Fury dominates Wach in Thailand boxing bout ahead of Joshua showdown

What the report says

Al Jazeera, citing Reuters, reported that former heavyweight champion Tyson Fury defeated Poland’s Mariusz Wach in a non-televised boxing bout on Friday at Max Muay Thai Stadium in Pattaya, Thailand. Wach was unable to continue at the start of the eighth round, giving Fury a win in what was presented as a tune-up before a planned meeting with fellow Briton Anthony Joshua later this year.

The report said about 1,500 spectators attended the fight, which is also expected to appear in the Netflix reality series “At Home with the Furys.” Wach, 46, entered the bout having lost seven of his previous 10 contests. Fury, who turns 38 in August, now has 36 professional wins, with his only defeats coming against Ukraine’s Oleksandr Usyk in 2024.

Fury’s appearance continues a comeback he announced in January after retiring in December 2024 following a loss to Usyk in a fight involving three of the four major world heavyweight belts. Fury is a two-time world champion: he beat Wladimir Klitschko on points in 2015 to take multiple titles, later returned from a layoff in 2018, and won the WBC belt during his trilogy with Deontay Wilder.

The result matters because it keeps Fury active ahead of a long-discussed British heavyweight matchup with Joshua. Al Jazeera reported that Joshua, also a former world heavyweight champion, is scheduled to face Kristian Prenga in Saudi Arabia on Saturday.