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Fury to fight Wach in Thailand as warm-up to Joshua bout

BBC News · Jun 30, 2026, 5:13 PM

Key takeaways

  • Tyson Fury is a two-time heavyweight world champion
  • Tyson Fury will fight Poland's Mariusz Wach in Thailand on 24 July as a warm-up for a potential all-British encounter with Anthony Joshua.
  • Both Fury and Joshua, 36, need to win their fights to set up a meeting between the two former world champions, which is scheduled to happen in 2026.

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Tyson Fury is a two-time heavyweight world champion

Tyson Fury will fight Poland's Mariusz Wach in Thailand on 24 July as a warm-up for a potential all-British encounter with Anthony Joshua.

Fury's fight in Pattaya - where the 37-year-old trains - will be a day before Joshua makes his comeback on 25 July against Kristian Prenga in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - his first fight since being involved in a car crash that killed two of his friends in Nigeria in December 2025.

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