Insider reveals date for Tyson Fury & Anthony Joshua’s first face-off amid threat to call off fight over venue row

TYSON FURY and Anthony Joshua remain on course for an imminent face-off – despite the blazing row over the venue for the showdown. The long-overdue Battle of Britain is currently set to land at Madison Square Garden this autumn. Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua are on course to meet in a November showdown Credit: GETTY The Battle of Britain is currently on course to land in at Madison Square Garden in New York Credit: GETTY SunSport understands that November 20 is the date broadcasters Netflix and Saudi supremo Turki Alalshikh are eying for the clash of former champions. Joshua, however, is pushing back on MSG being the venue for the fight, having previously signed a contract stating the bout MUST take place in the UK. Sign up for the Sport newsletter Thank you! But as it stands, the duo are set to stare one another down for the first time at a press conference at the end of the month. In an interview with Sky Sports, AJ promoter Eddie Hearn said: “At the end of August, there will be a press conference. “I’m not going to sit here and tell you there’s no way the fight’s happening in America because things can change. “But I really feel strongly that this is something that should happen in the UK and we’ll do all we can. “We’re up against it – it seems like everybody else has agreed but Anthony Joshua. “He feels a little bit of responsibility to UK fight fans as well. Most read in Sport SUN VEGAS WELCOME OFFER: GET UP TO £100 BONUS The Home of Boxing in 2026 There's a massive year of boxing ahead! It’s shaping up to be a blockbuster year of action inside the boxing ring. The Gypsy King has beaten Mariusz Wach in his second fight of the year to set up a huge fight with Anthony Joshua And AJ did the same, knocking out Kristian Prenga in the second round of a thrilling encounter – the Brit was knocked down twice in the opening round. Now fans are looking forward to Moses Itauma’s return for his toughest fight yet against Filip Hrgovic in August. Here’s all the big fights coming up… August Sat 15 – Claressa Shields vs Kaye Scott – DAZN Sat 29 – Moses Itauma vs Filip Hrgovic – DAZN September Sat 12 – Conor Benn vs Ryan Garcia – DAZN *If you click a link in this boxout, we will earn affiliate revenue. “And he’s doing everything he can to give them what they want.” An announcement for what once was the biggest fight in the history of British boxing taking place at MSG was last week rumoured to be imminent. But Hearn has threatened to pull the plug on the fight entirely should ‘The World’s Most Famous Arena’ be announced as the venue. During an appearance on The Punch Podcast, the Matchroom supremo said: “The other day they wrote to us and said, ‘Just to let you know, we would like to announce the fight for New York’. “And I said, ‘No, you can’t’. “There might even be a situation where they go for it and do announce it. Eddie Hearn has made clear he wants the fight in the UK Credit: Getty “And you will probably see me coming out quite quickly and say, ‘No fight’. “I promise you, if they announce that fight without an agreement in place to change the venue, there will be no fight and we ain’t bluffing. “We feel really strongly that this fight should be in the UK. Team Joshua aren’t averse to the fight taking place at MSG, so long as they’re appropriately compensated. Hearn said: “We kind of want to say, ‘Well, if you want to do it in America, you have got to pay us all of this money to change.’ “Because we are not really bothered about the money – we want it in England. “So, we want to make it so much money that they just say, ‘You know what, let’s just do it in England’. “That is our dream scenario.” Comment now