Former world heavyweight boxing champions Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury have signed up for a long-awaited clash later ?this year, promoter Eddie Hearn said on Monday.

¡°Signed, sealed, delivered! AJ v Fury ?is on!,¡± ?Hearn posted on Instagram. The announcement came after confirmation that ?Joshua will return to the ring against Kristian Prenga in Riyadh on July 25 in the Briton¡¯s first fight since he was in a car accident last December ?that killed two close friends.

U.S.-based Albanian Prenga, 35, is a former kickboxer with a ring record ?of 20 wins and one defeat since he turned professional in 2016.

The fight, billed as ¡°The Comeback,¡± was announced by Saudi Arabia¡¯s General Entertainment Authority ?chairman Turki Alalshikh and will be ?broadcast live worldwide on DAZN.

Turki also posted on X a message ¡°to my friends in Great Britain ¡ª it¡¯s happening. It¡¯s signed¡± ?while his Ring Magazine ?said the fight would happen in Q4 2026 on ?Netflix.

Joshua, 36, has a record of 28 wins and four ?losses with ?his most recent fight a sixth-round knockout of American Jake Paul on Dec. 19 in Miami.

¡°It¡¯s no secret I¡¯ve taken some time to consolidate and rebuild to be ready for stepping back into the ring and today is the ?next step on that journey,¡± said Joshua.

¡°I¡¯m delighted to have agreed a multifight deal starting with July 25 in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia. I¡¯m looking forward to competing and picking up where I left off. The landlord will collect his rent. That is certain.¡±

Hearn ?told ?Sky Sports television he wanted a ¡°tune-up bout¡± in July before ?facing Fury potentially in November.

¡°July and November are the two dates that have been presented ?to us now and we expect to move forward,¡± he said. ¡°Fury has just had his tune-up fight with 12 really vital rounds to get him sharp for the next one and I expect us to do the same.¡± Fury ?called for a showdown with Joshua after he outclassed Russia¡¯s Arslanbek Makhmudov on April 11.

¡°Next, I want to give you the fight you¡¯ve all been waiting for. I want you AJ, Anthony Joshua, let¡¯s give the fight fans what they want, the Battle of Britain,¡± he said then.