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- Tyson Fury, the WBC champion, willing to offer Anthony Joshua 40 percent of the purse for a title fight before the end of the year
The all-British heavyweight fight between Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua could finally be on.
Joshua鈥檚 management team said in a post on Twitter on Tuesday that its fighter has accepted the terms presented by Fury for a bout on Dec. 3.
That was made known to Fury鈥檚 team on Friday, the 258MGT group said, before both parties agreed to halt communication following the death of Queen Elizabeth II on Thursday.
鈥淲e are awaiting a response,鈥� posted the management team, which said it was speaking on behalf of Joshua along with the fighter鈥檚 promoter, Matchroom.
In a video on social media last week, Fury 鈥� the WBC champion 鈥� said he was willing to offer Joshua 40 percent of the purse for a title fight before the end of the year.
鈥淗e doesn鈥檛 have any excuses now not to take it,鈥� Fury said. 鈥淗e can鈥檛 say I鈥檝e low-balled him and offered him 20 or 30 percent. I鈥檝e offered (his) people 40 percent 鈥� take it or leave it.鈥�
Joshua鈥檚 promoter, Eddie Hearn, said he would be interested in making the fight if Fury鈥檚 offer was serious.
The unbeaten Fury appears to have gone back on his decision to retire in the wake of beating another British fighter, Dillian Whyte, in front of around 90,000 spectators at Wembley Stadium in April.
Fury鈥檚 hopes of landing a fight with Oleksandr Usyk, who retained the WBA, WBO and IBF belts by beating Joshua in 抖阴短视频 last month, were dashed when the Ukrainian said he did not intend to fight again this year.
Fury turned his sights on Joshua, who said after the Usyk fight that he intended to work his way back up to being a three-time champion 鈥� potentially facing opponents in the second tier of the heavyweight division 鈥� after losing three of his last five bouts.
What would have been a fight to be undisputed champion between Joshua and Fury was close to being arranged last year, only for an arbitrator in the United States to rule that Fury was contractually bound to fulfil a third fight with Deontay Wilder.
Joshua, who was heavyweight champion at the time, then decided to fight Usyk and lost to the Ukrainian in London.