” Warren said on Twitter.
In a video on social media last week, Fury — the WBC champion — said he was willing to offer Joshua 40% of the purse for a title fight before the end of the year.
Joshua’s promoter, Eddie Hearn, said he would be interested in making the fight if Fury’s offer was serious.
It has been reported in the British media that the purse for any rematch — if Fury was to lose — would be a 50-50 split.
The unbeaten Fury appears to have gone back on his decision to retire in the wake of beating another British fighter, Dillian Whyte, in front of around 90,000 spectators at Wembley Stadium in April.
Fury’s hopes of landing a fight with Oleksandr Usyk, who retained the WBA, WBO and IBF belts by beating Joshua in Saudi Arabia last month, were dashed when the Ukrainian said he did not intend to fight again this year.