{"id":623994,"date":"2026-06-06T06:43:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T06:43:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/623994\/"},"modified":"2026-06-06T06:43:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T06:43:15","slug":"anthony-joshua-names-five-potential-opponents-after-tyson-fury-fight-including-two-unbeaten-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/623994\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Joshua names five potential opponents after Tyson Fury fight including two unbeaten stars"},"content":{"rendered":"

Anthony Joshua believes there is a number of options on the table after he faces Tyson Fury.<\/p>\n

The British heavyweight is set for a big 2026 with his warm-up fight to come first against Kristian Prenga on July 25<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Fury and Joshua will meet at long last this yearCredit: Getty<\/p>\n

Providing he avoids a disastrous slip-up, AJ has signed to face bitter rival Fury, with the pair set to meet after years and years of failed attempts.<\/p>\n

Many believe that for both commercial superstars, who are coming to the end of their careers, retirement could beckon for whoever is defeated.<\/p>\n

Joshua is now 37 but has indicated he could fight<\/a> until he is 40-years-old.<\/p>\n

And after suggesting he’d be open to facing Moses Itauma<\/a>, the Watford bruiser has a list of alternative names.<\/p>\n

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He told The Ring: \u201cWith me and Fury, it can\u2019t be the only one.<\/p>\n

“Because I know if I stay around long enough, there\u2019s the rematch with Daniel Dubois<\/a>, there\u2019s a potential Fabio Wardley<\/a> fight.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s the Agit Kabayel fight out there, providing he becomes champion, how big that would be. <\/p>\n

“There\u2019s an Itauma fight as he\u2019s coming up the rankings, there\u2019s still the Deontay Wilder<\/a> fight out there.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese are gonna be massive fights, so Fury\u2019s just another number, and I\u2019m trying to say: I don\u2019t put him on any pedestal, he isn’t above anyone. <\/p>\n

“They\u2019re all in my way, all on the same level. I\u2019m not putting him above anyone.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Joshua is open to rematching Dubois among other leading namesCredit: Getty<\/p>\n

A fight with Wilder could be a realistic option given their history and with Wilder too a veteran.<\/p>\n

But Kabayel and Itauma seem realistic given they are in their primes, and are seen as the new kids on the block.<\/p>\n

Joshua – Full focus on Prenga and Fury<\/p>\n

Nonetheless, his ambition is to beat the opposition in front of him, particularly the ‘Gypsy King’.<\/p>\n

Verbal warfare has already began again between the pair, who are now set to duel in a blockbuster clash and perhaps British boxing’s biggest.<\/p>\n

Despite personal turmoil, he is ready to go and prove why he is still the division’s leading star power.<\/p>\n

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He told talkSPORT: “Bring on Prenga, but bring on Fury as well.<\/p>\n

“I’ve happily signed the contract, I saw it was a two-fight deal when it was presented with the Fury fight.<\/p>\n

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“They told me when I beat Prenga, it would be Tyson Fury. But it’s no problem to me, and there’s no pressure.<\/p>\n

“I know what is required of me and I stepped up to the plate.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Anthony Joshua believes there is a number of options on the table after he faces Tyson Fury. The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":623995,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-623994","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\/623994","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=623994"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623994\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/623995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=623994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=623994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=623994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}