- The hopes of Anthony Joshua to face Tyson Fury have suffered a great blow
- Fury's promoter Frank Warren declared that the gypsy king is happily retired
Anthony Joshua has suffered a significant setback in his hopes of fighting Tyson Fury.
The clash between the two British stars has been scheduled for a long time, but now it seems unlikely to happen, with Fury Warren's promoter, insisting that the gypsy king is happily retired.
Fury announced his boxing retirement last month after his defeat against Oleksandr Usyk in December.
The two fighting agreement proposed between Joshua and Fury, which would be worth £ 150 million, now seems unlikely to be taken.
Warren told him Boxingscene: 'I do not speak regularly because it is spending time with your family.
'He had almost a year at the training camp with a fight. A camp, very late in the camp, collapsed due to its cut eye.
The hopes of Anthony Joshua to face Tyson Fury have suffered a significant blow
The promoter Frank Warren insisted that the gypsy king is happily retired and it is unlikely to fight
Warren declared that Fury is enjoying seeing his family again after being in the camp last year
'He returned to the camp again for Usyk's fight. Then he had another camp for it (the rematch).
'Last year it was a lot of sacrifice for him, not seeing his family, his wife and children, etc. He is compensating it now.
'He is retired and I am looking forward to being happy. That is all I want to do is see him being happy. He is retired and God blesses him.
Fury was initially defeated by USYK in May 2024 before losing the rematch.
As a result, Fury ended up losing his CMB title and his undefeated record.
Joshua, meanwhile, also lost his most recent fight, since he was beaten by Daniel Dubois in Wembley in September last year.
After Joshua withdrew from the conversations about a rematch with Dubois, there was hope that he could face Fury.
However, now it seems that Joshua will have to look for another opponent.
Joshua hoped to fight fury after retiring from conversations about a rematch with Daniel Dubois
Before his defeat against Dubois, Joshua had won his four previous fights when he beat Francis Ngannou, Otto Wallin, Robert Helenius and Jermaine Franklin.
In total, Joshua has won 28 of his 32 professional fights.