Anthony Joshua’s coach provides worrying new update on Tyson Fury grudge match

Expected to make good on his comeback next year, fans have been warned about getting their hopes up about Anthony Joshua finally facing Tyson Fury in the ring.

Linked with a massive return to boxing as part of a premier trip to Ghana to compete, former two-time heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua has been tied to a laundry list of potential opponents.

And expected to fight toward the start of 2026, Joshua is then planned to return in the summer with a view to potentially settling his historic rivalry with former world champion Tyson Fury.

However, the Watford puncher’s long-time head coach is not sold on his student ever sharing the ring with the Morecambe native in an all-British showdown.

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Photo by Richard Pelham/Getty ImagesAnthony Joshua’s grudge fight with Tyson Fury not looking “promising”Tied at the hip for years, it seems, Joshua and Fury have been on a definite collision course since their initial runs as world champions began in the 2010s.

However, failing to ever settle their long-standing differences, Joshua’s lead promoter Eddie Hearn claimed he was hopeful of eventually booking the Olympian against Fury, as soon as next summer, in fact.

But in a new update from Joshua’s camp, his head trainer Ben Davison has claimed a pairing is not “looking promising”, despite Hearn’s continued efforts.

“I don’t have the answer, if I did I’d be a very rich man,” Davison told Sky Sports on whether a fight with Joshua and Fury will take place. “However, at the moment, I think that — currently at the moment, we’re talking about somebody who’s nearly been retired for a year.

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“And we’re talking about somebody who boxed over a year ago,” Davison explained. “At the moment, it’s not looking too promising. …I think it would be a shame if they do fight again, and it’s not against each other. However, we have no right as the public to tell any fighter that they can’t retire.”

And it’s not just Davison who claims Joshua and Fury failing to fight would be shameful, but one of the biggest talents in the sport’s history.

Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury warned they will lament failed fightSharing the ring with the biggest and baddest of heavyweight stars during his prime, British megastar Lennox Lewis fought names like Mike Tyson, as well as Vitali Klitschko, before his ultimate retirement.

And citing his eventual clash with Tyson, the Olympian claimed he would have lamented never sharing the ring with the Catskills puncher if he retired amid uncertainty regarding the bout.

Offering some advice to both Fury and Joshua, Lewis claimed both would regret never sharing the ring together if they suddenly hung up their gloves for good.