Anthony Joshua accepts Tyson Fury's surprise offer for December showdown
dailystar.co.ukAnthony Joshua has accepted Tyson Fury’s challenge in a ‘battle of Britain’ heavyweight championship showdown in December.Fury had looked to take on Oleksandr Usyk in the hope of unifying the belts and becoming the first undisputed heavyweight boxing champion of the world since Lennox Lewis back in 1999.
But The Gypsy King suffered a blow to his ambitions after the Ukrainian revealed on the weekend that he will not be ready to fight this year.He has now turned his attention to long-time rival Joshua, who lost his belts to Usyk and was defeated in the rematch again last month.
And AJ appears to be up for the challenge despite suffering consecutive losses. READ MORE: Tyson Fury offers Anthony Joshua 'Battle of Britain' heavyweight title shotJoshua tweeted on Monday night in response to Fury’s fight proposal: "Yea calm.
I don’t do the online discussions just for clout, so if you really about it shout 258 Management. I’ll be ready in December.”It comes after Fury previously voiced his intentions to take on the Watford fighter on social media: "I think you've all heard I'm going to be fighting soon, in the next few months.
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