Tyson Fury has announced that his next fight will take place on Saturday August 1 in Dublin.
Fury’s warm-up fight – with the opponent yet to be announced – will take place four months before his much-anticipated heavyweight clash with Anthony Joshua in November, with the latter set to face Albanian Kristian Prenga in Riyadh on July 25.
Frank Warren – who told Sky Sports that Fury’s next opponent is set to be announced this week – already has an IBO super-lightweight fight scheduled for August 1 in Dublin between Pierce O’Leary and Mark Chamberlain, suggesting Fury will join the card.
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Fury posted a video on Instagram on Tuesday showing him back in training in Thailand.
The caption was “let’s go August 1, Dublin, Ireland”.
Warren said Fury would be facing a good opponent and could not afford to slip up.
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“[Joshua’s] got to come through that [fight with Prenga], Tyson has to come through his, and then the big one will be in November,” the Queensbury chief told Sky Sports.
Fury’s last fight was a comprehensive points win over Russia’s Arslanbek Makhmudov on April 11 at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
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