Fury wins low-key warm-up to keep Joshua fight on track

[Ava12]

Tyson Fury stopped Mariusz Wach in a low-key bout in Thailand to keep a potential blockbuster fight with Anthony Joshua on track. The 37-year-old dominated for seven rounds at the Max Muay Thai Stadium in Pattaya, in front of no more than 1,500 fans, before the overmatched Wach, 46, retired on his stool at the start of the eighth

Fury looked comfortable throughout what was effectively a non-televised tune-up fight, having said beforehand that he simply wanted good rounds rather than a quick knockout. It continues his comeback since ending his latest retirement, following a unanimous decision win over Arslanbek Makhmudov back in April

Joshua, himself easing back from a car crash in Nigeria in December that killed two of his friends, fights Kristian Prenga in Saudi Arabia on Saturday in what is also being treated as a tune-up. Both men have reportedly already agreed terms for an all-British showdown in November, with the fight being put together by Saudi boxing power broker Turki Alalshikh, who is also bankrolling the clash

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SeiUQhK2_8

Tyson Fury vs Mariusz Wach: Briton wins low-key warm-up to keep Anthony Joshua fight on trackwww.bbc.co.uk

[BretHart_WCW]

Fury clearly did exactly what he needed to here, get rounds in without taking any real risk before the fight that actually matters in November

[BiscuitTin]

1,500 fans and no television coverage for a Tyson Fury fight is such a strange contrast to how huge the eventual Joshua fight is going to be

[NeuralTrace]

Wach at 46 taking this fight at all says everything about how one sided this was always going to be on paper

[Courtois75]

Turki Alalshikh's fingerprints are on basically every major fight in boxing right now, the sport's entire calendar seems to run through him these days

[Daresh84]

Good sign for Fury that he looked sharp for seven rounds rather than needing to grind through something uglier

[WaveFunction34]

Joshua fighting Prenga the very next night in Saudi Arabia makes this feel like a coordinated build toward November

[Badger27]

Hard to read too much into a mismatch like this beyond fitness and ring rust, the real test is still to come

[Router53]

November can't come soon enough, this has been talked about for years and it finally actually looks like happening

[ThatGirl]

Fury clearly not interested in going anywhere near Jeddah this weekend, wants to get home to his family after a long training camp

[Caitlin_69]

Be interesting to see the highlights, be surprised if Wach landed anything of note across those seven rounds