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Fury-Joshua fight to decide WBA heavyweight champion
Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua are set to fight on December 11 at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium.
The WBA’s primary heavyweight championship will be on the line, promoter Frank Warren confirmed.
Both British fighters have previously held world titles, but lost them to Oleksandr Usyk.
The WBA also has a regular champion, Murat Gassiev, who was expected to become its primary champion after Usyk vacated the belt.
The Fury-Joshua winner will therefore have a version of the title, while other heavyweight titles remain to be unified.
Warren says he hopes the winner can fight the winner of Daniel Dubois’s rematch with Fabio Wardley, which is for the WBO title.
Warren is aiming for heavyweight unification fights in 2027, and Dubois says he is willing to face either Fury or Joshua.
Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua will fight for the WBA world heavyweight championship on December 11.
The long-awaited bout between the British rivals is set for Cardiff’s Principality Stadium.
Frank Warren, who promotes Fury, confirmed that the WBA’s “super” or primary title will be on the line.
The move comes as the WBA already has a “regular” champion, Murat Gassiev, and Oleksandr Usyk has vacated the belt.
Warren said the winner could pursue unification fights next year.
- Who
- Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua.
- What
- They will fight for the WBA world heavyweight championship.
- When
- December 11. The year is not stated.
- Where
- Principality Stadium in Cardiff.
- Why
- The fight will put the WBA “super” or primary title on the line, and Warren said the objective is to find out who is the best heavyweight.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Sky Sports reported that Frank Warren confirmed the WBA title would be on the line.
Fury and Joshua are scheduled to fight for the WBA world heavyweight championship.
- Fighters
- Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua
- Title
- WBA world heavyweight championship
- Fight date
- December 11
- Venue
- Principality Stadium, Cardiff
- WBA “regular” titlist
- Murat Gassiev
What people are saying
That's the case at the moment. That's going to be on the line
Whoever wins that, they've got a version of the belt and the objective, after Usyk vacated all the belts, is to find out who's the best, who's going to hold all the belts, who's going to be the No 1 heavyweight.
I'll gladly take on the winner of that. I will stake my claim and take on the world, the belts and everything else that comes along with it.
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