Netflix secures broadcast as Turki Alalshikh confirms long-awaited heavyweight fight for 2026
Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua are now contracted to fight at Wembley Stadium, with Turki Alalshikh confirming the deal and Netflix set to carry the broadcast. The agreement ends years of stalled talks and puts both heavyweights on a fixed path toward a 2026 showdown.
Turki Alalshikh moved first, posting on X, “It’s happening. It’s signed,” a short line that cut through years of false starts. That message was followed by confirmation through Ring Magazine, where Mike Coppinger reported the fight is targeted for the fourth quarter of 2026.
Fury added his own signal without saying a word. He posted the fight graphic on instagram and followed it with a pair of eyes emojis, leaving the message clear enough for anyone who understands how these deals move.
This is the first time both sides are tied to the same schedule with no room for delay.
This fight has lived in the background for the best part of a decade. Both men held belts, both worked the top end of the division, and the business never aligned. Now it has. The platform is set, the venue is fixed, and the broadcast sits with Netflix, which tells you exactly how big this has been priced.
Fury comes off the Arslanbek Makhmudov win and immediately called Joshua’s name. Fury will look to break Joshua’s rhythm, keep that lead hand active, feint, step across him, and force him to reset his feet.
Joshua’s game plan is clean punching, working behind his shots, and making every exchange count when Fury closes the distance and tries to rough him up on the inside.
There are no belts tied to this. No sanctioning pressure. That strips it down to its real value, two heavyweights, one stage, one contract finally signed.
That tells you everything about where boxing is right now.
The deal aligns both camps on one path, Wembley in 2026 with broadcast locked on Netflix.