Kubrat Pulev has been given the chance to win the WBA, WBO and IBF titles from Anthony Joshua when they face each other in December.
The fight which was formerly slated for June was postponed as a result of coronavirus pandemic.
Anthony Joshua’s manager, Eddie Hearn has now confirmed that both boxers will fight at the O2 Arena in December.
Eddie Hearn told ESPN: “We know AJ’s only going to fight once this year, so we want to give ourselves the best opportunity to bring in a crowd, and that would obviously be the later the better.”
“But it’s still not a gimme at all. There’s still a very strong chance that AJ will have to fight behind closed doors.
“Bearing in mind he’s only going to fight once this year, I just feel as we might as well give ourselves every chance to have a crowd and that will be the first weekend of December.
“Their regulations comply with the government, so at the moment they’re closed.
”So they would need to open up. We’d need to get an understanding from the government what is allowed in arenas. Are you going to open at 50 percent [capacity]? Are you going to open up 100 percent? There’s a lot of work that has to go into that with the government and the O2 (Arena).”