'Joshua warm-up defeat would scupper Fury fight'

The head of Queensberry Promotions, which represents 37-year-old Fury, said the 'Gypsy King' will earn a career-high payday against Joshua, surpassing the reported £80m he earned against Oleksandr Usyk in 2024. But Warren said Fury does not want too much time out of the ring and may fight before facing Joshua in "late October" at the earliest. Fury returned from a 15-month lay-off with a points win over Arslanbek Makhmudov in London on 11 April. "Tyson wants to keep busy. …