{"id":622397,"date":"2026-06-05T09:39:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T09:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/622397\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T09:39:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T09:39:07","slug":"tyson-fury-very-interested-in-facing-one-of-the-most-avoided-heavyweights-lets-make-it-happen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/622397\/","title":{"rendered":"Tyson Fury &#8216;very interested&#8217; in facing &#8216;one of the most avoided heavyweights&#8217;: &#8220;Let&#8217;s make it happen&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/boxer\/tyson-fury\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tyson Fury<\/a> is set for a long-awaited clash with Anthony Joshua, but is seeking a warm-up first. Now, another contender has been thrown into the mix, with Fury understood to be \u2018very interested\u2019 in the proposed fight.<\/p>\n<p>Fury and Joshua\u2019s long-awaited clash has finally been signed, and will take place pending success in their respective \u2018tune-up\u2019 fights. While Joshua is scheduled to take on Kristian Prenga next month, Fury remains without an opponent for a reported August outing.<\/p>\n<p>Promoter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/boxing\/news\/12040\/13547527\/tyson-fury-british-boxers-warm-up-fight-for-mammoth-clash-against-anthony-joshua-set-to-be-announced-this-week-says-frank-warren\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Frank Warren has promised a \u2018good\u2019 opponent<\/a> but recently ruled out the possibility of \u2018The Gypsy King\u2019 taking on former Joshua vanquisher Andy Ruiz Jr, who is believed to have priced himself out of the bout.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.playuk.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Play UK<\/a>, another Joshua rival, Jarrell Miller, revealed that Fury is \u2018very interested\u2019 in a fight with him, whilst discussing a <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/news\/wilder-called-out-for-grudge-match\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">potential all-American showdown with Deontay Wilder<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am one of the most avoided heavyweights for a long time. We\u2019re seeing that now. We\u2019re trying to call Deontay Wilder out. He has no fight coming up. I\u2019m the top heavyweight in America right now, so we\u2019re trying to make some things happen. Let\u2019s see if he\u2019s going to bite the bullet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTyson Fury is very interested as well. I\u2019d love to fight those guys. Deontay or Tyson would be a lovely fight for me. Let\u2019s see if we can make it happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fury\u2019s manager Spencer Brown recently confirmed the willingness of both men to make that fight happen, however did say that Miller would likely not be able to complete a full training camp in time for the targeted date.<\/p>\n<p>The American has scored two victories already during 2026, overcoming both Kingsley Ibeh and Lenier Pero, with the 37-year-old hopeful that those triumphs will earn him another shot on the big stage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tyson Fury is set for a long-awaited clash with Anthony Joshua, but is seeking a warm-up first. Now,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":622398,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-622397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622397","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=622397"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622397\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/622398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=622397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=622397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=622397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}