Tyson Fury Vows To Knock Out Deontay Wilder In Next Fight, Face Anthony Joshua Twice In 2021

Tyson Fury is ready to take on the best that boxing has to offer. The heavyweight champion has agreed to face Deontay Wilder and Anthony Joshua over the course of his next few fights.

Promoter Eddie Hearn told Sky Sports Wednesday that Fury and Joshua have unofficially agreed to fight each other twice in 2021.

“It's fair to say [Joshua and Fury] are in agreement regarding the financial terms of the fight,” Hearn said. “We've been talking to [Fury's management team] MTK, giving them the assurances from Joshua's side that all the details on the structure of the deal is approved from our side. And it is from Fury's side, as well.

“We're in a good place. It's fair to say that, in principle, both guys have agreed to that fight. Two fights.”

Fury excitedly announced on social media that he’s set to face Joshua next year, though he acknowledged that one obstacle stands in his way.

“I’ve just got to smash Deontay Wilder’s face right in, in the next fight, and then we go into the Joshua fight next year,” Fury said.

Fury defeated Wilder with a seventh-round TKO on Feb. 22, winning the WBC heavyweight title and improving his career record to 30-0-1. The one draw on Fury’s resume was his first bout with Wilder. The heavyweights fought to a split decision in their first meeting on Dec. 1, 2018.

Wilder was undefeated with 41 knockouts in 43 fights before losing to Fury.

Joshua regained several heavyweight titles in his last fight, dominating Andy Ruiz in a unanimous decision victory on Dec. 7. Ruiz had stunned Joshua six months earlier by handing the British fighter his first-ever loss with a seventh-round knockout.

“I will get onto him and knock him spark out,” Fury said of Wilder. “And then we go onto the big fight.”