Anthony Joshua vs Tyson Fury ring walk time confirmed as fans fume over decision

Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury's ring walks are likely to take place in the early hours of the morning in the UK - leaving fans furious.

Joshua and Fury will fight at Cardiff's Principality Stadium on December 11 in what promises to be one of the biggest British heavyweight bouts in boxing history.

But the time of the fight is being set to suit fans watching in the United States - an announcement which, given the fact that both fighters are British, did not go down particularly well at home. And new documents showing a ring walk time proposal appears to have gone down equally as badly.

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Anthony Joshua vs Tyson Fury ring walk times 'confirmed'

According to reports, a proposal has been sent to Cardiff Council, which deals with premises licence applications, requesting that the Principality Stadium remains open until 3:30am on fight night ahead of Joshua vs Fury.

As part of the application, the ring walk is said to be planned for 1am after what is described as a 'short live music performance'. Details of the specific performer have not yet been announced.

The reason for the application to Cardiff Council is because changes to the premises licence must be made to allow the stadium to remain open into the early hours of the morning and to permit the blockbuster fight to go ahead.

Taking to Twitter, one boxing fan wrote: "Might as well have it in Madison Square Garden then... it's meant to be the biggest BRITISH boxing match in history. Why are we pandering to America and Saudi with it?"

"Yet again trying to please the American fan base," another said. "Such a stupid time to have the main fight on at that time in the morning," a second said.

"Not really any point in having it in the UK if you're going to do a ring walk at 1am," another fumed.

While a fourth stated: "So we've got two British boxers fighting in the UK that should have happened about six years ago, now doing ring walks at 1am."

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Joshua has been represented in negotiations over the blockbuster fight by his long-time promoter Eddie Hearn and Matchroom Boxing - though Hearn himself has credited Saudi boxing promoter Turki Alalshikh for getting the deal to fight Fury finally rubberstamped.

He told Ariel Helwani on Tuesday: "It's probably one of the biggest sporting events of all time. Front page, back page... the country will completely stop to watch this fight. And he [Alalshikh] did it. He's the guy. Whether me and him end up falling out... we're cool, but the reality is, I will always tell you that I didn't make this fight. I couldn't make this fight for years. He did."

Dana White and his Zuffa Boxing stable have also claimed they are involved in the fight. White alleged that he had brokered a deal for the fight to be staged at Madison Square Garden before it was announced that it, in fact, wasn't going to be staged there.

He is now claiming that he and Zuffa will be involved in production - which Hearn has repeatedly stated would be in breach of the fight's contract terms. The UFC chief has struggled to answer questions when probed on his exact involvement in the fight.