Fury may return before Anthony Joshua as July 25 bout in Riyadh delays final timeline
Tyson Fury could take another fight before facing Anthony Joshua as no date has been finalized for their heavyweight clash. The timeline hinges on Joshua’s July 25 bout in Riyadh, which must be cleared before plans move forward.
“He may decide he wants to do another fight,” Warren told Sky Sports. “It wouldn’t surprise me. Tyson wants to keep busy. Tyson has to have focus in his life as far as boxing is concerned. It’s having a date.”
No firm date has been agreed for Fury vs Joshua. Warren pointed to the July 25 bout as the immediate blocker, saying the situation cannot move forward until Joshua gets through that assignment.
“We’ll have to talk about that afterward. Let’s hope he doesn’t lose,” Warren said of Joshua’s fight with Prenga. “If he ain’t going to beat this fellow, he ain’t going to beat Tyson, that’s for sure. He’s got to go out and do a job.”
Warren said that Joshua’s return is also about shaking off inactivity and dealing with the aftermath of the car crash that claimed two of his friends. He described the July fight as a necessary step before any major event.
If both fighters come through their interim bouts, the current expectation is a fight later in the year, likely in October or November. Fury would prefer it sooner, with Warren mentioning August or September as his side’s ideal window.
Venue discussions remain open. Wembley Stadium has been mentioned, though Saudi Arabia remains involved in financing the event, which continues to shape planning.
Warren said there are no concerns over negotiations like billing or ringwalk order, pointing instead to the scale of the purses and commercial demand.
“The money they’re getting paid, they can skip in, do cartwheels into the ring,” he said. “It’s huge money,” said Warren about Fury and Joshua.
Additional elements, including entertainment requests tied to the event, have been discussed but are not expected to affect whether the fight happens.
Joshua fights in July, and Fury may do the same. The main event still has no date, and everything depends on both men getting through the next step.