Tyson Fury has offered Anthony Joshua the pick of three dates and three venues for their heavyweight showdown.
Fury has made an official approach to his British rival for a clash before the end of the year - and is willing to give Joshua 40 per cent of the purse. Joshua's promoter Eddie Hearn has said he is willing to accept the offer, as long as the fight takes place in December.
Fury would rather fight the following month, and has offered Joshua the option of fighting three weeks before Christmas. "I think it's more than generous," Fury told talkSPORT of his offer. "I didn't want to go in at 80/20 like they would do to me. I really want this fight to happen because Usyk the middleweight doesn't want no smoke like I thought he didn't and now I'm going after AJ. I've already beaten Wilder and there's only one other person and that's AJ the bodybuilder.
"Why not give him 40 per cent, no excuses, let's get the fight made for the British public. The Battle of Britain, who's going to win it, me or him? He only had a sparring contest [against Usyk] didn't he? He's match fit, coming off a training camp. I've seen they're trying to wriggle a bit with the dates.
"We had Manchester United football ground booked for November 12 but they're saying that's too short. Even better, we've got Wembley stadium booked for November 26 and if he doesn't want that I even have December 3 in Cardiff, so take your pick you dosser."
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Fury took to social media yesterday to make details of his offer public. Fury said: “I’m being bombarded with messages on how much I’m going to pay AJ – everyone is saying 80-20, 70-30, 75-25. The actual answer is I’ve offered him 60-40 – 40 per cent of this amazing fight because I want this fight to happen.
“He doesn’t have any excuses now not to take it. He can’t say I’ve low-balled him and offered him 20 or 30 per cent. I’ve offered (his) people 40 per cent – take it or leave it.” Joshua suffered a second straight defeat to Oleksandr Usyk in Saudi Arabia last month but Fury’s hopes of landing a bout with the Ukrainian were dashed when Usyk said he did not intend to fight again this year.
