Organisers are exploring the possibility of staging Tyson Fury versus Anthony Joshua at Croke Park in September, aiming to host the long‑anticipated heavyweight clash at the 80,000‑seat Dublin stadium that is the iconic home of Gaelic games. The proposed date depends on Fury winning his comeback fight this weekend and on Joshua deciding not to take a tune‑up bout over the summer.
Fury meets Russian Arslanbek Makhmudov in London this weekend; he has not fought since December 2024. Joshua, who last fought Jake Paul in December, has only recently returned to training after a car crash in Nigeria that killed two of his close friends, Sina Ghami and Latif Ayodele.
If Joshua opts for a warm‑up fight, organisers say the Fury‑Joshua meeting would likely be postponed until the end of the year and could instead be staged in the UK. But if both fighters line up for September, Croke Park is the preferred venue.
Croke Park chief executive Peter McKenna told BBC Sport that a Fury‑Joshua show in Dublin would also create an opportunity for Ireland’s Katie Taylor to finally box at the stadium. McKenna said the event would be a “world‑billing” occasion that could make it possible to stage a Taylor fight there, provided her manager, promoter and Fury’s promoter all agree. He added he was confident the parties increasingly recognise Taylor as one of Ireland’s greatest sporting athletes and that finishing her career at Croke Park would be a spectacular moment.
Discussions remain subject to the fighters’ choices, fight outcomes and promoter agreements, but organisers are pursuing September in Dublin as the ideal slot for the heavyweight blockbuster.
