Anthony Joshua And Tyson Fury Are Fighting In Cardiff In December
London · Saturday 26 September 2026
Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury will fight in Cardiff on Friday 11 December, live on Netflix. Joshua is reported to be in line for a purse of around 75 million pounds for the bout.
A fight that took a decade to make
Joshua and Fury have been the two dominant British heavyweights of their generation, and for years the fight between them was the one everybody wanted and nobody could agree terms for. Arriving now, with both men later in their careers, it is a different proposition from the one that was on offer at their peaks, and it is still the biggest heavyweight fight Britain can stage.
The Nigerian interest
| Why Nigerians follow Joshua |
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| Nigerian heritage, and open about it |
| Has fought with Nigerian colours and support |
| The most successful heavyweight of Nigerian descent in a generation |
A Joshua fight is watched in Lagos as closely as in London.
A purse of that size is a statement about Joshua's drawing power. The result will be a statement about what is left of his career.
The honest read on the number
The 75 million pound figure is a reported estimate, not a published contract, and boxing purses are routinely inflated before fights and quietly different afterwards. What is not in doubt is the scale: this is one of the most lucrative events in the sport's history, and Joshua is being paid as the draw.
Reporting: CBS Sports, SportBible and Complete Sports.
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