{"id":309142,"date":"2025-12-10T16:10:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T16:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/309142\/"},"modified":"2025-12-10T16:10:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T16:10:09","slug":"tyson-fury-tipped-to-accept-new-world-title-fight-in-comeback-plan-before-oleksandr-usyk-pursuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/309142\/","title":{"rendered":"Tyson Fury tipped to accept new world title fight in comeback plan before Oleksandr Usyk pursuit"},"content":{"rendered":"

Spencer Oliver believes Tyson Fury could pursue a world title showdown with Fabio Wardley in the new year.<\/p>\n

Fury is toying with the idea of a boxing comeback<\/a> after retiring for the umpteenth time early this year, after back-to-back defeats against Oleksandr Usyk<\/a> in 2024.<\/p>\n

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Fury has opened the door to a comeback on multiple occasionsCredit: Getty<\/p>\n

Several options are understood to be on the table for the ‘Gypsy King’ if he does return in 2026 including a huge two-fight deal with bitter rival Anthony Joshua<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Briton himself has suggested he is most open to a trilogy<\/a> with Usyk, as he searches for redemption.<\/p>\n

But if he does meet the Ukrainian, he would likely need a comeback fight to work away any ring rust after a year away from the ring.<\/p>\n

And albeit ambitious, Oliver has proposed that Fury first takes on newly crowned WBO champion Fabio Wardley in a shot for the world title.<\/p>\n

Read More In Boxing<\/p>\n

He said on the latest episode of talkBOXING<\/a>: “I imagine his first opponent will be less of a calibre.<\/p>\n

“Obviously he will be looking at Oleksandr Usyk and Anthony Joshua, but I think Fabio Wardley will be in that mix now.<\/p>\n

“I think he will be looking at that, and after his win over Joseph Parker, it could be a route back to a world title very quickly.<\/p>\n

“There would be a world title on the line, and he may see that as his easiest option.<\/p>\n

“He can get that WBO title, get to Usyk again and then the undisputed titles are on the line again.<\/p>\n

“But if he wants to fight Usyk, he could look at Wardley, it makes sense as he may want to take some bling into it.<\/p>\n

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Oliver believes Fury would be open to facing Wardley and a bout would make senseCredit: TalkSPORT<\/p>\n

“This could be a possibility, Tyson Fury may not even need an easier fight to get his confidence back.”<\/p>\n

Could Fabio Wardley vs Tyson Fury actually happen?<\/p>\n

Wardley, as revealed to talkSPORT, is now set to return in April<\/a> after being crowned WBO world title holder.<\/p>\n

The Ipswich native inherited the belt, with Usyk vacating the title<\/a> and electing not to take him on.<\/p>\n

A number of leading contenders are well ranked and could be in line including Queensberry stablemate Daniel Dubois.<\/p>\n

Fury is not currently ranked in the top 15 of the division with the WBO, but could be considered as an entry should he declare he is now active again.<\/p>\n

The Morecambe technician has been complimentary of Wardley in the past, but the pair haven’t openly revealed whether they’d be open to the clash.<\/p>\n

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Wardley has yet to commit to his next option but is open to most challengers bar Moses ItaumaCredit: Queensberry\/Leigh Dawney<\/p>\n

Wardley’s promoter Frank Warren has suggested there are numerous options that could be explored.<\/p>\n

Read More on talkSPORT<\/p>\n

He said: “We will see where we go. Fabio will be returning to the ring in April now, I am meeting up with him and his manager next week.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are going to get some lunch and decide what we are doing. There are plenty of options.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Spencer Oliver believes Tyson Fury could pursue a world title showdown with Fabio Wardley in the new year.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":309143,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[6565,2560,6102,77989,4036,101,6901,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-309142","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-anthony-joshua","9":"tag-boxing","10":"tag-boxing-news","11":"tag-fabio-wardley","12":"tag-oleksandr-usyk","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-tyson-fury","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom","17":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=309142"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309142\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/309143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=309142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=309142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=309142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}