{"id":645008,"date":"2026-06-18T09:05:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T09:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/645008\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T09:05:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T09:05:07","slug":"tyson-fury-reveals-former-champion-was-offered-next-fight-but-priced-himself-out-hes-a-bum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/645008\/","title":{"rendered":"Tyson Fury reveals former champion was offered next fight but ‘priced himself out’: “He’s a bum”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tyson Fury<\/a> is set to return to action in August as he prepares for a clash with Anthony Joshua, but has ruled out one possible opponent after negotiations collapsed.<\/p>\n

Fury ended his retirement back in April when he outboxed Russia\u2019s Arslanbek Makhmudov at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium<\/a>, before calling on a long-awaited showdown with \u2018AJ\u2019 during the aftermath.<\/p>\n

Joshua has signed the deal, but will have a warm-up fight first in order to shake off some ring rust and build up his relationship with new trainer, Iegor Golub.<\/p>\n

He will take on Albania\u2019s Kristian Prenga next month, whilst Fury is expected for a run out of his own in August, with former unified heavyweight champion and Joshua conqueror, Andy Ruiz Jr, amongst the names being mentioned.<\/p>\n

However, in an interview with iFL TV<\/a>, Fury revealed that Ruiz has \u2018priced himself out\u2019 of that opportunity.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll of these rumours of like Andy Ruiz, I can clear that up. Andy Ruiz has been contacted as a warm-up fight because that is all he is, a little, fat, bum, dosser. Although, he knocked out the bodybuilder [Joshua], he wouldn\u2019t come close to me. I would punch his head right in.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut, they asked for ridiculous numbers \u2013 numbers that they can\u2019t generate. This is not a stadium show, it is initially a \u2018keep busy\u2019 fight, back in the ring, action job.<\/p>\n

\u201cAndy Ruiz priced himself out, so did a few other people but we are still searching for an opponent.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ruiz has been out of the ring since a controversial draw with Jarrell Miller in 2024. He has teased a comeback in the years since, but nothing has materialised, and many feel he has missed out on reaching the heights of his famous \u2018AJ\u2019 win back in 2019.<\/p>\n

With Fury\u2019s proposed August date quickly approaching, a final decision on his opponent is expected soon.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tyson Fury is set to return to action in August as he prepares for a clash with Anthony…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":645009,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-645008","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\/645008","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=645008"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/645008\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/645009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=645008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=645008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=645008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}