Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua are heading to a 2021 mega-fight for the undisputed heavyweight championship of the world, with the Gypsy King's trilogy battle against Deontay Wilder in December being abandoned. Fury will now make a warm-up defence of his belt before Christmas, while Joshua defends his WBA, IBF and WBO titles against mandatory challenger Kubrat Pulev on December 12. British rivals Tyson Fury (left) and Anthony Joshua (right) are heading for a 2021 mega-fightThere will no longer be a trilogy fight between Deontay Wilder (left) and Tyson FurySources on both sides of the Atlantic confirmed on Saturday that Fury-Wilder III is now off. Assuming neither suffers an unimaginable defeat this winter, Joshua or Fury should become the first undisputed world heavyweight champion since Lennox Lewis. The Joshua vs Fury fight is understood to be earmarked for the spring at Wembley Stadium, if the government lifts fan restrictions by then, or in either the Middle East or China.

Source: Daily Mail October 10, 2020 12:36 UTC