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Updated · Al Jazeera English · Sep 2
Tyson Fury Confirms Anthony Joshua Fight at Madison Square Garden in November
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Updated · Al Jazeera English · Sep 2

Tyson Fury Confirms Anthony Joshua Fight at Madison Square Garden in November

3 articles · Updated · Al Jazeera English · Sep 2

Summary

  • Madison Square Garden will host Tyson Fury’s long-awaited bout with Anthony Joshua, with the all-British heavyweight clash expected to take place in November though no exact date was announced.
  • Turki Alalshikh helped unlock the fight after both men signed a contract with the Saudi entertainment chief, ending years of failed attempts to finalize the matchup.
  • Fury, 38, returned in January after retiring in December 2024 following a second loss to Oleksandr Usyk, and stopped Mariusz Wach in a July tune-up in Thailand.
  • Fans pushed back at the New York venue choice, questioning why one of British boxing’s biggest fights was not staged at Wembley or elsewhere in the UK.
  • The matchup had previously collapsed in 2021 when Fury was ordered by a US judge to complete a trilogy fight with Deontay Wilder instead.

Insights

After years of delays and recent defeats, is the Fury-Joshua megafight a true boxing spectacle or just a lucrative retirement payday?
Will Saudi influence and a New York venue ultimately ruin the biggest all-British boxing match in history for its most loyal fans?