Eddie Hearn reveals Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua have ‘APPROVED’ a site offer to stage their fight

Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury‘s undisputed world title fight has taken a huge step towards being finalised after they both approved a site offer to stage it this summer. 

Britain’s heavyweight champions had been mulling over multiple offers from several countries bidding to host their blockbuster fight and Eddie Hearn has now revealed they have settled on a location. 

All that remains now for Fury and Joshua’s Battle of Britain to be confirmed is a date, and Hearn insisted an announcement is now imminent after holding a brief meeting with the Gypsy King over a ‘cuppa’ on Thursday. 

Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury’s heavyweight blockbuster has taken a step closer to getting finalised after the pair both approved a site offer to stage their fight this summer

Revealing the huge news, Hearn told Behind The Gloves: ‘Both sides have approved the site offer that they want to go with, and now we’re just finalising the site deal and we’re in a great place. 

‘I saw Tyson yesterday. I just messaged him and said, “I’m in Vegas, I’m in your hotel if you fancy a cuppa”.

‘We just had five or 10 minutes together and it was good, because I don’t represent Tyson Fury, so I don’t know what is in his mind. What he basically cemented in my mind was, this is the only fight he wants, and I know that’s the same with AJ.

‘It just good to say, right we’ve got the offer, we all approve. We’re moving forward now. We’re good.

 ‘It has been agreed by both sides, the option that we will take, and you’ll get the date very soon and the official announcement.’

Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Uzbekistan, Russia, America and England have all been in the running to stage Joshua and Fury’s Battle of Britain, which Hearn is confident will go ahead this summer.

‘One hundred per cent,’ he added. ‘That’s the thing. Everybody wants this fight as soon as possible.

‘There is no option for this fight to go at the back end of the year, and I’ve made that clear. The hardest thing about securing the site is in this world we live in today, most people would like to kick it to November, December. That’s not available. It was never available.

‘What was available was a summer fight for the undisputed world heavyweight championship. That is what you’re going to get. Both guys want two fights this year. One will be in the summer and one will be in December.’