Tyson Fury returns to the ring for a rematch with Anthony Joshua after losing to Oleksandr Usyk.
Published May 27, 2026
Tyson Fury says he plans to return to the ring in Dublin on August 1, a week after fellow former world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua returns.
Both boxers are likely to head to the much-anticipated Battle of Britain in November, but it looks like both boxers will first have a preliminary fight.
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Joshua will face unheralded Albanian Christian Prengga in Riyadh on July 25 in his first fight since being involved in a car accident in Nigeria that killed two of his best friends in December.
Fury posted a video on his Instagram Story of himself returning to training in Thailand, with the caption: “Let’s go to Dublin, Ireland on August 1st.”
The fight is likely to take place that day in Dublin on a card put together by veteran promoter Frank Warren.
The opponent has not been announced, but Warren has ruled out a fight between Fury and Andy Ruiz Jr., who dethroned Joshua as world champion in 2019 but lost in a rematch later that year.
Fury returned from a 16-month retirement with a commanding points victory over Russia’s Arslanbek Makhmudov in April, and immediately approached Joshua at ringside.
Rather than a head-to-head showdown at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, a verbal exchange ensued with Joshua teasing Fury and declaring: “I’m the landlord. Don’t forget that. You work for me.”
Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn said afterwards: “Signed, sealed and delivered! AJ vs. Fury is on.”
