Heavyweight bouts added to Fury vs. Joshua show: Bakole vs. Adebayo and Vanhouter vs. Essomba
Heavyweight bouts added to Fury vs. Joshua show: Bakole vs. Adebayo and Vanhouter vs. Essomba
Source: Netflix
11/11/2026
Source: Netflix
11/11/2026
The heavyweight division will be busy in December. The Tyson Fury vs. Anthony Joshua card no consists of four heavyweight bouts. Streaming live globally on Netflix on Friday, Dec. 11 in Cardiff, Wales' Principality Stadium, the show has two newly announced bouts. One is Martin Bakole (21-2-1), who returns from a 2025 draw to face Solomon Adebayo (15-0) of Nigeria. This will be Adebayo's first fight outside of Africa. The other newly announced fight is Da’Mazion Vanhouter vs. Michael Essomba. Vanhouter (14-0) just fought last weekend and is being pushed aggressively by Zuffa Boxing. The Belgian-based Essomba (11-2) is comingoff a points loss to Angelo Morejon.
The chief support will see Deontay Wilder (45-4-1), who possesses one of the most powerful right hands boxing has ever seen, against undefeated cruiserweight champion Jai Opetaia (31-0), who will be making his heavyweight debut.
The card will be headlined by the all-British battle between two tremendously popular ex-champs: Tyson Fury (36-2-1, 25 KOs) vs. Anthony Joshua (30-4, 27 KOs).