After years of back and forth, an agreement has finally been made for a blockbuster domestic clash between Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua, and now promoter Frank Warren has revealed whether a rematch clause is in place.
Fury has been involved in a host of rematches during his career; fighting each of John McDermott, Derek Chisora, Deontay Wilder and Oleksandr Usyk on more than one occasion, seeking to avenge controversial wins, draws or defeats.
Similarly, Joshua instantly rematched both Andy Ruiz and Usyk after suffering the first two losses of his career, but has shown little interest in revisiting a scrap with Daniel Dubois – the only other man to hand him a defeat in his 33 pro fights.
In a matter of months, ‘The Gypsy King’ and Joshua look set to collide at last, providing Joshua gets through his comeback against Kristian Prenga unscathed, but Warren told BBC Sport that this will be the only occasion on which they fight, suspecting that the loser may retire.
“Yes, [it is a one-fight deal]. The fight, when they step into the ring with Tyson and AJ, for the loser – that will be it. That will be it and that is how it will be. The loser, I don’t see where he will go. For the winner, it’s a choice of what does he wants to do next?”
First things first, ‘AJ’ must overcome the unheralded Prenga in July, while ‘The Gypsy King’ could also now be set to take a bout in the interim too, before Joshua and Fury then turn their attention to one another.