There is a up-to-date twist ahead of the fight between Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua.

After more than a decade of back-and-forth, Fury and Joshua are set to finally do battle later this year, provided both men can overcome the obstacles in the meantime.

Joshua will face Kristian Prenga on July 25 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, with the fight coming three months after Fury ended his 16-month retirement in April victory by unanimous decision over Arslanbek Makhmudov.

It seemed Fury would then sit and wait for a clash with Joshua, but he has now decided to fight again, initially expecting it to take place at Frank Warren’s gala in Dublin in August.

That could soon change after “The Gypsy King” attended the UFC White House on Sunday make a shocking announcement that he was going to start working with Dana White.

“I’ll let Dana speak and make the announcement. This is a huge announcement. I’m very excited about this fight [with Joshua]. Work on it lasted over a decade. For some reason this didn’t happen.

“There is a potential fight in August and maybe it will happen at the end of the year [with Joshua]. I can’t wait to fight whoever they put in front of me and get back to what I do best, which is winning.”

UFC CEO White has entered the boxing world this year through his Zuffa Boxing promotion and has been involved in numerous exchanges with other promoters, most notably Matchroom’s Eddie Hearn.

Last month, White announced that he would be the promoter of the Fury vs. event. Joshua, with both Hearn and Queensberry’s Warren denying the claim, but Fury’s shock announcement will now add even more fuel to the fire.

Devin Haney’s comment that agreeing to the 144-pound catchweight “wasn’t enough” came during a period of intense work toward a welterweight fight.

Haney has publicly discussed a potential fight with Shakur and said he is willing to meet him at 144 pounds. A few days later, the WBO announced Keyshawn as the mandatory challenger to Haney’s title, giving the champion the option of either defending the belt against Keyshawn or continuing to fight without him.

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Adrien Broner has competed over 40 times in his professional career, but the power of one player clearly stands out in his mind.

Broner was widely considered one of the sport’s stars, having become a three-weight world champion at the age of just 23, and a four-weight world champion at the age of 26, with Oscar De La Hoya being the only man to achieve the latter feat at an earlier age.

At one point, Broner had an undefeated record of 27–0, but the criticism he faced throughout his career was a lack of commitment and discipline, as well as several defeats, meaning the record currently stands at 35 wins from 42 fights.

The first of these losses came to Marcos Maidana in December 2013, when Broner lost his WBA welterweight title in a unanimous decision defeat.

Broner was a huge favorite before the fight, but was dropped twice during the fight, and more than a decade into the fight continues to have a lasting impact on the American. revealing himself in a live broadcast that he was hit so tough that “his whole body went numb.”

Maidana held the WBA Regular super-lightweight title along with the WBA welterweight belt, and his strength was evident throughout his career, with 31 victories coming by knockout.

His victory over Broner became eminent for his two fights with Floyd Mayweather, the first of which ended in a majority decision loss for the Argentine before Mayweather won a unanimous decision in the rematch.

This second meeting turned out to be the last moment in which Maidana took part in the action, he leaves with a final record of 35 wins and 5 losses.