2026-08-19 08:40:53

Tyson Fury has teased that the announcement of his fight with Anthony Joshua is “imminent”.

The Gypsy King has taken to social media to suggest that the long-awaited heavyweight bout will soon be confirmed, with reports suggesting that the fight will be staged at New York’s Madison Square Garden in November.

In an Instagram clip, Fury said: “Everything is going well. I’ve got some big news going to be dropped very soon. All is good in the hood. Big fight on the horizon.

“It’s the one you’ve all been waiting for about to be announced imminently, so stay tuned.”

Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn had previously said that the contract stipulated that the fight would be staged in the UK, but the plans now appear to have changed.

Fury’s update comes after Matchroom Boxing CEO Frank Smith revealed that negotiations for the bout had reached a “critical week”.

He told Sky Sports: “It will disappointing for it not to be in the UK, but at the same time if it means seeing the fight, we all want to see that fight happen. Let’s see how things play out.

“There’s obviously been suggestions and discussions about New York. AJ has fought there before. AJ has fought all around the world. We’re following the terms of what we signed up to right now, which is a fight in the UK. That is what we signed up to and when the fight was announced in March, April time, the fight was signed, those were the terms we signed up for.

“They are the conversations really that are taking place right now. MSG is a proposed venue that they would like to look at, i.e The Ring Magazine, Saudi delegation, so let’s see.

“I think November is possible. Later in November is possible, but again the next seven to 10 days, a lot of progress has got to be made in order to make that happen to get [fighters] into camp to give yourself that eight to 10 week period, a dedicated camp away from all the promotional obligations.

“The pressure is on over the next week to get it done.”

Asked if this was a “critical” period, Smith added: “I would say 100 per cent. It’s never easy putting timeframes on things but when it comes to the date of it actually happening, the next week or so we need to get things together.”

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