Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury will meet in the ring on Friday, December 11, at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff, ending years of failed talks and public back and forth over one of the biggest all British heavyweight fights in recent memory.

Saudi Arabian boxing chief Turki Alalshikh confirmed the fight on Thursday. The bout will be promoted jointly by his The Ring organisation and Dana White, and will stream live worldwide on Netflix at no extra cost to subscribers. The stadium holds around 80,000 people for boxing, and the undercard is yet to be announced.

Alalshikh summed up the mood in a post on X, calling it “years in the making” and “one night to settle it.”

Fury, who has a record of 36 wins, two defeats and one draw with 25 knockouts, brings a different résumé to the ring from Joshua, who has 30 wins and four defeats with 27 knockouts. Between them, they carry 66 wins and 52 knockouts. Joshua, who is of Nigerian descent, knocked out Jake Paul on Netflix last December, while Fury outpointed Arslanbek Makhmudov in April. Ring Magazine’s Mike Coppinger reports that the winner will take the WBA super heavyweight title.

Getting here was far from smooth. Joshua’s contract required the fight to be staged in Britain, but Netflix and Alalshikh had pushed for Madison Square Garden in New York. Joshua’s promoter, Eddie Hearn objected publicly, and Wembley, the original plan, fell away over a curfew that could not be stretched far enough. Cardiff, where Joshua has boxed twice before, beating Carlos Takam in 2017 and Joseph Parker in 2018, emerged as the compromise. The two men first signed for a fight in 2021, but that deal collapsed after an arbitration ruling forced Fury to face Deontay Wilder again.

The build up starts quickly. Both fighters are due at a press conference in London on Wednesday, September 30.