{"id":320369,"date":"2025-12-17T05:52:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T05:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/320369\/"},"modified":"2025-12-17T05:52:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T05:52:10","slug":"tyson-furys-stance-on-anthony-joshua-fight-becomes-clear-as-frank-warren-provides-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/320369\/","title":{"rendered":"Tyson Fury&#8217;s stance on Anthony Joshua fight becomes clear as Frank Warren provides update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tyson Fury has indicated that he will lock horns with Anthony Joshua next year if it makes business sense.<\/p>\n<p>That is according to his promoter, <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/who\/frank-warren\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Frank Warren<\/a>, who insists that the fight is being targeted for the back end of next summer.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Warren believes Fury will fight Joshua in 2026\" height=\"640\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"Getty\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2190064659.jpg\" data-caption=\"Warren believes Fury will fight Joshua in 2026\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2190064659.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>3<\/p>\n<p>Warren believes Fury will fight Joshua in 2026Credit: Getty<\/p>\n<p>Warren&#8217;s words come after the Turki Alalshikh-owned Ring Magazine reported that the British heavyweight titans are being <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/boxing\/3817219\/tyson-fury-anthony-joshua-fight-plans-revealed\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">lined up for a Riyadh Season headliner in 2026.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The article went on to add that Fury and Joshua will compete in separate tune-up fights in early 2026 to set up the long-awaited all-British showdown.<\/p>\n<p>Joshua is expected to box over in Saudi Arabia in February, following his high-profile Netflix clash with <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/who\/jake-paul\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jake Paul<\/a> on Friday night.<\/p>\n<p>Fury will also launch his comeback sometime in the first quarter of 2026 after hanging up his gloves in January.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE ON BOXING We have accepted! Eddie Hearn REVEALS Anthony Joshua vs Tyson Fury plans amid Jake Paul reports!<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The Gypsy King&#8217; has gone back and forth over reversing his retirement, but <a aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/boxing\/news\/12040\/13483718\/tyson-fury-has-indicated-he-will-return-to-fight-anthony-joshua-in-2026-if-deal-is-right-confirms-frank-warren\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Warren remains confident that his client will fight again.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Frank Warren provides Tyson Fury vs Anthony Joshua update<\/p>\n<p>Warren told\u00a0Sky Sports News:\u00a0&#8220;There&#8217;s been some talks going on, there&#8217;s nothing been signed yet, but Tyson&#8217;s indicated if it&#8217;s the right deal, he&#8217;ll definitely do it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think it&#8217;s going in the right direction, and hopefully we&#8217;ll get some news pretty soon as to what&#8217;s going to happen&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;AJ&#8217;s fighting, or whatever you want to call it, this week against Jake Paul and there&#8217;s talk of him fighting again early in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Tyson&#8217;s been out for a while now. He may have a warm-up fight, but if this fight happens &#8211; which I believe it will &#8211; it will be sometime in late summer.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So that&#8217;s another seven months away, so he&#8217;ll certainly have a fight in between I think if he comes back.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Jake Paul and Anthony Joshua\" height=\"540\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"Getty\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1765950729_77_crop-3791226.jpg\" data-caption=\"Joshua will have to get through Paul and another tune-up opponent before he meets Fury\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1765950729_77_crop-3791226.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>3<\/p>\n<p>Joshua will have to get through Paul and another tune-up opponent before he meets FuryCredit: Getty<\/p>\n<p>On Fury&#8217;s current condition, Warren added: &#8220;He has been in the gym full-time training very hard.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s in great nick, he looks well, and he&#8217;s said many times himself he would like to come back and fight again.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And 2026, I believe, provided the deal&#8217;s right, I think you&#8217;ll see him back in the ring again.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>What is Anthony Joshua&#8217;s stance?<\/p>\n<p>Joshua&#8217;s handlers seem just as keen to get the fight over the line.<\/p>\n<p>Matchroom Boxing chief <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/who\/eddie-hearn\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Eddie Hearn<\/a> told <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/boxing\/3732295\/eddie-hearn-tyson-fury-anthony-joshua\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">talkSPORT back in November that Joshua and Co. had accepted their side of the deal.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0&#8220;What I can tell you is Turki Alalshikh has told us, \u2018I am going to make AJ v <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/who\/tyson-fury\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tyson Fury<\/a>. This is your deal. Do you accept?\u2019&#8221; said Hearn.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"According to Hearn, they have accepted their side of the deal to face Fury\" height=\"640\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"Mark Robinson\/Matchroom\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/0K8A6060.jpg\" data-caption=\"According to Hearn, they have accepted their side of the deal to face Fury\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/0K8A6060.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>3<\/p>\n<p>According to Hearn, they have accepted their side of the deal to face FuryCredit: Mark Robinson\/Matchroom<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have accepted. Is the fight made? No.<\/p>\n<p>Read More on talkSPORT<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Because I don\u2019t know where he\u2019s at with Tyson Fury. All I know is he\u2019s yet to fail in delivering a fight&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s Turki Alalshikh\u2019s responsibility to talk to Tyson Fury and try and make the deal. I can\u2019t tell you we\u2019re fighting Tyson Fury.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tyson Fury has indicated that he will lock horns with Anthony Joshua next year if it makes business&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":320370,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[6565,2560,6102,15283,19056,13666,101,6901,56,54,55,4862],"class_list":["post-320369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-anthony-joshua","tag-boxing","tag-boxing-news","tag-date","tag-frank-warren","tag-plan","tag-sports","tag-tyson-fury","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-update"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320369","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=320369"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320369\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/320370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=320369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=320369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=320369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}