Report: Wilder vs. Opetaia Agreed for Fury-Joshua Card, Not Signed Yet 🔥

REPORTED. Deontay Wilder vs. Jai Opetaia is reportedly agreed for the Tyson Fury vs. Anthony Joshua card on Dec. 11 in Cardiff. The report comes from Dan Rafael, who posted Friday: "Per source, while it's not signed yet, deal is agreed to for Wilder-Opetaia to be on the #FuryJoshua card."

To be clear: it's not signed, and it hasn't been announced. Matchroom's Fury vs. Joshua event page lists only the main event so far. Everything else out there, including IFL TV's post below, BoxingScene and Combat Sports UK, traces back to Rafael.

Combat Sports UK, citing Rafael, says Wilder's manager Shelly Finkel accepted the Opetaia offer earlier this month, and that a fight with Murat Gassiev was also discussed.

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The matchup: Wilder (45-4-1, 43 KOs), 40, is coming off a split-decision win over Derek Chisora at the O2 in April. Opetaia (31-0, 24 KOs) is the unbeaten cruiserweight champion and would be moving up to heavyweight. He stopped Noel Mikaelian in nine rounds in Las Vegas in September.

The Fury family's posts have already pointed to Roman Fury landing on the card, and Netflix has a Tyson Fury documentary premiering two weeks before Joshua.

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• Wilder vs. Opetaia on Fury-Joshua: HOT. Rafael's source says the deal is agreed. It's not signed or announced yet.

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