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Fury is gong to take the risk of a warm-up fight this summer in AugustCredit: Getty<\/p>\n
But it was confirmed his rival will first take on Kristian Prenga<\/a> in a warm-up fight in July.<\/p>\n Fury is expected to then face Joshua in October or November, with a date to be confirmed<\/a> once the warm-up bout is over.<\/p>\n But the Morecambe native has now decided he wants his own run-out, to maintain his activity after beating Arslanbek Makhmudov<\/a> in April.<\/p>\n He has revealed in a fresh interview that the bout will likely be in August, but has warned it could spell disaster.<\/p>\n Read More In Boxing<\/p>\n Fury explained: \u201cSo my fight plan this year with three fights. So it will be April, August, and whenever the big fights announced either October, November.<\/p>\n “We haven\u2019t got an opponent yet. But again, it\u2019s never about the opponent. <\/p>\n “It\u2019s just about me versus me always. \u201cSo, whoever the opponent is, if it\u2019s Joe Blogs or if it\u2019s Mike Tyson, it\u2019s all important to me. <\/p>\n “It\u2019s just the run out for me. Like, just to get sharper for the big one.<\/p>\n \u201cListen, I might get knocked out my next fight in August. So then it\u2019s all over it. So I got to take one fight at a time, and they\u2019re all deadly serious fights.”<\/p>\n Who could Fury face as a warm-up opponent?<\/p>\n For Joshua, his warm-up opponent is an unbeaten fighter, but is considered limited opposition given he is far away from the top 20 of the world rankings.<\/p>\n 2<\/p>\n Joshua will take a risk with Fury, with defeat for either to put their bout in jeopardyCredit: Getty<\/p>\n Fury will take his own risk, but is currently unclear what calibre of opposition he will choose.<\/p>\n It could well be a backwards step from the level of Makhmudov, who gave Fury a resillient test at times.<\/p>\n Andy Ruiz Jr has suggested he’d be open to facing the Briton, but could be too much of a risk at this late stage.<\/p>\n Dave Allen, who lost to Filip Hrgovic recently, also suggested he’d accept a run-out clash with Fury.<\/a><\/p>\n In an update on Fury’s return, promoter Frank Warren added: “He will fight, he wants to fight \u2014 he\u2019s made that very clear. <\/p>\n “He doesn\u2019t want to be back in the ring by November, which I think will be a gap of about seven or eight months.<\/p>\n Boxing schedule<\/p>\n![\"Anthony](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1779223992_886_anthony-joshua-attendance-ahead-heavyweight-1079614518.jpg\")
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