The heavyweight fight between Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua has finally been announced and will head to Cardiff in December. The contest is slated for 11 December at the Principality Stadium.
Joshua first called for the fight in April 2016, after winning the world heavyweight title. The lengthy negotiations mirror the story of how great heavyweight fights get made, collapse, surface again, vanish, and finally take place.
In October 1989, contracts for a fight between Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield were signed for a fight in the summer of 1990, but the pair finally met in November 1996. That saga was interrupted by prison, chaos outside the ring, shocking defeats in it, and the growing greed of all involved.
The wait for Tyson and Holyfield was worth it, with their fights described as magnificent and controversial affairs. The Fury and Joshua fight, now slated for 11 December at the Principality Stadium, Cardiff, will not disappoint.