Fury, who returns to the ring in opposition to Makhmudov on Saturday, says he needs to face his compatriot Joshua subsequent.
Revealed On 9 Apr 2026
Tyson Fury needs to combat Anthony Joshua in a long-awaited conflict of British former heavyweight world champions if he wins his comeback in opposition to Canada-based Russian Arslanbek Makhmudov.
Fury, 37, has come out of retirement for the fifth time in his profession to get again into the ring on the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London on Saturday, and is wanting nicely past the weekend.
“I’ve bought Arslanbek Makhmudov to consider on Saturday evening, however all going nicely [Joshua is] the combat I need subsequent,” he instructed BBC Radio on Wednesday.
“I do know he simply had his combat with Jake Paul, no matter … a combat’s a combat, actually. So yeah, I’ll be prepared for that immediately after this.”
Joshua, 36, final fought in December when he dealt American Jake Paul a actuality test with a savage sixth-spherical knockout in Miami.
A couple of days after that, the previous WBA, IBF and WBO champion was taken to hospital in Nigeria following a automobile accident that killed two shut mates.
American former WBC world champion Deontay Wilder has additionally referred to as out Joshua for a long-awaited matchup after beating Briton Derek Chisora on a split-decision final Saturday.
Joshua made his first public look because the automobile crash when he was seen at London’s O2 Enviornment for Chisora’s bout in opposition to Wilder.
Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn has stated Joshua wants time to heal earlier than contemplating stepping again into the ring himself.
Fury, who has not fought since dropping to Ukraine’s reigning world champion Oleksandr Usyk in December 2024, dismissed the thought of a Joshua versus Wilder combat.
“I’ve by no means seen two males slide as a lot as these two,” he stated of the Wilder vs Chisora bout. “They appear like a few membership fighters from a white-collar match in a neighborhood leisure centre. It was unhappy for me to look at.”
