Tyson Fury refuses to rule out fighting Joshua in Ireland after easing to win over Wach
Tyson Fury hinted at Ireland still being the potential venue for his clash with Anthony Joshua after he beat Mariusz Wach in a warm-up bout in Thailand.
Around 1,500 fans watched the bout in Pattaya, which had no live broadcast as it will be a part of Fury’s Netflix reality show ‘At Home with the Furys’, and saw Fury largely dominate his overmatched 46-year-old opponent, who slipped to his eighth defeat in his last 11 contests.
While Wach remained upright, he was pulled out after the end of the seventh round by his corner, battered into submission by Tyson Fury, who made it back-to-back wins in 2026 after a 16-month lay-off.
Tyson Fury punches Mariusz Wach. Pic: Thananuwat Srirasant/Getty Images
All eyes will now turn to Joshua’s fight against unheralded Albanian knockout artist Kristian Prenga in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on Saturday night – although Fury said he is not planning to be in attendance.
If Joshua has his hand raised, then it should pave the way for a long-awaited and much-anticipated ‘Battle of Britain’ against fellow former two-time world heavyweight champion Fury.
After Joshua announced he would return to the ring against Prenga – his first fight since being involved in a car crash in December in Nigeria that killed two of his closest friends – Fury also decided on a tune-up, having outpointed Russia’s Arslanbek Makhmudov in April.
Tyson Fury. Pic: Thananuwat Srirasant/Getty Images
‘I went through my test tonight. Let’s see if he can get through his’, Tyson Fury said about Joshua’s upcoming fight on Saturday. Many expected Fury to make the trip to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, to watch it, but he insists he won’t be in attendance at the event.
‘I’ve got to face off with my wife. I’ve got to iron when I get home. I’ve been away for six out of the last seven months,’ he said. ‘I’m not going to Jeddah, I’m going home to my wife and kids. I’m going to regroup, and hopefully we’ll have a big fight signed next week.’
The venue for the Joshua bout is still up in the air, with anywhere from America, Saudi Arabia, the Principality Stadium in Cardiff to even Croke Park, and Fury still didn’t rule Ireland out of the equation when asked for an update on the venue situation.
‘We’ll head wherever we’re going to head,’ Fury said. ‘Who knows? It could be in Vegas, New York, Ireland, London. Who knows where the fight’s going to be?’
