Tyson Fury is looking to fight again before finally facing Anthony Joshua, according to his manager Spencer Brown.
Fury and Joshua are in advanced talks on a two-fight deal, according to the latter’s promoter Eddie Hearn, with the first bout targeted for November.
Fury returned to the ring with a unanimous decision victory over Arslanbek Makhmudov earlier this month, his first since coming out of retirement.
‘The Gypsy King’ called out his long-time rival who watched on from ringside, although ‘AJ’ rejected his demands to get in the ring.
Joshua is set to have a fight of his own before facing the 37-year-old and Brown is keen for his charge to do the same.
“We’ve signed, we’re just waiting,” Brown said on Instagram.
“We’re ready to go.
“Tyson was out of the ring for two years, just jumped back in.
“We probably want another fight before the AJ fight.
“A proper warm-up fight and then we’re all ready to go.
“We’ve signed.
“We’re ready to rock and roll.”
Joshua’s return to the ring is targeted for July 25 in Riyadh, according to sources.
The 36-year-old hasn’t fought since a sixth round stoppage of Jake Paul in December.
The two-time heavyweight world champion was involved in a fatal car crash in Nigeria 10 days after the bout, which killed two of his close friends and left him with minor injuries.
‘AJ’ has returned to training camp in Spain alongside former rival, Oleksandr Usyk and Hearn says the July opponent won’t be a notable name, with the long-awaited Fury fight within touching distance.
“It won’t be too dissimilar to Makhmudov,” Hearn told Ring Magazine.
“Every fight is going to be dangerous.
View this post on Instagram
“It’s not going to be someone who is a really, really dangerous fight, because obviously he’s coming back from a lot, from injuries and the tragedy.
“But also he’s coming back to fight Tyson Fury, so I don’t think His Excellency [Turki Alalshikh] and those kind of people involved are going to want him [in a risky fight].”
The post Tyson Fury wants another ‘warm-up’ before Anthony Joshua appeared first on ProBoxing-Fans.com.