Anthony Joshua vs Tyson Fury: What Is Confirmed

Joshua vs Fury is signed by both sides and targeted for November 2026, live on Netflix, with no date and no venue announced as of 18 August 2026. Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury have agreed to fight, and both promoters say their fighter has signed. The hold-up is a single disagreement over where the fight takes place, and both promoters said on the record in August 2026 that it can still collapse over that point.

Last updated: 18 August 2026

Is Anthony Joshua vs Tyson Fury actually happening?

Joshua vs Fury is signed by both sides and targeted for November 2026, live on Netflix, with no date and no venue announced as of 18 August 2026. Eddie Hearn and Frank Warren both say their fighter has signed. Both have also said publicly in August 2026 that the fight can still collapse, because the two camps have not agreed where it takes place.

Eddie Hearn said on 12 August 2026: "If they announce that fight without an agreement in place to change the venue, there will be no fight and we ain't bluffing." Frank Warren said on 13 August 2026: "They're either going to agree to it or not. If they don't agree to it then the fight won't happen."

When is Joshua vs Fury?

No date has been announced for Anthony Joshua vs Tyson Fury. November 2026 is the target month, stated by both promoters. On 6 August 2026 Eddie Hearn said: "At the end of August, there will be a press conference." That was Hearn speaking on 6 August, not an event in the diary, and no date has been announced since.

Where is Joshua vs Fury?

No venue has been announced. The promoters were still publicly disagreeing about it as of 17 August 2026. Eddie Hearn says Joshua's signed contract requires the fight to take place in the UK, and that moving it would mean renegotiating. Frank Warren says Fury's agreement states something different on the venue.

London's biggest stadiums typically operate an 11pm curfew, and Netflix and Turki Alalshikh want a main event starting no earlier than 2am UK time, which is what has pushed reporting towards New York. That is the reported reason for the deadlock, not a decision about where the fight goes. Our guide to what time a UK fight night starts covers how the clock normally works.

Is there a belt on the line?

Neither man holds a world title, so no belt is at stake. Joshua last held the IBF title until September 2024, and Fury last held the WBC title until May 2024. Oleksandr Usyk vacated the WBC, WBA and IBF titles on 26 June 2026 and did not retire.

No sanctioning body has attached a belt to Anthony Joshua vs Tyson Fury. Who holds each of the four world heavyweight titles, and how the division has moved during 2026, is covered in the current heavyweight title picture.

How can I watch Joshua vs Fury?

Netflix will carry Anthony Joshua vs Tyson Fury. Netflix UK announced the fight on the night of Saturday 11 April 2026, straight after Fury beat Arslanbek Makhmudov. No broadcast time has been announced, because there is still no date. Netflix also carried Anthony Joshua's knockout win over Jake Paul on 19 December 2025, and reported 33 million global viewers.

Are tickets on sale for Joshua vs Fury?

No official tickets have gone on sale and no on-sale date has been announced. Any ticket listings advertised now are speculative. No official on-sale route has been announced, so no official price exists. An on-sale needs a venue and a date first, and Anthony Joshua vs Tyson Fury has neither as of 18 August 2026.

Nobody should pay for tickets until the promoter or the confirmed venue publishes an official on-sale route. A big fight normally goes through several steps before a general sale, presales included, and our piece on how big fight tickets go on sale runs through them in order.

Will it happen this time?

Anthony Joshua vs Tyson Fury has been announced before and lost twice. It was announced for 14 August 2021 in Saudi Arabia, and again for a December 2022 date at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff. Both collapsed at the contract stage, before any venue named a date and before any tickets went on sale.

What is different now is that both promoters say their fighter has signed, and a broadcaster has announced the fight. That was Netflix UK, on the night of Saturday 11 April 2026. The venue is the open question, and the promoters have not settled it. The two men have never met as professionals, and their records sit side by side in the Joshua vs Fury tale of the tape.

What happens next?

The next step for Anthony Joshua vs Tyson Fury is an announcement from the promoters naming a date and a venue. On 6 August 2026 Eddie Hearn said a press conference would come at the end of August. Nothing beyond that has happened yet. Each step depends on the one before it. Turki Alalshikh is financing the event and controls the announcement.

1. The promoters name a date and a venue.
2. The venue publishes its own event page for the fight.
3. Presales open.
4. General sale follows.

None of those steps has happened as of 18 August 2026. Anthony Joshua vs Tyson Fury is signed. It still has no date and no announced venue. Separately from this fight, our major boxing fights hub covers boxing hospitality at UK fight nights.