It is expected that on Thursday, Joseph Parker will arrive in the UK to hold a press conference at which the duel will be officially announced. In the UK this meeting will be shown as part of a paid broadcast by Sky Sports, in the US the show will be broadcasted by Showtime. There will be three main heavyweight titles at stake - IBF, WBA and WBO.
Negotiations for this fight took more than a month. The main stumbling block for the parties was the division of the general purse. As a result, Parker's team will receive about a third of the total, Joshua - about 67%. Thus, for this fight, Joshua will receive about £15 million (approximately $20.3 million), and Parker - £7 million (about $ 9.5 million).