CONFIRMED! Joshua, Fury agree doubleheader heavyweight clash

British World heavyweight champions Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury have agreed to a two-fight deal, according to promoter Eddie Hearn.

Joshua, 30, holds the WBA, IBF and WBO belts while 31-year-old Fury is the WBC champion.

“It’s fair to say [Joshua and Fury] are in agreement regarding the financial terms,” Hearn, who is Joshua’s promoter, told Sky Sports News.

“We’re in a good place. It’s fair to say that, in principle, both guys have agreed to that fight. Two fights.”

Confirming the bouts on social media, Fury said he would fight Joshua in 2021, but would first have to overcome the “hurdle in the road” Deontay Wilder, in a third meeting.

Fury is contracted to fight the 34-year-old American, from whom he won the WBC title after a devastating knockout in February.

Joshua, who reclaimed his world titles with a points’ victory over Andy Ruiz in December, also has to face his mandatory challenger, Bulgaria’s Kubrat Pulev.

Hearn added: “There is still a lot to overcome. We are looking at venues and dates.

“We’ve been talking to [Fury’s management team] MTK, giving them the assurances from Joshua’s side that all the details on the structure of the deal is approved from our side. And it is from Fury’s side, as well.”