Fury, who returns to the ring towards 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 towards 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 trying nicely past the weekend.
“I’ve received Arslanbek Makhmudov to consider on Saturday night time, 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.
Just a few days after that, the previous WBA, IBF and WBO champion was taken to hospital in Nigeria following a automotive accident that killed two shut buddies.
American former WBC world champion Deontay Wilder has additionally known 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 automotive crash when he was seen at London’s O2 Enviornment for Chisora’s bout towards 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 shedding to Ukraine’s reigning world champion Oleksandr Usyk in December 2024, dismissed the concept 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 to be a few membership fighters from a white-collar match in an area leisure centre. It was unhappy for me to look at.”
