{"id":639864,"date":"2026-06-15T13:06:05","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T13:06:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/639864\/"},"modified":"2026-06-15T13:06:05","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T13:06:05","slug":"tyson-fury-confirms-undefeated-ko-artist-is-in-the-running-to-be-his-next-opponent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/639864\/","title":{"rendered":"Tyson Fury confirms undefeated KO artist is in the running to be his next opponent"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tyson Fury is set to return to action in \u201cJuly or August\u201d ahead of a long-awaited clash with Anthony Joshua. Now, \u2018The Gypsy King\u2019 has confirmed that one undefeated knockout artist is being \u2018spoken about\u2019 as a possible opponent.<\/p>\n

Fury originally wanted to take on Anthony Joshua in the summer, but \u2018AJ\u2019 \u2013 whose solitary outing since a September 2024 KO defeat to Daniel Dubois was against Jake Paul \u2013 booked a \u2018warm-up\u2019 fight in the interim.<\/p>\n

Joshua takes on Albania\u2019s Kristian Prenga on July 25, so Fury has been searching for a dance partner of his own. If both men win, it is understood that they will face off in November.<\/p>\n

Eight days ago, Boxing News revealed that Fury could take on an Albanian of his own<\/a>, with recent sparring partner Nelson Hysa considered to be \u2018the leading option\u2019 according to a source close to the event.<\/p>\n

Now, speaking to iFL TV<\/a>, Fury has confirmed that 41-year-old Hysa is being \u2018talked about\u2019 by his team as a potential candidate for the away corner.<\/p>\n

\u201cNelson has been one of the names that has been talked about, he is a highly-ranked, undefeated guy, knockout artist. So, he has been one of the guys that has been spoke of.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cHe has been spoken about for the fight.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fury has previously stated that his return could come on August 1 in Dublin<\/a>, with the undercard of Pierce O\u2019Leary and Mark Chamberlain\u2019s super-lightweight showdown seemingly the show. However, recent developments in the US \u2013 \u2018The Gypsy King\u2019 hinting that he would be working with Dana White going forward- make those plans seem less likely.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tyson Fury is set to return to action in \u201cJuly or August\u201d ahead of a long-awaited clash with…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":639865,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-639864","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\/639864","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=639864"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639864\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/639865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=639864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=639864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=639864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}