Joshua has pulled two of Tyson Fury’s former cornermen into camp for the Battle of Britain. Ben Davison, who guided Fury’s 2018-2019 comeback, has reunited with Joshua, while Peter Fury, Tyson’s uncle and his head coach during the 2015 title win over Wladimir Klitschko, is also involved, Boxing News Online reported in late September.
Asked about the move by interviewer Michelle Joy Phelps, Fury declined to take offense.
“It doesn’t mean anything to me; I wish Ben all the best. Ben’s got a wife and kids to feed, so Ben needs to do what’s right for him, not what’s right for me,” Fury told Phelps in an interview covered by Boxing News Online.
Then he turned the situation into a joke, suggesting the old friendship could actually work in his favor.
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“I’m actually happy that Ben’s in his corner, because me and Ben are kind of friendly. Ben could be telling me all the s**t that’s going on with AJ, couldn’t he?”
Fury also pushed back on the idea that Davison owes him anything, pointing out that he hired Davison as head coach when the trainer was still a little-known figure on the British scene.
Davison’s roundabout path to Joshua’s corner
Davison worked with Fury through the comeback that led to the first Deontay Wilder fight in December 2018, before Fury switched to SugarHill Steward. He then crossed the divide to Joshua, cornering him for his 2023 win over Otto Wallin and his March 2024 knockout of Francis Ngannou.
That partnership ended after Joshua’s September 2024 knockout loss to Daniel Dubois. Through his last two outings, the December 2025 stoppage of Jake Paul and a July 2026 victory over Kristian Prenga, Joshua leaned on Oleksandr Usyk’s team. The return to Davison brings a familiar voice into the corner for the biggest fight of Joshua’s career.
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Cardiff, 80,000 seats, Netflix globally
The bout at the Principality Stadium carries the WBA “super” heavyweight title and will be staged in front of 80,000 fans on Friday, December 11, with Netflix handling global distribution, Sky Sports reported when the fight was announced on September 25.
Turki Alalshikh, the Saudi official who assembled the purse, framed the long wait in a single line: “For 15 years no one has been able to make this fight … The time for talking is over.”
The main-event ring walks are scheduled for the early hours of Saturday local time to suit US television audiences.
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