TYSON FURY will pocket millions more than Anthony Joshua if their 2026 megafight gets over the line.
The two greatest British heavyweights of their generation have avoided each other throughout their careers.
However, a long-overdue Battle of Britain could finally happen next year with both men seemingly keen.
Joshua, 36, made a winning return to the ring after 15 months away to knock out YouTuber Jake Paul in their £200million Netflix showdown.
And now he seems ready to face one of the toughest tasks in the world – the Gypsy King.
AJ called Fury out in the ring in Miami and then reiterated to SunSport that is the fight he wants next.
Joshua – who also did a hilarious impression of his rival including his trademark “dosser” insult – said: “If Tyson Fury’s as serious as he thinks he is, and he wants to put down his Twitter fingers and put on some gloves and come and fight one of the realest fighters out there that will take on any challenge, step into the ring with me next.
“If you’re a real bad man, don’t do all that talking, ‘AJ this, AJ that,’ let’s see you in the ring and talk with your fists.”
Even with no world titles on the line as there would have been in previous years, Joshua vs Fury would still be a mammoth payday for both men and one of the most lucrative fights in boxing history.
But Fury would come out better off than Joshua, who openly admitted he took the Paul fight because of the cash on offer.
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That is because, as revealed by SunSport, Fury has moved his family to the tax-friendly Isle of Man.
Fury, wife Paris and their seven children have swapped Morecambe for a six-bedroom £8m mansion near the capital, Douglas.
Income tax rates in the self-governing British Crown Dependency are less than half of those in the UK.
The Isle of Man higher tax rate is set at 21 per cent against 40 per cent for higher rate taxpayers on the mainland – and 45 per cent for those like Tyson earning over £125,140.
And they have a ceiling of £220,000 on the amount of personal income paid by an individual each year.
AJ lost out on nearly half of his £100m from the Paul fight because he will be taxed in both the US and the UK.
And he will suffer a similar fate – whether the Fury fight takes place in the UK or overseas, such as Saudi Arabia.
The Gypsy King has not responded to Joshua’s public message just yet.
But his manager Frank Warren has – and insists his boxer will step into the ring for the right amount of cash, even though he made his latest retirement announcement earlier this year.
The Queensbury chief told Sky Sports News: “What will encourage Tyson is the financial aspect of it.
“I believe he’s got the beating of AJ, as does Tyson and the team. It’s all about the value of the fight. It’s a big fight and it’s worth a lot of money.
“Tyson has his price. If he gets his price, he’ll be in there to fight him.
“Money will dictate where the fight takes place, it’s as simple as that.
“They will go where the money is, they’re professional fighters, they go in the ring and take punches for money.
“They’re no different to any other sportsmen, golfers, footballers, whoever it may be. They’ll play in whatever country they can generate the most income.”
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Jake Paul down four times before Anthony Joshua wins
Anthony Joshua beat Jake Paul in a Netflix superfight in Miami – but viewing fans were not impressed with what they saw.
The two-time heavyweight champion was expected to steamroll the former YouTuber but it took him SIX rounds to get rid of the game American.
Paul was down four times in the fight but fans, commentators and even the referee criticised the pair for a lack of action and punches thrown.
Joshua called out Tyson Fury after the fight while Paul revealed he had suffered a gruesome broken jaw.
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