Anthony Joshua vs Tyson Fury fight finally locked in after a decade of chat

After a decade of ‘will they, won’t they’, Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury are finally set to face off. 

The big dance is tipped for November and could stream on Netflix, although that’s still to be locked in.

Joshua’s promoter, Eddie Hearn, confirmed the news with an Instagram post, captioning it: “Signed, sealed, delivered! AJ v Fury is on!” 

Both lads have taken the scenic route to get here. 

Fury, who became a world champ in 2015, is sitting at 35-2-1 with 24 knockouts. He’s retired more times than your old man talks about giving up DIY, but he keeps coming back for another crack. 

Joshua, 29-4 with 24 KOs, is a two-time world champ and Olympic gold medallist, and he’s been rebuilding after a rough few years inside and outside the ring. 

His last appearance was against YouTuber Jake Paul, who he knocked out in the sixth round. 

Two months later, he was involved in a serious car crash in Nigeria that tragically killed two of his close friends. 

Naturally, it left a big question mark over whether he’d fight again.

Now he’s back, he will face Albanian heavyweight Kristian Prenga in July as a warm-up.

Fury, meanwhile, is fresh off a unanimous decision win over Arslan Makhmudov earlier this month. And straight after, he made a beeline for Joshua, who was sitting ringside.

“He was brought here tonight ringside for a reason, to get in that ring and make a face off and get the fight done. I've signed. I signed months ago,” Fury said. 

He made it very clear that “if it ain’t Joshua”, he wasn’t fighting again. 

"I'll eat a thousand Easter eggs, go up to 35 stone, and I'm out, not interested. It's either him or I'm gone again.” 

After years of near misses, negotiations falling over, and plenty of chirping, this one finally feels real. About bloody time, too.

Now we just wait and see who actually backs it up when the bell rings.