TYSON FURY wants old foe Oleksandr Usyk to corner Anthony Joshua if their long-overdue Battle of Britain finally comes to fruition.
AJ, 36, ahead of his Miami mauling of last December.
Anthony Joshua has recently been training with Oleksandr UsykCredit: Instagram @rtfight_com
Tyson Fury wants Usyk to be in AJ’s corner if their showdown ever comes to fruitionCredit: Reuters
The Watford warrior is to continue enlisting the help of his former opponent’s team ahead of his return, which is tentatively slated to take place in July.
Team AJ are eyeing a domestic dust-up with Fury, who next month, for the fourth quarter of the year or early in 2027.
And hopes to see his own two-time conqueror in AJ’s corner when they eventually trade heavy leather.
He told Sky Sports : “If it’s a fight to be made, let’s get it done. Let me get Makhmudov out of the way, and we’re on.
“[It’s] good to see the guy back in training camp. He’s had a bit of a tough time lately, so I’ll just give him space.
“Whatever he wants to do, he can do. [But I’ve] always been the same: Anyone can get it. I hope [Usyk] is in the corner.”
Fury, who hasn’t fought since his back-to-back losses to in 2024, has long thought he’d dance rings around AJ.
And he’s adamant the inclusion of Usyk in his corner won’t change the outcome of the bout.
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will make his return in April against Arslanbek Makhmudov while Oleksandr Usyk takes on the king of kickboxing Rico Verhoeven.
features for the first time since making the switch to Zuffa Boxing and Fabio Wardley will defend his newly won heavyweight crown.
Canelo Alvarez will be hoping to return after his defeat to Terence Crawford and heavyweight king Oleksandr Usyk will also defend his straps.
Derek Chisora will fight for the 50th and (perhaps) final time against Deontay Wilder while Daniel Dubois is also on the comeback trail.
A whole bunch of British stars could also take a leap into superstardom, with the likes of , Hamzah Sheeraz and Adam Azim ready to join the very top of the sport.
March
- Sat 21 – George Liddard vs Tyler Denny – British & Commonwealth Middleweight title – DAZN
- Sat 28 – Moses Itauma vs Jermaine Franklin – DAZN
- Sat 28 – Sebastian Fundora vs Keith Thurman – Amazon Prime PPV
April
- Sat 4 – Deontay Wilder vs Derek Chisora – DAZN PPV
- Sun 5 – Caroline Dubois vs Terri Harper – Sky Sports
- Sat 11 – Tyson Fury vs Arslanbek Makhmudov – Netflix
- Sat 11 – Conor Benn vs Regis Prograis – Netflix
- Sat 18 – Callum Smith vs David Morrell – DAZN
- Sat 18 – Manny Pacquiao vs Ruslan Provodnikov
- Sat 25 – Lawrence Okolie vs Tony Yoka – DAZN
May
- Sat 2 – Zurdo Ramirez vs David Benavidez – WBA & WBO Cruiserweight titles – Prime Video
- Sat 9 – Fabio Wardley vs Daniel Dubois – WBO title – DAZN
- Sat 23 – Oleksandr Usyk vs Rico Verhoeven – WBC title – DAZN
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He said: “It won’t help him at all. I punched the head off Usyk, and I’ll punch the head off ‘AJ’ as well. I’ll bring Lennox [Lewis] in my corner.”
Joshua was set to return to the ring in the first quarter of the year following his sixth-round KO of Paul.
But personal tragedy struck just ten days after the Netflix bout as he was involved in a which tragically claimed the lives of two of his friends, Latif Ayodele and Sina Ghami.
The former two-time unified heavyweight champion has yet to publicly speak about his fighting future, although he is back in the gym and during this difficult time.
Promoter recently : “When he’s in camp, that’s his happy place.
Anthony Joshua is set to enter a proper training camp in the next few weeksCredit: INSTAGRAM@IGEGOR_GOLUB
“He hasn’t been able to get to camp because, physically, he’s not ready to go into camp.
“But he’s not far away. And I think in the next couple of weeks, he’ll probably return to training camp.
“Not with a date in mind, not with an opponent in mind. Just to get back into that atmosphere.
“Once he’s done a few weeks there, I’ll fly out to see him and we’ll start to look at a potential return.
“Which I expect to happen around July.”
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