Anthony Joshua vs Tyson Fury: Tale of the Tape

Anthony Joshua vs Tyson Fury is signed by both sides and targeted for November 2026, live on Netflix, with no date and no venue announced as of 18 August 2026. Joshua's professional record is 30 wins, 4 losses and 27 knockouts. Fury's is 36 wins, 2 losses and 1 draw, with 25 knockouts. They have never fought each other. They share six opponents, and Fury has never been stopped in 39 professional contests.

Last updated: 18 August 2026.

What are Anthony Joshua's and Tyson Fury's records?

Anthony Joshua's professional record is 30 wins, 4 losses and 27 knockouts as of 18 August 2026. On the same date, Tyson Fury's reads 36 wins, 2 losses and 1 draw, with 25 knockouts. The difference is in how they finish. Joshua has 27 stoppages in 30 wins, a 90 per cent stoppage rate, where Fury has 25 stoppages in 36 wins and has gone to the scorecards more often.

Joshua has boxed 34 times as a professional and Fury 39 times. Both fought a warm-up in July 2026. Fury beat Mariusz Wach at the Max Muay Thai Stadium in Pattaya, Thailand on 24 July 2026, when Wach's corner retired him after seven rounds. That bout was not televised or streamed live. It was still a professional contest, which is why Fury's record reads 36-2-1 rather than 35-2-1.

Joshua stopped Kristian Prenga at 2:43 of round two on the night of Saturday 25 July 2026 at the Jeddah Superdome, after Prenga had floored him twice in round one. Prenga went into that fight at 20-0 with 20 knockouts.

How do Joshua and Fury compare on height, reach and age?

Tyson Fury is the bigger man. He stands 6 ft 9 in with an 85 in reach, against Anthony Joshua at 6 ft 6 in with an 82 in reach. There are three inches in it on both counts. Fury was born on 12 August 1988 in Manchester and Joshua on 15 October 1989 in Watford, which makes Fury the older by fourteen months.

Joshua's amateur record carries one honour Fury does not have: super-heavyweight gold at the London 2012 Olympic Games, beating Roberto Cammarelle in the final. Fury boxed as an amateur for both England and Ireland, and turned professional in 2008, five years before Joshua.

Anthony Joshua's record and next fight and Tyson Fury's record and next fight cover each man separately.

Have Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury ever fought each other?

No. Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury have never met as professionals, and neither man's record table carries the other's name. Fury turned professional in December 2008 and Joshua in October 2013, and their careers have run alongside each other for more than a decade without crossing. This fight has been announced before, with real dates, in 2021 and in 2022, and it collapsed both times.

What is confirmed about Joshua vs Fury covers where the current version stands, and where the venue argument has got to.

Have Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury ever sparred?

Yes, once, in 2010, at Finchley ABC in Barnet, north London, which was Joshua's own amateur club. Joshua was an amateur of about 20 and Fury already a professional of about 22. The session ran to about three rounds. Fury visited Joshua's gym rather than the other way round. Fury has since told the story two different ways.

In an older interview that resurfaced in 2026, Fury said Joshua "came at me for three rounds and gave me a beating", and that he thought at the time an amateur was getting the better of him. Speaking to Pro Box TV in July 2026, after the fight had been agreed, he gave a different version. He said Joshua was pulled out after about three rounds and someone else was put in. He also said he has sparred four or five hundred heavyweights and remembers little about most of them.

Both accounts come from the same man, roughly sixteen years apart, and both describe the same three rounds. Anthony Joshua's own account of that session is not on the public record.

Which opponents have Joshua and Fury both faced?

Six men have faced both. Wladimir Klitschko, Oleksandr Usyk, Dillian Whyte, Francis Ngannou, Otto Wallin and Kevin Johnson all appear on each record. Anthony Joshua stopped every one of the five he beat. Tyson Fury stopped only Dillian Whyte, and went the distance or close to it with the other four men he beat. Both men lost twice to Oleksandr Usyk, and all four of those defeats were on the scorecards.

The Klitschko line is the one that splits the two men most clearly. Fury beat Klitschko on points away from home in Dusseldorf in November 2015 to take five world titles in a single night. Joshua stopped a Klitschko two years older in London in April 2017, in round eleven, after being dropped himself in round six.

Both men have boxed at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, on separate nights years apart. Anthony Joshua lost to Oleksandr Usyk there on 25 September 2021. Tyson Fury beat Arslanbek Makhmudov there on 11 April 2026, in front of an announced crowd of 64,500.

A heavyweight fight night on that scale has a shape, from doors to the main event, and boxing hospitality at a major fight covers it.

Has either man ever been knocked out?

Tyson Fury has never been stopped in 39 professional contests. Both of his defeats, to Oleksandr Usyk in May 2024 and December 2024, were decided on the scorecards. Anthony Joshua has been stopped twice: by Andy Ruiz Jr in round seven in June 2019, and by Daniel Dubois in round five in September 2024, when he was floored four times before the finish.

Getting up is a separate question. Kristian Prenga put Anthony Joshua down about twenty seconds into their fight with a right uppercut, then floored him a second time against the ropes. Joshua stopped him in the next round. Tyson Fury has been floored too: Oleksandr Usyk dropped him in round nine of their first fight on 18 May 2024, and he survived to the final bell.

Is there a title at stake in Joshua vs Fury?

Neither man holds a world title, so no belt is at stake. Joshua last held the IBF title until September 2024, and Fury last held the WBC title until May 2024. Oleksandr Usyk vacated the WBC, WBA and IBF heavyweight titles on 26 June 2026, and he did not retire. This is a non-title fight on the information available as of 18 August 2026.

Has this fight come too late?

The case runs both ways. Tyson Fury is 38 and Anthony Joshua is 36. Neither has held a world title since 2024, both were beaten by Oleksandr Usyk on the way here, and the version of this fight that the two camps were negotiating in 2021 no longer exists. Set against that, both men won in July 2026, and both promoters say their fighter has signed.

The case that it is late is straightforward. Tyson Fury retired in January 2025 and came back in April 2026, and his two fights since have been against Arslanbek Makhmudov and Mariusz Wach rather than against the men now holding belts. Anthony Joshua has lost twice to Oleksandr Usyk and been stopped by Daniel Dubois since 2021. Neither is the fighter he was in 2017 or 2020.

The case the other way is the record itself. Anthony Joshua was floored twice by an opponent who arrived at 20-0 with 20 knockouts, then stopped him inside two rounds anyway. Tyson Fury has gone 39 professional contests without being stopped by anyone, including two twelve-round fights with Oleksandr Usyk. Heavyweight boxing does not reward tidy timelines.

No venue has been announced. The promoters were still publicly disagreeing about it as of 17 August 2026.