If boxing promoter Kalle Sauerland is to be believed, Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua will finally meet in the boxing ring this year.
Sauerland is in London for this weekend’s Derek Chisora vs. Deontay Wilder boxing match. Ahead of the fight, he spoke with The Stomping Ground, and claimed Fury and Wilder will fight in Dublin.
“AJ-Fury, I’ve heard it’s done for Dublin later this year, so I think that will get announced pretty soon,” he said.
Dublin is certainly an interesting choice for the fight. Fury and Joshua are both Brits, which would suggest their fight would occur in England. However, a fight-crazed city like Dublin will surely show up for the matchup in droves.
Wherever it happens, it’s going to be big business.
Anthony Joshua vs. Tyson Fury years in the making
Joshua and Fury are two of the best heavyweight boxers of this generation, having both won multiple titles throughout their careers. While both men have battled much of the top opposition available, they have somehow managed to avoid fighting each other. Fans will surely be glad if that finally changes this year, even if it would have been preferable to see it a few years ago, when both were closer to their primes.
Fury, known for his surprising agility, range, and technique, has not fought since a pair of decision losses to heavyweight apex predator Oleksandr Usyk in 2024. He announced his retirement following those losses, but as with his many previous retirement claims, it was short-lived. He’s now set to return to the ring opposite Arslanbek Makhmudov on April 11. The fight will air on Netflix.
Joshua, a devastating knockout puncher, last fought in December, also on Netflix. On that night, he scored a brutal knockout win over social media transplant Jake Paul. While technically a professional bout, he was so many levels above Paul that it hardly felt like a legitimate fight. That was certainly not the case in his next most recent fight, when he suffered a knockout loss of his own opposite Daniel Dubois.