Hearn confirmed the two will fight
Anthony Joshua has accepted an offer from Tyson Fury to fight this year, Eddie Hearn confirmed on Wednesday.
Joshua’s promoter revealed that they had accepted a 60/40 purse split which will see his prized fighter take on the WBC heavyweight champion, but hinted that they had previously made an offer to the Gypsy King.
“We offered Tyson Fury the fight when he wasn’t champion, at 60-40, and he turned it down; he asked for 50-50,” he told iFL TV on Wednesday.
“I spoke to AJ [this time], and he said: ‘Look, I don’t believe he’s for real, but yeah, I’ll take the fight. See what the offer is.’
“They came back yesterday, and me and George [Warren, Queensberry Promotions] kind of had an agree …