{"id":746917,"date":"2026-06-19T15:17:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T15:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/746917\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T15:17:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T15:17:11","slug":"tyson-fury-makes-u-turn-on-facing-the-man-he-said-hed-never-fight-ill-take-it-to-wembley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/746917\/","title":{"rendered":"Tyson Fury makes u-turn on facing the man he said he’d never fight: “I’ll take it to Wembley”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tyson Fury<\/a> has revealed his contingency plan for if the Anthony Joshua<\/a> showdown falls through, outlining his desire to become a three-time world heavyweight champion.<\/p>\n

The two Brits are set to collide after their respective next outings, yet no specific date or location has been announced for their long-awaited clash.<\/p>\n

What has been confirmed, however, is that Joshua will face little-known opponent Kristian Prenga in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on July 25<\/a>.<\/p>\n

While the 36-year-old is heavily favoured to emerge victorious, there is still a possibility that he loses to Prenga. In which case, the Fury fight would swiftly go up in smoke.<\/p>\n

Equally, Fury must win his second warm-up fight, which is slated for August, if he is to have any chance of squaring off with his long-time rival, whether later this year or in early 2027.<\/p>\n

The 37-year-old therefore recognises that there are a number of factors, both in and out of the ring, that could put their domestic dustup in serious doubt.<\/p>\n

Perhaps this is why he has now opened the door to an encounter with Agit Kabayel<\/a>, despite having previously claimed that he would not be interested in the matchup<\/a> for \u2018any amount of money\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey are my two brothers. They are both lovely guys, and they are both future world heavyweight champions. Agit Kabayel and Joseph Parker. He has been a champion before, so he knows what it is about.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wish them all the very best in the world and I won\u2019t fight either man for any amount of money because some things ain\u2019t worth fighting for.\u201d<\/p>\n

In any case, Oleksandr Usyk must first decide whether to face Kabayel<\/a>, the WBC \u2018interim\u2019 champion, or swerve his mandatory challenger and pursue alternative options.<\/p>\n

If the 33-year-old German is left without an opponent then Fury has told IFL TV<\/a> that he would now gladly step in the ring with him.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf [Usyk] pulls out of the fight with Kabayel, then I\u2019m in with Kabayel. So if the Joshua fight doesn\u2019t happen, for whatever reason, then I\u2019ll get my shot at [becoming a three-time world champion] against Kabayel. And I\u2019ll take it to Wembley [Stadium].\u201d<\/p>\n

As the WBC\u2019s No.1 contender, Fury would be offered a shot at the full title, against Kabayel, if Usyk decides to vacate his green and gold belt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tyson Fury has revealed his contingency plan for if the Anthony Joshua showdown falls through, outlining his desire…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":746918,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":["post-746917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-boxing","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/746917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=746917"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/746917\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/746918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=746917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=746917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=746917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}