The British boxer’s trainer and uncle Peter Fury announced the news, adding that the bout will take place in Manchester.

Fury senior tweeted that the rematch would be confirmed later on Friday, saying:

“Official announcement coming 12 noon (UK time, 1100 GMT).”

Hamburg-based Klitschko lost his WBA, IBF, IBO and WBO belts to Fury on points in Duesseldorf last November as the Ukranian suffered his first defeat in more than a decade.

Fury, from Manchester, northern England, was stripped of the IBF belt for agreeing to face Klitschko in a rematch.

That decision paved the way for Charles Martin to win the vacant IBF title when Ukrainian Vyacheslav Glazkov injured a knee during their bout in January.

The American will defend his title against Britain’s Anthony Joshua, an Olympic gold medallist in 2012, at London’s O2 Arena on Saturday.