Joshua’s coach dims fans' hope of a bout with Tyson Fury next year
Expected to make good on his comeback next year, fans have been warned about getting their hopes up about Anthony Joshua finally facing Tyson Fury in the ring.
Linked with a massive return to boxing as part of a premier trip to Ghana to compete, former two-time heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua has been tied to a laundry list of potential opponents.
And expected to fight toward the start of 2026, Joshua is then planned to return in the summer with a view to potentially settling his historic rivalry with former world champion Tyson Fury.
However, the Watford puncher’s long-time head coach is not sold on his student ever sharing the ring with the Morecambe native in an all-British showdown.
Tied at the hip for years, it seems, Joshua and Fury have been on a definite collision course since their initial runs as world champions began in the 2010s.
However, failing to ever settle their long-standing differences, Joshua’s lead promoter, Eddie Hearn, claimed he was hopeful of eventually booking the Olympian against Fury, as soon as next summer, in fact.
But in a new update from Joshua’s camp, his head trainer Ben Davison has claimed a pairing is not “looking promising”, despite Hearn’s continued efforts.
“I don’t have the answer, if I did I’d be a very rich man,” Davison told Sky Sports on whether a fight between Joshua and Fury will take place. “However, at the moment, I think that — currently at the moment, we’re talking about somebody who’s been retired for a year.
