The biggest fight in British boxing history was made official Thursday morning when it was announced that heavyweights Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury would finally share a ring later this year.

It has taken almost a decade to get to this point. Fury and Joshua held heavyweight world titles as early as 2016, but a clash ultimately never materialized. Talks reignited on separate occasions in 2019, 2021 and 2022 — with the pair even owning all four championships between them in 2021 — yet were unsuccessful every time.

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In 2026, Fury, 38, and Joshua, 36, are in the final stretches of their storied careers, and now they’ll finally…

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