Tyson Fury has been asked about the much-talked-about links between Anthony Joshua and Jake Paul.
Joshua has not fought since September 2024 when he was knocked down in the first round and then stopped heavily in the fifth round by IBF champion Daniel Dubois. Before that, he had been on a rebuild run after two points losses to Oleksandr Usyk, which left him without any unified titles. He had re-established himself in the division with knockouts of Francis Ngannou, Otto Wallin and Robert Helenius.
After the Dubois loss, ‘AJ’ had minor elbow surgery earlier this summer and has been linked with a return against the likes of Deontay Wilder and Dillian Whyte, who fights Moses Itauma in August.
Many had hoped he would be fighting ‘The Gypsy King’ this year, but Fury retired in January off the back of two consecutive defeats to Usyk.
Instead, YouTuber-turned-boxer Paul has called out Joshua despite being a weight class below. The American has had 13 fights, won 12, mostly against former MMA stars and ageing fighters like Julie Cesar Chavez Jr, who he beat last month.
One man wanting to put the clash together is Turki Alalshikh and he says Paul has already ‘accepted’ his side of the agreement.
“I am not against Jake Paul, I am just against some fights he do. I am thinking me and him, to doing him against Joshua now. Joshua if he destroys him, it would be good for me, Jake Paul is finished. The headache would go from my mind. If Jake wins, I would know that Joshua is finished and that Jake deserves ranking and his future in boxing… Jake Paul accept it. Next week I will talk with Joshua about it.”
Asked about Paul calling Joshua out when speaking to The Stomping Ground, Fury sarcastically expressed his interest in seeing it and called it a ’50/50 fight’.
“I think it’s a good fight. I think it’s a real, 50/50 fight.”
A notorious wind-up merchant, whether or not Fury really sees it that way is unlikely. He could instead be once again teasing his old foe ahead of a potential clash between them before both former world champions retire for good.
