{"id":669672,"date":"2026-07-02T11:21:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T11:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/669672\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T11:21:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T11:21:07","slug":"anthony-joshua-offered-world-title-shot-by-heavyweight-champion-ill-wait-for-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/669672\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Joshua offered world title shot by heavyweight champion: “I’ll wait for you”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Anthony Joshua<\/a> could be presented with a world title shot in 2027, but first he must take care of Tyson Fury<\/a> later this year.<\/p>\n

The two British heavyweights are expected to collide in November, yet we are still awaiting the announcement of a specific date, location and promoter.<\/p>\n

What we do know, however, is that Fury and \u2018AJ\u2019 will enter respective warm-up fights against Mariusz Wach<\/a> and Kristian Prenga on the same weekend.<\/p>\n

The first of which will take place at the Max Muay Thai Stadium in Pattaya, Thailand, on July 24, with 46-year-old veteran Wach having been selected as a low-risk opponent.<\/p>\n

It would also seem that there are no plans to broadcast this fight, but rather for it to be treated as an exclusive event for the 2,000 fans in attendance.<\/p>\n

Joshua, meanwhile, has equally been matched with a low-risk opponent, only it could be argued that even Kristian Prenga poses a greater threat than Wach.<\/p>\n

Regardless, the 36-year-old is heavily favoured to come through his contest in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on July 25, before entering a long-awaited showdown with Fury.<\/p>\n

If he defeats \u2018The Gypsy King\u2019, Joshua is then likely to pursue three-time world championship glory, potentially against newly-crowned WBC ruler Agit Kabayel.<\/p>\n

Speaking with Sky Sports<\/a>, the German insisted that he will be waiting for either Joshua or Fury, having previously sparred both heavyweights on numerous occasions.<\/p>\n

\u201cTyson Fury, Anthony Joshua, when you think you have a chance to be a three-time world champion, let\u2019s do it. Kabayel will wait for you.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe can make the fight but first of all I think all the fans, the British fans, want to see the Anthony Joshua versus Tyson Fury fight and, after that, we can see who\u2019s best for the fight with me.<\/p>\n

\u201cFirst of all AJ [for Fury] and after, why not? This is a big fight. We can make this also in Germany in a stadium. We can make this in the UK in a stadium.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kabayel was elevated from \u2018interim\u2019 to full WBC champion following Oleksandr Usyk\u2019s decision to vacate his three belts<\/a> and, in turn, avoid any mandatory duties.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Anthony Joshua could be presented with a world title shot in 2027, but first he must take care…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":669673,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-669672","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\/669672","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=669672"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669672\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/669673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=669672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=669672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=669672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}