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Goodison Park is being lined up as the "dream" venue for Tony Bellew's shot at world title glory.

Terms have been agreed for the Wavertree fighter to face Ilunga Makabu this summer for the WBC cruiserweight title - and Everton could host the fight.

Bellew has long dreamt of fighting for world honours at his beloved Goodison and it is understood that the Old Lady is promoter Eddie Hearn's preferred choice as fight venue.

A date of Saturday, June 4 is what Bellew is working towards with talks underway for the fight to take place at Goodison, although nothing has been agreed.

Bellew starred in Hollywood blockbuster Creed, the latest film in the Rocky series, and Goodison was the venue for final fight scene where his character - Ricky Conlan - takes on Adonis Creed.

And now the 33-year-old could be fighting at Goodison for real after a deal was struck for him to face Makabu.

Hearn said: "We have made no secret of our desire to stage this bout at Goodison to recreate the scenes of the recent Creed movie - it's a fairytale story and the Club are very keen to make it happen.

"The working date is June 4 and we hope to have venue and date confirmation sometime next week."



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