Anthony Joshua v Tyson Fury fight in major jeopardy after last-minute objections

Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury will settle the debate of who is the greatest British heavyweight of this generation in just over a month - but only if their long-awaited dust-up goes ahead.

After fighting tooth and nail to agree on a venue for arguably the biggest fight in boxing history, it was finally agreed in mid-September that Joshua and Fury would face off at Cardiff's Principality Stadium on December 11.

The showdown will begin in the early hours of Saturday morning on December 12 to cater for an American audience, with ring walks scheduled for 1am. Unfortunately, despite tickets selling out in record time last month, there is still work to be done to ensure a once-in-a-generation fight happens.

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Cardiff City Counil need to secure licence for Anthony Joshua vs Tyson Fury fight

Cardiff City Council have received multiple objections to plans for the fight taking place at 1am, with residents from around the Principality Stadium raising worries and noise about the potential noise and anti-social behaviour in the area.

The ground usually operates on a 1am curfew, the same as Wembley Stadium, but event organisers want the stadium open until 3:30am.

Cardiff Council's Licensing Sub-Committee will meet on November 25 to decide whether to grant or reject their request for an extension, and this will determine whether the fight will go ahead.

When asked about their thoughts on a curfew extension, one concerned resident said via the Mirror: "The Council should carefully consider whether these extended hours are necessary and whether adequate safeguards can realistically prevent additional noise, disorder and disruption during the early hours. I ask the Council to refuse the application in its current form."

Another added: "The shouting, singing, and inevitable anti-social behavior at that hour is going to completely wake the whole house up and leave us with exhausted, stressed children.

"I know this is a massive sporting event for the city, but letting it run into the early hours of the morning is going to cause absolute chaos for those of us living right next to it.

"Mixing all-night drinking with a complete lack of transport is just a recipe for trouble, and it's our residential streets that will end up paying the price for it."

It's a race against time for the required changes to the premises licence to be made for Joshua versus Fury, with Millennium Stadium plc applying to the council to extend timings at the venue 'on a very limited one-off occasion'.

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Tyson Fury thinks Deontay Wilder shouldn't be fighting on the undercard

Should the fight go ahead as expected, the main event comes after several exciting showdowns on the undercard, including Deontay Wilder's face-off with Jai Opetaia.

Wilder comes into this test against the unbeaten cruiserweight champion with two defeats in his previous four fights, though the former heavyweight champion did secure a split-decision victory over Derek Chisora in April.

Despite headlining the undercard and being widely recognised as one of the hardest hitters of this generation, Fury - who beat 'The Bronze Bomber' on two of the three times they faced - believes the 41-year-old should have retired after his last defeat against him in October 2021.

"It’s silly, really, on Deontay’s part,” Fury told FightHype. "He shouldn’t be in the ring; he should be nowhere near a ring. It is a dying shame that this man has to continue to fight after he is shot to bits.

“He should have never fought again after I beat him the last time; that should have been the end of it, but needs must. If you are getting knocked out by people that you probably should have knocked out yourself, then you should walk away.

“Him and Chisora looked shockingly terrible when they fought. Chisora is like 145 years old. And he was taking Wilder’s knockout-power shots – that are not there anymore – flush in the face, not even budging him.”

Wilder's opponent, Opetaia is stepping up to heavyweight for the first time, and he will have to roll back the years in December - if the fight goes ahead - to get the better of the Australian.