Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua are being discussed for a potential meeting at Croke Park in September, with organisers aiming to stage the long-awaited heavyweight showdown in Dublin.
The target venue is the 80,000-seat stadium, the iconic home of Gaelic games, but the fight hinges on Fury winning his comeback bout on Saturday and on Joshua opting not to take a warm-up fight this summer.
Fury faces Russian Arslanbek Makhmudov in London this weekend. Joshua has only recently returned to training after a car crash in Nigeria that killed two of his close friends, Sina Ghami and Latif Ayodele.
Fury has not fought since December 2024, while Joshua’s most recent fight was against Jake Paul last December.
If Joshua chooses to have a tune-up fight before facing Fury, organisers would instead target the end of the year for the clash, potentially staging it in the UK.
Croke Park chief executive Peter McKenna told BBC Sport that a Fury-Joshua fight in Dublin could open the door for Katie Taylor to finally box at the stadium.
“The real hope is that we will get Tyson Fury here later on in the year. That would be such a world-billing event that we would be able to facilitate a Katie Taylor fight here,” he said.
“A lot of stars need to align. Katie’s manager needs to agree, Katie’s promoter needs to agree, Tyson Fury’s promoter needs to agree.
“I am very confident that all three are coming to the sense that this is one of Ireland’s greatest sporting athletes and it would be such a ‘wow’ to have her here and for her to finish her career here.”
