{"id":657569,"date":"2026-06-25T13:40:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T13:40:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/657569\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T13:40:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T13:40:13","slug":"tyson-fury-makes-u-turn-on-facing-moses-itauma-i-will-do-the-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/657569\/","title":{"rendered":"Tyson Fury makes u-turn on facing Moses Itauma: “I will do the job”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tyson Fury<\/a> appears to have had a change of heart when it comes to facing Moses Itauma<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Fury is currently on the path to taking on long-term rival Anthony Joshua<\/a>, with the pair finally set to collide later this year, though the date and location is yet to be confirmed.<\/a><\/p>\n

Another fight that would intrigue fans is a potential clash between \u2018The Gypsy King\u2019 and rising star Itauma, but speaking in his post-fight press conference<\/a> after defeating Arslanbek Makhmudov in April, Fury previously said he had no intention of doing it.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not interested in Daniel Dubois, I\u2019m not interested in Moses [Itauma]. I\u2019m not interested in all these guys.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey are all great fighters and I wish them all the best of luck in the world but I want to fight Anthony Joshua, that is it. Or, if AJ don\u2019t want it, then let\u2019s get Usyk in the trilogy.\u201d<\/p>\n

That could now be about to change though, after Fury told IFL TV<\/a> that a lucrative offer would tempt him into facing the highly-rated youngster.<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously money [would tempt me to fight Itauma]. For sure, I am a prizefighter, show me the money and I will do the job.<\/p>\n

But at the end of the day, if there is no big money involved, what is the point? He doesn\u2019t have a belt, he doesn\u2019t have nothing, what is it for?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t need to fight f***ing kids, do you know what I mean? Listen, Moses is a good kid, he is a great boxer and everything, brilliant, but unless its going to big money, why would I want to fight Moses for f**k all?\u201d<\/p>\n

Itauma returns to action on August 29 when he takes on Filip Hrgovic<\/a>, and if both he and Fury continue to win, a showdown in 2027 could be one of the biggest fights to make in boxing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tyson Fury appears to have had a change of heart when it comes to facing Moses Itauma. Fury…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":657570,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-657569","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\/657569","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=657569"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/657569\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/657570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=657569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=657569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=657569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}