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LONDON. — Tyson Fury wants to fight Anthony Joshua in a long-awaited clash of British former heavyweight world champions if he wins his comeback against Canada-based Russian Arslanbek Makhmudov in London tomorrow.
Fury, 37, has come out of retirement for the fifth time in his career to get back into the ring at the Tottenham Hotspur stadium and is looking well beyond the weekend.
“I’ve got Arslanbek Makhmudov to think of on Saturday night, but all going well (Joshua is) the fight I want next,” he told BBC radio on Wednesday.
“I know he just had his fight with Jake Paul, whatever… a fight’s a fight really. So yeah, I’ll be ready for that straight away after this.”
Joshua, 36, last fought in December when he dealt American Jake Paul a reality check with a savage sixth round knockout in Miami.
A few days after that, the former WBA, IBF and WBO champion was taken to hospital in Nigeria following a car accident that killed two close friends.American former WBC world champion Deontay Wilder has also called out Joshua for a long-awaited matchup after beating Briton Derek Chisora on a split-decision last Saturday. Fury, who has not fought since losing to Ukraine’s reigning world champion Oleksandr Usyk in December 2024, dismissed the idea of that happening.
“I’ve never seen two men slide as much as these two,” he said of the Wilder v Chisora bout. “They look like a couple of club fighters from a white-collar match in a local leisure centre. It was sad for me to watch.”
Meanwhile, Fury has addressed the poor ticket sales for his latest ring return.
The Gypsy King ends his fifth retirement from boxing tomorrow night for a Tottenham Hotspur Stadium tussle with fellow man-mountain Arslanbek Makhmudov.
But unlike his foray to the home of Prem strugglers Spurs in December 2022, his comeback clash with the bear-wrestling Russian has yet to sell out. Fight fans were last week able to buy tickets for the bout for a TENNER on resale website Viagogo.Hundreds of seats are still available to purchase through official and unofficial vendors.Many have claimed the sheer number of tickets still available is a testament to Fury’s days as a draw being over. But the Wythenshawe warrior has a theory for why the fight has yet to sell out.
During an appearance on Good Morning Britain, he said: “It’s been a — let’s just say it’s been a very busy few months with the boxing scene all around the world.“Especially in the UK, there has been a lot of big fights on.”
Fury, 37, has no doubt in his mind that the stadium will be at full capacity when he makes his ring walk.—Reuters.
