Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury will finally meet in the ring on December 11, with the long-awaited heavyweight clash set to take place at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff, Wales.
The bout brings together two of Britain’s biggest heavyweight stars after years of failed attempts to make the fight.
Joshua and Fury were initially scheduled to meet in 2021, when both held major heavyweight titles, but the proposed two-fight series collapsed after Fury was required to fulfil his contractual obligation to face Deontay Wilder in a trilogy bout.
The British rivals subsequently went their separate ways, and both went on to face Oleksandr Usyk, who defeated Fury twice and Joshua twice.
Six years after their original agreement, Joshua and Fury will now meet in Cardiff, expected to be one of the biggest fights in British boxing history.
According to The Sun, the contest is expected to generate a £150m ($198m) prize pot, with neither fighter having an A-side advantage in the purse split.
Joshua and Fury are therefore expected to receive £75m ($99m) each.
The reported payday would represent a career-best purse for both fighters. SunSport reported that Joshua and Fury have previously earned about £65m ($85m) each for a single fight.
The December clash could have generated an even bigger payday had it been staged in the United States, with Madison Square Garden in New York reportedly considered as a possible venue.
Joshua, however, insisted that the fight had to take place in Britain.
‘British boxing gave me everything; it changed my life,’ Joshua told SunSport.
‘I was going down the wrong path until I found Sean Murphy and Johnny Oliver at Finchley ABC.
‘And then Team GB in Sheffield – and all the amazing coaches that worked every day for the love of the sport.
‘Not the money – because there was no money.
‘It was the UK or nothing.’
The fight could also mark the final appearance of either boxer, with both now in the latter stages of their professional careers.
The contest will be staged without a rematch clause, meaning there is no contractual provision for an immediate second fight between the two heavyweights.