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Tyson Fury vs Anthony Joshua has been discussed for so many years, it feels like the fight will never happen. However, talkSPORT’s Gareth A Davies breathed new life into the rumours, revealing the fight has been agreed. Eddie Hearn has now appeared on The Stomping Ground, rubbishing those claims.
Tyson Fury vs Anthony Joshua rumours
The Ring reported at the end of 2025 that Fury and Joshua had been agreed for 2026. After Joshua was involved in a tragic, fatal car crash that killed his close friends, Sina and Latz, those plans understandably did not move forward.
Fury (34-2-1, 24 KOs) is back in training and will face Arslanbek Makhmudov at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on April 11.
Joshua (29-4, 26 KOs) ended 15 months of inactivity at the end of 2025, stopping Jake Paul in round six of their high-profile clash on Netflix.
talkSPORT’s Gareth A Davies resurrected these rumours on March 14, while at the Jazza Dickens vs Anthony Cacace fight card in Dublin. Speaking about a potential Fury-Joshua clash, Davies said:
“The Fury-Joshua fight is signed. Okay, it is signed in the background. I’ve got that on good authority.
“It’s with the big money people. It’ll be on Netflix. It’s agreed. They are moving towards it, but they both want the fight.
“It’s on the cards and it’s going to happen.”
Eddie Hearn rubbishes new agreement claims
When asked by Charlie Parsons for his views on the rumours, Eddie Hearn said:
“It’s completely untrue. There is absolutely nothing signed with Anthony Joshua to fight Tyson Fury next. There is nothing agreed. There has been conversations and deep conversations prior to the accident that he was going to fight Jake Paul, then he was gonna fight in February or March in Saudi Arabia, then he was gonna fight Tyson Fury.
“Again, nothing signed, and then obviously the accident happened. Since then, there has been no conversations really, about that fight, other than in the last few days, conversations with Dr Rakan, Sela, starting to think about revisiting the plan. And I will go into camp with Anthony Joshua next week, when he starts, and we will start having conversations about what is next.
“Those conversations will go in tandem with Turki Alalshikh, Sela, and everybody to see the position regarding a Tyson Fury fight. We are more than up for that fight, but AJ needs to go back into camp, and we need to understand physically how long it will take him to return to boxing.”
“Right now, there isn’t even a guarantee that he returns to the ring,” Added Hearn.
