Anthony Joshua could be caught in web of Tyson Fury tricks and mind games if superfight is held in Cardiff in December

ANTHONY JOSHUA and Tyson Fury will turn the heat up on their freezing December shootout with a row about who waits around longest in the cold. The heavyweight veterans have finally AGREED to a December 11 showdown in Cardiff’s Principality Stadium. Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury are edging closer to a December Cardiff clash Credit: GETTY But a row over who ring walks second could soon emerge Credit: GETTY But, because they signed separate contracts with Saudi event planners Sela, there are still potential arguments to come over who is the A-side, who has the home dressing room and who makes their 2am ring walk first. Whichever giant former world champ walks second, will have the chance to make his 15-year rival hang about in the freezing Welsh air, with even the roof only offering shelter from the rain and snow. Sign up for the Sport newsletter Thank you! And Fury has experience and form for using a few tricks to boost his chances of winning. In April 2022, the 38-year-old Gypsy King kept Dillian Whyte waiting in the Wembley ring for around 20 minutes, ruining the Body Snatcher’s warm-up. And eight months later, when he boxed Derek Chisora for a third time in December, even though he arrived second he was buried beneath a bundle of towels to keep his giant body warm. Cardiff council dealing with the logistics of hosting an early-hours fight has been the final hurdle to overcome and once those details are ironed out, the final few problems will be sorted between the two camps. And 36-year-old AJ promoter Eddie Hearn has experience of the extra problems and pettiness that these confusing personalised contracts bring. The Matchroom boss said: “It just causes non-stop problems and we had it with the Eubank vs Benn fights too. Most read in Sport SUN VEGAS WELCOME OFFER: GET UP TO £100 BONUS “They both had it in their contracts that they both had the home dressing room and even things like who walks first and second can become a problem. “People are so desperate to get deals done that they just say ‘yes’ but down the line it kicks you in the nuts.” Joshua is back training at Ben Davison’s Harlow gym, one year on since the young coach was axed following AJ’s dramatic knockout loss to Daniel Dubois. Fury has been doing his camp at Delray Beach in Florida, enjoying toasty temperatures of 30 degrees. Both men will do thorough warm-ups in their dressing rooms – skipping, shadow boxing, and pads. But all of that could go out of the window if the man who wins the right to enter second drags out his arrival. Tyson Fury kept Dillian Whyte waiting in the ring for 20 minutes with an extravagant ringwalk ahead of their Wembley war in April 2022 Credit: REUTERS And he kept Derek Chisora waiting in the cold ahead of their Tottenham tussle the following December Credit: GETTY Physically and psychologically, hanging around in a freezing stadium while your nemesis gets the crowd roaring with a couple of his favourite songs can have a drastic effect on the start of the fight. But Hearn is confident that he has done the best deal for his man, having already won the war on the location, that they will not lose out on any more slim advantages. “Tyson Fury preferred Ireland,” he said about the Gypsy King wanting Croke Park for the potential tax-cut benefits on offer. “I believe that was in his contract, but ours was the UK. “Tyson Fury doesn’t know if we are getting more or less than him and it doesn’t really matter. “Because we are getting a lot of money and we are happy with our deal.” Comment now