Heavyweight world titleholder Deontay Wilder has agreed to the terms offered by Anthony Joshua's camp for them to meet for the undisputed title later this year in Joshua's home country of the United Kingdom, Wilder co-manager Shelly Finkel told ESPN on Monday.

Whether the fight, easily one of the biggest in boxing, gets signed remains to be seen, but the Wilder camp said they've agreed to the terms in the latest offer made by Joshua promoter Eddie Hearn of Matchroom Boxing.

"We have agreed to the terms that Eddie has put out to us for a fight in the U.K. Deontay has accepted his terms to fight in the U.K.," Finkel said. "Deontay sent an email to Joshua [Sunday] night, and I sent one [Monday] to Barry Hearn and Eddie telling them that we officially accept the offer to fight under the terms they gave us and to send us the contract."

Hearn did not respond to text messages from ESPN seeking comment, but it was late at night in England at the time.

The key hangup in the talks has been where they would fight. Joshua is a massive star in the United Kingdom, where he has drawn sellout crowds for his past three fights: 90,000 at Wembley Stadium in London and 78,000 for his past two fights at Principality Stadium in Cardiff, Wales. He insisted on having the fight there, even if the overall revenue for the event could be greater in Las Vegas.

The Wilder camp held out hope of him agreeing to come to the United States, but on Sunday night, Wilder and his team said they notified Eddie Hearn and his father, company boss Barry Hearn, that they had accepted the terms offered to them.

"Now we will see if they live up to it or if they try to go through with the fight with [mandatory challenger Alexander] Povetkin first. Hopefully, we'll get an answer in the next couple days," Finkel said. "If they change their mind, the $50 million [against 50 percent of the event] we offered them [to come to the United States] is still on the table. That is still for them if they want it."

Finkel, who said he and Wilder co-manager Al Haymon talk daily and are on the same page, said the offer Wilder accepted is a two-fight deal with terms agreed to for a rematch that would take place in the United States.

For the fight they said they agreed to for later this year, Finkel said the target date is Sept. 15, but the fight could be in October or November because Sept. 15 is the proposed date for the rematch between Canelo Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin, which they would not compete with.

Although Finkel wouldn't specify how much money Wilder would earn, Hearn has made two previous offers of $12.5 million and $15 million. Finkel said they accepted a guaranteed purse but did not get a percentage of the overall event that they wanted, meaning Wilder was likely offered a large enough guarantee above $15 million to make it worthwhile to forgo a percentage.

"There's no [percentage] split, but they've offered us a good purse. Not as good as we feel it should be, but we want the fight, and we're willing to take what they offered," Finkel said. "We wanted a percentage, but we didn't think we could get it done in a quick time frame, so we said let's take what they've offered us. Deontay wants this fight."

Wilder addressed Joshua's fans on social media on Monday, writing, "The $50M offer for him to fight me next in the U.S. is still available. Today I even agreed to their offer to fight Joshua next in the UK. If he prefers the fight in the UK, the ball is in their court. It's up to them to choose."

While Joshua's fights are televised on Sky Box Office pay-per-view in the United Kingdom, his contract with Showtime expired following his March 31 title unification victory over Joseph Parker, so a Joshua-Wilder fight could go to the highest bidder in the U.S.

"The U.S. TV is Eddie's call," Finkel said. "We have a preference for Showtime because we've been with them."

Another possible outlet is the Perform Group's DAZN sports streaming service, which is due to launch in the U.S. later this summer, with Hearn's recently agreed to eight-year, $1 billion deal to provide boxing content due to begin in September. A Joshua-Wilder fight on the service would raise its currently nonexistent American profile, but it would also limit the U.S. revenue for the bout.

Hearn has said that he is also close to a deal with Povetkin (34-1, 24 KOs), 38, of Russia, Joshua could fight both this year, and they were trying to figure out which order to do the fights, though Povetkin would be a risky fight before taking on Wilder for far more money.

The 28-year-old Joshua (21-0, 20 KOs) won a world title in 2016 and has made five defenses, including a 10th-round knockout of former longtime unified world champion Wladimir Klitschko in the consensus 2017 fight of the year and unifying three belts with the win against Parker on March 31. Wilder (40-0, 39 KOs), 32, of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, won his belt in 2015 and has made seven title defenses, including scoring a massive 10th-round knockout of then-unbeaten top contender Luis "King Kong" Ortiz in a riveting fight on March 3 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

The Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook posted odds on the potential fight back in early April. Currently, Joshua is a -200 favorite and Wilder a +170 underdog.</s>Heavyweight world titlist Deontay Wilder has accepted the terms offered to him by fellow titlist Anthony Joshua's promoter Eddie Hearn for them to meet in the United Kingdom for the undisputed heavyweight championship this fall, Shelly Finkel, Wilder's co-manager, told ESPN on Monday night.

"We have agreed to the terms that Eddie has put out to us for a fight in the U.K.," said Finkel. "Deontay has accepted his terms to fight in the U.K."

"Deontay sent an email to Joshua (Sunday) night and I sent one today to Barry Hearn and Eddie telling them that we officially accept the offer to fight under the terms they gave us and to send us the contract," Finkel said.

The offer is a two-fight deal with terms also agreed to for a rematch that would take place in the United States.</s>American Deontay Wilder has agreed terms to fight Anthony Joshua in Britain later this year, in a bout that would crown the first undisputed heavyweight champion since 2000, ESPN reported on Monday.

Briton Joshua (21-0) is the holder of the IBF, WBA, WBO and IBO titles while Wilder (40-0) is the WBC world champion.

Wilder’s co-manager Shelly Finkel told ESPN they had agreed to the latest terms offered by Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn.

“We have agreed to the terms that Eddie has put out to us for a fight in the U.K. Deontay has accepted his terms to fight in the U.K.,” Finkel said.

Wilder, in a message posted on his Twitter account, confirmed he had agreed to fight in Britain but said an offer to Joshua of $50 million to fight in the United States was still on the table.

“The $50M offer for him to fight me next in the US is still available,” Wilder said on Monday.

“Today I even agreed to their offer to fight Joshua next in the UK. If he prefers the fight in the UK, the ball is in their court.”

The WBC title is the only one remaining on Joshua’s radar after he added the WBO championship to his collection, by defeating New Zealand’s previously unbeaten Joseph Parker in March by unanimous decision.</s>Deontay Wilder officially agreed to terms for a two-fight deal with Anthony Joshua on Monday night. The fight will take place in the United Kingdom and includes a rematch as part of the initial fight agreement.

“We have agreed to the terms that Eddie has put out to us for a fight in the U.K.," Wilder's co-manager Shelly Finkel told ESPN .

"Deontay has accepted his terms to fight in the U.K. Deontay sent an email to Joshua (Sunday) night and I sent one today to Barry Hearn and Eddie telling them that we officially accept the offer to fight under the terms they gave us and to send us the contract."

Wilder (40-0) had hoped to agree to a fight in the United States, having never fought outside of the U.S., Mexico or Puerto Rico. The location was one of the main points holding up the fight agreement before Wilder's camp eventually agreed to hold it in the U.K.

That didn't stop the world heavyweight champion from offering up another fight back in the U.S.

Joshua (21-0) has never fought outside of his native U.K. but as promoter Eddie Hearn told Sky Sports last week, Wilder needs the fight more.

"I don't think they are too keen to do the fight in the U.K.," Hearn told Sky Sports last week. "But I think they are slowly realizing that without Anthony Joshua, the future is not too bright and rosy for Deontay Wilder."

The fight is tentatively scheduled for September.</s>Deontay Wilder agrees to Anthony Joshua fight next in the UK

Deontay Wilder has agreed to fight Anthony Joshua in the UK in a bid to make the undisputed world heavyweight clash next.

The Bronze Bomber took to social media to put pressure on AJ and his promoter Eddie Hearn to make the fight next.

Hearn has already stated that a mandatory challenge against Alexander Povetkin could be next with Wilder straight after, but the American's concession may have ripped up the plan.

"BREAKING NEWS for all you Anthony Joshua fans," Wilder wrote on Twitter. "The $50m offer for him to fight me next in the US is still available.

"Today I even agreed to their offer to fight Joshua next in the UK. If he prefers the fight in the UK, the ball is in their court. It's up to them to choose."

Wilder owns the WBC strap, while Joshua holds the IBF, WBA Super and WBO titles.

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Should the pair agree to fight, it would pave the way for the first undisputed champion in the premier division of the sport since 1999 when Lennox Lewis reigned.</s>The hugely expected showdown between Anthony Joshua and Deontay Wilder will happen very soon according to the American boxer and his Shelly Finkel.

Joshua and Wilder have been going back and forth over disagreements on their potential fight.

But in a new development, Wilder has revealed that he has agreed to the offer made by Joshua and his camp.

“The $50M offer for Joshua to fight me next in the US is still available to him if he wants it,” Wilder said on Monday night.

“In addition to that, today I agreed to their offer to fight Joshua next in the U.K. If Joshua prefers the fight in the UK. The ball is in their court. It's up to them to choose US or UK. I'm in.”

Wilder's manager Finkel further revealed that the fight will likely hold on September or October.

“The story is very simple and that is Deontay Wilder today, accepted the terms that Anthony Joshua's team gave us,” Finkel told World Boxing News.

“If for any reason Anthony changes his mind and wants to fight in the U.S, the $50m offer we have made to him is still there. It's now in Joshua's court.

“It will take place in the UK either September or October according to Eddie Hearn.

“Hopefully, we'll get an answer in the next day or two. Deontay wrote to Joshua and said: ‘Hey, I accept your offer, let's fight in the UK".

Until now, the fight between Joshua and Wilder had been unlikely with the British boxer of Nigerian descent ready to take over his WBA mandatory challenger Alexander Povetkin in September.

Joshua’s agent has been having discussions with both Wilder and Povetkin teams.</s>We’re one step closer to the super fight between Anthony Joshua and Deontay Wilder, but there’s no deal yet.

Wilder accepted an offer on Monday to meet Joshua on Sept. 15 at Wembley Stadium in England in a bout that would crown an undisputed heavyweight champion, his co-manager Shelley Finkel, told THE RING. It’s a two-fight deal, with the rematch set to take place in the U.S. Eddie Hearn, who promotes Joshua, didn’t immediately respond to a text message seeking comment.

“[The offer’s] great enough that we accepted it,” said Finkel, who is no stranger to big-time heavyweight fight negotiations as Mike Tyson’s former manager. “We have a rematch clause … If [Joshua] doesn’t take it, the public will really come down on him.

“They said give us $50 million and we’ll take it the next day. He didn’t take it. They made us an offer, they want us to fight in the U.K., they want a rematch clause, we said OK to all of it. It will be very hard for him to face the public and not take the fight.”

Sept. 15 is also the date of Canelo Alvarez’s return from a six-month suspension for testing positive for the banned substance clenbuterol, and there’s a good chance that fight is the rematch with Gennady Golovkin. However, the fights wouldn’t go head to head since Joshua-Wilder would emanate from the U.K. and be televised in the afternoon (east-coast time) in the U.S. Other dates in September and October are also possibilities, Finkel said.

Wilder’s guaranteed purse is in the neighborhood of $15 million, according to multiple sources with knowledge of the offer. Typically, boxers receive a percentage of the revenue for fights of this magnitude. The guarantee is considered a low-ball offer by industry insiders given the massive amount of revenue the showdown is sure to generate.

However, Wilder (40-0, 39 knockouts) has lobbied for this fight for well over a year. After he rallied to stop Luis Ortiz in a fight of the year candidate in March, Wilder again banged the drums for a meeting with Joshua.

First, Wilder and his team consisting of Finkel, advisor Al Haymon, co-manager/trainer Jay Deas and de factor promoter Lou DiBella sent a guaranteed offer of $50 million to the Joshua side for a bout in the U.S. After Joshua balked, they’ve now agreed to fight in the U.K.

“We decided that we don’t want to lose the fight, that we don’t want to miss the opportunity to beat this guy,” Finkel said. “There was a similar situation many years age when someone was working with Kenny Norton, they gave him a low-ball offer thinking he wouldn’t take it, and he took it, and that was against Muhammad Ali, and it made Norton a star.

“Comparatively, we think we’re worth more, but we want the opportunity. I believe in Deontay, Deontay wants to be the unified champion, he’s not ducking anyone. He hasn’t ducked anyone. He wanted to fight [Alexander] Povetkin in Russia.”

Finkel said the 32-year-old Alabaman also will concede to being billed as the B-side of the promotion. Wilder, THE RING’s No. 2 heavyweight, would put his WBC belt on the line against Joshua, THE RING’s top-rated heavyweight who holds the WBA, IBF and WBO belts.

The 28-year-old Brit, who claimed gold at the 2012 Olympics, went the 12-round distance for the first time when he outpointed Joseph Parker in a unification fight in April. Joshua (21-0, 20 KOs) is a global star, and one of England’s highest-earning athletes. He routinely fights before sold-out stadium crowds, and his win over Wladimir Klitschko in 2016 was seen by about 90,000 at Wembley.

The fight with Wilder, if the deal comes to fruition, promises to be even bigger in magnitude. It would pit two devastating punchers in their prime, and each man boasts tremendous size. Joshua is 6-foot-6 and weighed 242 in his last bout. Wilder, known as the Bronze Bomber after he medaled at the 2008 Olympics, stands tall at 6-foot-7 and while he routinely weighs around 230 pounds, he was just a shade above 214 in his last outing.

“I think it’s a fight, I think it’s on, we’re waiting on the contract right now and I expect them to live up to their agreement,” Deas told THE RING. “We offered Joshua $50 million, they turned it down. They offered Deontay considerably less and he still said yes because he’s the one who truly wants to make this fight happen. So hopefully for the fans the world over, it’s on. We’re looking for a contract, I’ll be checking my email by the hour.

“Even though I think the fight is worth a lot more and Deontay think it’s a lot more, our position is we’ll go win the fight and be the man and make the appropriate amount of money on the backend as the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world. Deontay’s driving the bus and he said ‘you know, this fight’s worth a lot more, everybody knows it, but I want to be undisputed champion of the world, and if this is what I gotta do, let’s do this'”

It’s the biggest fight that can be made in boxing, and easily the biggest heavyweight title fight since Lennox Lewis knocked out Tyson in 2002. Now, the world will wait to see if the fight can get signed. Your move, Joshua and Hearn.

Mike Coppinger is the Senior Writer for RingTV.com. Follow him on Twitter: @MikeCoppinger</s>Deontay Wilder revealed he's agreed to a heavyweight showdown with Anthony Joshua in United Kingdom.

Wilder (40-0) and Joshua (21-0) are set for a unification bout in what would be the biggest fight of the year. Joshua holds the WBA (Super), IBF, IBO and WBO titles, while Wilder is the WBC heavyweight champion.

Wilder said he would happily take on Joshua – who has never fought outside of UK – in his homeland.

"The $50million offer for him to fight me next in the US is still available," Wilder wrote on Twitter. "Today I even agreed to their offer to fight Joshua next in the UK. If he prefers the fight in the UK, the ball is in their court.

"It's up to them to choose."

Wilder and Joshua both last fought in March, leaving a potential bout later this year a possibility.</s>MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Unbeaten heavyweight champions Deontay Wilder and Anthony Joshua appear poised for a title unification bout in the division’s most anticipated matchup.

The two camps have agreed to terms on a fight in the United Kingdom sometime this fall for less money than Wilder’s initial offer, his trainer Jay Deas said Monday night.

“They offered and we accepted,” he said, adding that they would push for a signed contract as early as Tuesday.

Deas said the fight could be anywhere from September to November to avoid conflict with a potential Canelo Alvarez-Gennady Golovkin rematch in September.

Deas said he’s not authorized to discuss details of the potential purse and that the venue and date are up to Joshua’s camp.

A huge draw in the UK, Joshua’s last two fights have been at 74,500-seat Principality Stadium in Cardiff, Wales.

“We offered $50 million, which is what he said he wanted,” Deas said in a phone interview. “And he then turned it down. Then they came back with a much, much, much smaller offer for Deontay, which would have been even less than Deontay would have made in the United States, and wanted him to still travel to the UK for the fight. And we said yes.

“The reason we did was because Deontay is investing in himself. He wants this for the fans and he wants this for his legacy and he knows that being the undisputed heavyweight champ of the world will give him the financial gain as he proceeds. Even though we would have liked a better deal, Deontay said yes.”

Wilder, who lives in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, is the WBC champion at 40-0 with 39 knockouts. Joshua holds the other heavyweight belts and is 21-0 with 20 knockouts.

Wilder posted on his Twitter account Monday that the $50 million offer to fight in America is still on the table.

“Today I even agreed to their offer to fight Joshua next in the UK,” he said in the tweet. “If he prefers the fight in the UK, the ball is in their court. It’s up to them to choose.”

Both fought in March. Wilder had a 10th-round stoppage of Luis Ortiz. Joshua won a unanimous decision over Joseph Parker in his first fight to go the distance.

Now, the two biggest heavyweight names could be poised to meet next.

“If they keep their word, then we’ve got a fight,” Deas said. “So we’re fully expecting to go to the UK and we’re ready. We’re ready to do it tomorrow. All they have to do is tell us where to be and when to be there, and we’ll be there.”</s>Anthony Joshua's eagerly anticipated showdown with Deontay Wilder looks set to go ahead later this year, after it was claimed the Bronze Bomber has signed the fight contract.

Wilder is said to have accepted Joshua's terms and given the go-ahead for a blockbuster bout to happen in September or October of this year.

The claims have emerged from Wilder's co-manager Shelly Finkel, who also claimed a re-match clause has been inserted into the contract for the fight.

'The story is very simple and that is Deontay Wilder today, accepted the terms that Anthony Joshua's team gave us,' Finkel exclusively told World Boxing News in an interview on Monday.

'If for any reason Anthony changes his mind and wants to fight in the U.S, the $50m offer we have made to him is still there. It's now in Joshua's court.

'It will take place in the UK either September or October according to Eddie Hearn.

'Hopefully, we'll get an answer in the next day or two. Deontay wrote to Joshua and said 'Hey, I accept your offer, let's fight in the UK.

'I met with Barry a week ago and have been on the phone to himself and Eddie regularly this week. We want the fight next, we've signed the contract and we're ready to go.'
Deontay Wilder accepts the terms to fight Anthony Joshua.