TYSON FURY and Anthony Joshua on a collision course for a shock winter Battle of Britain.
WBC heavyweight king Fury has offered his long-time rival a crack at the prestigious green belt – much to the surprise of many.
And the Wythenshawe warrior has tabled an offer to AJ’s team that includes a whopping 35 per cent split of the lucrative purse on offer.
Fury and Joshua were set to do battle last year after agreeing a stunning two-fight deal in March 2020.
But Deontay Wilder scuppered the undisputed bout when he won his arbitration for a trilogy fight with Fury.
Despite being worlds apart in terms of personality, Fury and Joshua do have some things in common.
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Three mutual opponents, to be exact.
The pair have both shared the ring with journeyman Kevin Johnson, British battering ram Dillian Whyte and former heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko.
But how did they get on against the trio?
Well, SunSport is on hand to detail the duo’s wins over their mutual opponents.
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Kevin Johnson
Gypsy King Fury was the first to lock horns with American veteran Johnson, facing the now 42-year-old in Belfast ten years ago.
The undefeated Fury was tipped to put on a star showing but failed to deliver, although he did box his way to a unanimous decision victory.
The judges scored the bout 119–110, 119–108 and 119–108 in favour of Fury.
Joshua would do battle with Johnson nearly three years later in what would be his third outing at The O2 Arena.
The fight, however, didn’t last long as he dismantled him in two rounds to score a TKO victory and retain the WBC International heavyweight title.
Dillian Whyte
Former two-time unified heavyweight champion Joshua faced Whyte in a rematch just a matter of months after demolishing Johnson.
The fight provided AJ with the chance to avenge his amateur defeat to the Brixton Body Snatcher.
And he did so with a vicious seventh-round KO following a thrilling back-and-forth affair.
Fury, meanwhile, would get his hands on his former sparring partner nearly seven years later in front of a sold-out crowd at Wembley.
And he’d finish Whyte in a similar fashion to AJ, knocking him out with a brutal uppercut in the sixth stanza.
Wladimir Klitschko
Fury’s breakout performance came in his November 2015 clash with then unified heavyweight champ Klitschko, who he faced on enemy territory in Germany.
And he defied the odds with an awkward and unorthodox approach to frustrate and stifle the dominant champion and claim the WBA, IBF, WBO, IBO, and The Ring heavyweight titles via unanimous decision.
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Joshua would face Klitschko 17 months later in a war for the ages at Wembley, which catapulted him into global superstardom.
AJ survived a sixth-round knockdown and excessive fatigue to stop the beloved Klitschko in the 11th and claim the vacant WBA and IBO heavyweight titles.
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