{"id":913504,"date":"2026-06-17T18:12:49","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T23:12:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/17\/tyson-fury-british-heavyweight-announces-august-1-fight-in-dublin-for-warm-up-before-anthony-joshua-clash-in-november\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T18:12:49","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T23:12:49","slug":"tyson-fury-british-heavyweight-announces-august-1-fight-in-dublin-for-warm-up-before-anthony-joshua-clash-in-november","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/17\/tyson-fury-british-heavyweight-announces-august-1-fight-in-dublin-for-warm-up-before-anthony-joshua-clash-in-november\/","title":{"rendered":"Tyson Fury: British heavyweight announces August 1 fight in Dublin for warm-up before Anthony Joshua clash in November"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-component-name=\"ui-article-body\" data-testid=\"article-body\" data-highlight-intro=\"true\">\n<p>Tyson Fury has announced that his next fight will take place on Saturday August 1 in Dublin.<\/p>\n<p>Fury&#8217;s warm-up fight &#8211; with the opponent yet to be announced &#8211; will take place before his much-anticipated heavyweight clash against Anthony Joshua, who will face Albanian Kristian Prenga in Riyadh on July 25.<\/p>\n<p>The two-time world champion could be the main event on a Dublin bill that has already been scheduled for August 1, which features hometown fighter Pierce O&#8217;Leary against Mark Chamberlain.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/boxing\/news\/12040\/13547527\/tyson-fury-british-boxers-warm-up-fight-for-mammoth-clash-against-anthony-joshua-set-to-be-announced-this-week-says-frank-warren\"><strong>Fury&#8217;s next opponent set to be announced this week, says Warren<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/boxing\/live-blog\/12183\/13547086\/usyk-vs-verhoeven-live-updates-results-undercard-as-oleksandr-usyk-defends-wbc-heavyweight-title-against-rico-verhoeven-at-pyramids-of-giza\">Usyk avoids Verhoeven upset &#8211; as it happened<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sky.com\/tv\/sports?dcmp=Ilc_skysports_nc_articlelink\" target=\"_blank\">Get Sky Sports<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nowtv.com\/watch-sky-sports-online?DCMP=ilc_skysports_nc_articlelink\" target=\"_blank\">stream with no contract on NOW<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div data-account-id=\"6057984924001\" data-amp-iframe-embed data-asset-id=\"c57adafc-5b25-4fd2-ac7b-06336cd836bc\" data-asset-path data-asset-version data-autoplay=\"false\" data-auth-config=\"{\"url\":\"https:\/\/api.condatis.sky\/auth\/video\/token\",\"tokenRequired\":true,\"fetchMethod\":\"url\",\"fetchOptions\":{\"encoded\":true},\"headers\":{\"X-SkyGDP-Proposition\":\"sportweb\",\"X-SkyGDP-Territory\":\"GB\",\"Authorization\":\"OGY5ZDgxZjRhNzYwNGQ3MTljMjFhMDJlOGVmODRhYzA=\"}}\" data-caption=\"George Groves admits it is difficult to pick a clear winner between Fury and Anthony Joshua but believes Oleksandr Usyk's influence on AJ should not be underestimated\" data-clip-type data-component-name=\"sdc-site-video\" data-component-name-alias=\"ui-sitewide-video\" data-competition data-copy-url-text=\"URL copied to clipboard\" data-fn=\"sdc-site-video\" data-id=\"id_c57adafc-5b25-4fd2-ac7b-06336cd836bc\" data-is-live-stream=\"false\" data-lite=\"true\" data-options data-originator-id=\"49\" data-originator-handle=\"brightcove-sport-gb\" data-package-name data-provider=\"brightcove\" data-player-id=\"DESF5xFjJ\" data-playsinline data-sensitive data-sdc-id=\"7241363\" data-sdc-video-id=\"c57adafc-5b25-4fd2-ac7b-06336cd836bc\" data-sport-category data-state=\"loading\" data-token-state=\"none\" data-video-ad-unit=\"videoplayer\" data-video-blacklisted-originator-ids data-video-id=\"ref:c57adafc-5b25-4fd2-ac7b-06336cd836bc\" data-video-type data-auto-pause-on-not-visible data-defer-source tabindex=\"-1\" data-closed-captions-position data-show-closed-captions=\"true\" data-show-pip data-show-live-stream-scrubber data-autoload data-testid=\"sitewide-video\">\n<div data-role=\"bridge-controller\">\n<p data-role=\"accessibility-message\">Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player<\/p>\n<p>          <video id=\"id_c57adafc-5b25-4fd2-ac7b-06336cd836bc\" data-embed=\"default\" data-application-id controls playsinline data-testid=\"sitewide-video-video\"><\/video>\n        <\/div><figcaption>\n<p>          <span data-role=\"caption-text\" data-testid=\"sitewide-video-caption\">George Groves admits it is difficult to pick a clear winner between Fury and Anthony Joshua but believes Oleksandr Usyk&#8217;s influence on AJ should not be underestimated<\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p>Fury posted a video on Instagram on \u200cTuesday showing him back in training in Thailand.<\/p>\n<p>The caption was &#8220;let&#8217;s go August 1, Dublin, Ireland&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Fury&#8217;s last \u200bfight was a comprehensive points win \u200bover Russia&#8217;s Arslanbek Makhmudov at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on April 11.<\/p>\n<p>Makhmudov lasted the course, but Fury almost scored a shutout win, 120-108 on two cards and 119-109 on the third.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch Chris Billam-Smith vs Ryan Rozicki on the Zuffa Boxing show in Bournemouth in June 6, live on Sky Sports.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> Noah Langford<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/boxing\/news\/12183\/13548290\/tyson-fury-british-heavyweight-announces-august-1-fight-in-dublin-for-warm-up-before-anthony-joshua-clash-in-november\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tyson Fury has announced that his next fight will take place on Saturday August 1 in Dublin. Fury&#8217;s warm-up fight &#8211; with the opponent yet to be announced &#8211; will take place before his much-anticipated heavyweight clash against Anthony Joshua, who will face Albanian Kristian Prenga in Riyadh on July 25. 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