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Tyson Fury could take an interim fight before facing Anthony Joshua, but the long-awaited heavyweight showdown will not happen if Joshua loses his warm-up bout in July, says promoter Frank Warren.<\/b><\/p>\n

Britons Fury and Joshua – both two-time world champions – have signed a deal to fight this year.<\/p>\n

But Joshua, 36, must first get past little-known Albanian Kristian Prenga on 25 July in Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n

“If he loses to this guy, it kills the fight,” Warren told BBC Sport.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The head of Queensberry Promotions, which represents 37-year-old Fury, said the ‘Gypsy King’ will earn a career-high payday against Joshua, surpassing the reported \u00a380m he earned against Oleksandr Usyk in 2024.<\/p>\n

But Warren said Fury does not want too much time out of the ring and may fight before facing Joshua in “late October” at the earliest.<\/p>\n

Fury returned from a 15-month lay-off with a points win over Arslanbek Makhmudov in London on 11 April.<\/p>\n

“Tyson wants to keep busy. That’s the mentality he has. When he’s in the gym, he goes to the gym for his mental wellbeing, as well as physically,” Warren said.<\/p>\n

“He needs focus, a date when he’s going to fight, and at the moment we don’t have that date.”<\/p>\n

Warren said he expects the loser of a Fury-Joshua bout to retire, or both may hang up the gloves after the one-fight deal.<\/p>\n

“Tyson has made it very plain he’d like to fight [undisputed champion Oleksandr] Usyk again, so maybe that could be an option,” Warren said.<\/p>\n

Warren did not rule out the Fury-Joshua bout being held in Saudi Arabia, which is funding the fight, but he wants it to take place at Wembley Stadium.<\/p>\n

“That’s where everybody would like to see the fight,” Warren said.<\/p>\n

“It’s the national stadium – that is where it belongs. We’ve had some great nights there in the past and that makes a lot of sense.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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