Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury will meet December 11 at Principality Stadium, in Cardiff, Wales, live on Netflix, it was announced Thursday by owner of The Ring Turki Alalshikh and Netflix.

It seemed like the fight would never happen, but after months of tortuous back-and-forth, both sides have reached an agreement for Britain's two leading heavyweights of their generation to meet.

In a series of social media videos, Fury insisted he did not care where the fight took place, provided he finally got to take on his fellow two-time world heavyweight champion Joshua, who lobbied for the clash to land in the UK.

Now, Cardiff will take center stage for the most significant all-British heavyweight fight on these shores since Lennox Lewis defended his world title against Frank Bruno in 1993, which also took place in the Welsh capital.

Alalshikh said: “Two of the best heavyweights of this generation, finally in the ring together. This will be one of the biggest fights in boxing history, I am very happy to make this fight happen for the fans.”

Dana White, who will co-promote with The Ring, said: “For more than a decade, boxing fans have been clamoring for the heavyweight showdown between Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua. Together, they bring 66 wins, 52 knockouts and multiple heavyweight world titles into the ring. On December 11, two of the biggest heavyweights of this generation finally collide– and the winner will take a significant place in heavyweight history.”

Joshua (30-4, 27 KOs) has boxed twice at the Principality Stadium, formerly Millennium Stadium, during his first reign as world heavyweight champion.

First, he successfully defended his IBF and WBA titles against late stand-in Carlos Takam on October 28, 2017 before further unifying the division by beating Joseph Parker for his WBO belt five months later. Fury (36-2-1, 25 KOs), meanwhile, has never boxed in Wales.

Fury, 38, and Joshua, 36, first crossed paths way back in 2010 when they sparred at Finchley Boxing Club in north London, where the latter cut his teeth as an amateur.

On a BBC Radio broadcast later that day, Fury, who was professional at the time, described Joshua as “red hot” and admitted that he had been “given a beating for three rounds.”

Joshua had previously read in magazine Boxing News that Fury was willing to give his Rolex to any sparring partner who could knock him down so he tried his best to claim the watch. Now, 16 years on, they will meet in one of the richest fights in history.

The pair have come close to fighting over the years, most notably in 2021. They looked set to clash in August of that year, with Hearn declaring that all terms had been agreed.

However, those plans went up in smoke when a US judge ruled that Fury had to face Deontay Wilder for a third time due to the terms of their second-fight contract in February 2020.

Fury, The Ring and WBC champion at the time, stopped Wilder when they eventually met for a third time in a Las Vegas barnburner in October 2021, a month after Joshua lost his WBA, WBO and IBF titles to Oleksandr Usyk at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

All hope of the duo ever meeting appear to be extinguished early last year when Fury announced his retirement from boxing in the wake of back-to-back defeats to Usyk during 2024.

But, when he returned from that retirement by beating Arslanbek Makhmudov at Tottenham in April, he made it clear that Joshua was his only target for the rest of this year. “AJ," however, requested a warm-up fight before facing Fury, given he had spent some time away from the ring after his involvement in the tragic road accident which killed his two friends and team members Sina Ghami and Latif Ayodele in December.

He was granted that fight but it was not pretty as he had to climb off the floor twice in the first round before knocking out Kristian Prenga in the second round of their July 25 clash at Jeddah Superdome, Saudi Arabia.

The night before, Fury had also won his own warm-up fight by stopping Mariusz Wach after seven rounds at Max Muay Thai stadium in Pattaya, Thailand.

Two months on from those fights, the deal has been agreed for them to collide in Wales.