Tyson Fury ‘has signed’ for Anthony Joshua fight despite awkward post-fight moment

Tyson Fury has signed his end of a deal to fight Anthony Joshua this 12 months – however it appears his rival hasn’t done the identical.

Fury returned to motion for the primary time since December of 2024 tonight as he dominated Arslanbek Makhmudov on the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. But, when he called for Joshua to get within the ring and face off with him, his fellow ex-champion refused to be drawn.

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What resulted was an ungainly exchange as Turki Alalshikh – who had earlier within the night promised a surprise announcement – was left pleading with Eddie Hearn to get within the ring along with his client. And Joshua has since insisted that his a part of the deal is much from done.

Tyson Fury’s promoter claims his side of Anthony Joshua fight deal is signed

Given the way in which that all the things was positioned after Tyson Fury’s big win on Saturday night, it’s protected to say that Netflix were under the impression that promotion would begin now for a super-fight between two of the game’s biggest names.

Anthony Joshua has been neck-and-neck with Fury as the largest star in British boxing for years, but they’ve never been in a position to make a fight occur despite quite a few close calls. And it now seems that they’re closer than ever to getting it done.

Netflix’s social media team tweeted that the fight was done, with the principal account explicitly writing “It’s happening. Tyson Fury vs. Anthony Joshua. This autumn from the UK. LIVE only on Netflix.” Nonetheless, that is much from what Joshua was saying at ringside.

And speaking with Seconds Out immediately following the fight, Fury’s promoter Frank Warren claimed that the deal is signed on his fighter’s end. “Tyson’s signed,” Warren replied when it was mentioned that Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn had claimed no deal was done.

“They’ve not signed, that’s what’s holding it up. I’ve got no idea, they’ll answer that… We’ve got to sign this primary [before booking a venue].”