The main card for Tyson Fury vs Anthony Joshua has been confirmed, and it will seemingly consist solely of heavyweight bouts.

On 11 December, Fury and Joshua will finally square off in the biggest British fight of a generation, headlining at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium and live on Netflix.

Last week brought the news that the chief-support bout will pit Deontay Wilder, one of Fury’s former rivals, against Jai Opetaia, and two more fights have now been added.

Martin Bakole will take on Solomon Adebayo, and Da’Mazion Vanhouter will box Michael Essomba.

Bakole (21-2-1, 16 KOs) has roots in the Democratic Republic of Congo but fights out of Scotland, and he has long talked up his success against the division’s best fighters in sparring.

However, his hype took a hit in February 2025, when he fought Joseph Parker on short notice and was knocked out in round two. In his only fight since, three months later, he drew with Efe Ajagba.

Meanwhile, Adebayo is an unbeaten Nigerian prospect who is 15-0 with 14 KOs, and he is due to compete against Ivan Magumba in Nairobi on 28 November – although that fight could be cancelled in light of the news that he will box in Cardiff.

Vanhouter is similarly undefeated at 14-0 (11 KOs) and, at 21 years old, the American is the youngest fighter on the main card. He takes on 34-year-old Belgian boxer Essomba, whose professional record stands at 11-2 (10 KOs).

The most appetising fight on the undercard, however, is surely Wilder vs Opetaia. The latter, a recent cruiserweight champion, will make his divisional debut against Wilder, a former heavyweight champion.

Australia’s Opetaia, 31, is unbeaten, while Wilder, 41, was undefeated until his KOs by Fury in 2020 and 2021. Those losses followed the American’s controversial draw with Fury in 2018.

Wilder has since lost twice more, but he will enter his bout with Opetaia on the back of a points win over Derek Chisora, whom he beat in a slugfest in April.