ANTHONY JOSHUA’S heavyweight showdown with Tyson Fury will be available on pay-per-view with Sky Sports AND BT Sport.
It is the first time a PPV boxing fight can be watched on either channel in the UK.
Fury’s American co-promoter Bob Arum confirmed the news – and added ESPN will get the rights in America, not DAZN who have aired Joshua’s last four fights.
The Top Rank chief told Boxing Scene: “You will be able to buy it on BT or buy it on Sky, it can’t be exclusive to either.
“Obviously, the big market is the UK, where everyone is talking it will do 3 million homes.”
It is unclear how much fans will have to pay to get access for the fight with an agreement yet to be finalised.
Joshua has a deal with Sky whereas Fury’s contract is with rivals BT.
This broadcasting deadlock threatened to scupper the unification heavyweight bout.
But British boxing fans will now get their choice of presenters and pundits for the mammoth Battle of Britain.
The first part of AJ and Fury’s two-fight deal is expected to take place indoors in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on July 24.
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A rematch is then expected to be staged in the UK later in 2021.
Joshua’s Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn said: “We all know now that both sides have signed the contract, they have both accepted one specific proposal and we are finalising that with contracts going backwards and forwards and tiny, tiny points getting ironed out.
“We haven’t finalised an exact date, July 24 is the rough date but it may leak into early August but no later than that. The Olympics will be a different timezone so it’s not really in the mindset.
“It will be peak time UK, middle of the night in Tokyo, there will not be a TV clash.
“There is going to be a crowd, indoors obviously, so up to 20,000.”
More to follow
