{"id":678192,"date":"2026-07-07T08:48:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T08:48:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/678192\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T08:48:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T08:48:17","slug":"frazer-clarke-backs-tyson-furys-mariusz-wach-fight-before-anthony-joshua-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/678192\/","title":{"rendered":"Frazer Clarke Backs Tyson Fury’s Mariusz Wach Fight Before Anthony Joshua Clash"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Clarke, who defeated Wach in 2024, said there was little to criticize about the matchup, particularly with the event being staged for charity.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe fact that it\u2019s for charity, I think, is fantastic. There\u2019s not one negative thing to say about that. There\u2019s probably not a negative to say about it all, to be honest. It\u2019s strategical,\u201d said Clarke to Boxing King Media about Fury\u2019s decision to face 46-year-old Wach in a behind closed doors tune-up. \u201cWe know that it\u2019s Mariusz Wach. We know what he offers. He\u2019s a big lump. If he\u2019s preparing for AJ, he\u2019s probably bigger than AJ, I think.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s been around the block. I\u2019ve beat him myself. The last time I seen him boxing, Moses Itauma put him over. It\u2019s calculated. As we\u2019ve seen in boxing over the last few years, if you\u2019re at the top of the sport, you sort of choose what you do and what you don\u2019t do.\u201d<\/p>\n

Clarke also pointed to Fury remaining in Thailand for training camp, saying the bout gives him valuable ring time without disrupting preparations for a much bigger fight later in the year.<\/p>\n

\u201cTyson\u2019s doing that over in Thailand where he\u2019s training. Doesn\u2019t want to do too much traveling from the sounds of it. Flying Mariusz Wach in, a glorified spar, I think. But it\u2019ll go down as a contest. Probably smart stuff,\u201d said Clarke.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt keeps him busy, keeps him in fight preparation, doing the ring walk, doing everything, preparing up to a fight. I think this is basically just a keep-me-busy fight, a bit of a tick-over.\u201d<\/p>\n

Asked who would win between Wach and Anthony Joshua\u2019s upcoming opponent, Kristian Prenga, Clarke sided with the veteran Pole.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a good one. Mariusz Wach\u2019s no mug. I think Prenga\u2019s a little bit younger, a bit fresher, but Mariusz Wach could do him, you know.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fury meets Wach on July 24 in Pattaya, Thailand, one day before Joshua returns against Kristian Prenga in Saudi Arabia. Clarke sees the bout as little more than a calculated \u201cglorified spar,\u201d a low-risk assignment designed to keep Fury sharp before a much bigger fight later this year.<\/p>\n

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Olly Campbell is a boxing journalist who has covered the sport since 2014, providing ringside reporting and technical analysis of major bouts. His work focuses on fighter tendencies, tactical adjustments, and the details that shape high-level competition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Clarke, who defeated Wach in 2024, said there was little to criticize about the matchup, particularly with the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":678193,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-678192","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\/678192","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=678192"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678192\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/678193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=678192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=678192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=678192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}