TYSON FURY has called out Fabio Wardley to a huge all-British heavyweight world title fight.
Fury lost his WBC belt and undefeated record against Oleksandr Usyk in May before suffering a consecutive defeat to the Ukrainian seven months later.
But he then retired in January 2025 – a month after his second loss to Usyk.
Fury spent the whole of last year sidelined from boxing, filming the second series of his hit reality TV series on Netflix.
And unsurprisingly, the maverick Gypsy King has confirmed he will return in 2026 with a comeback bout pencilled in for April time.
But a world title shot against the newly-crowned WBO champ Wardley is also on Fury’s mind for later in the year.
He posted on Instagram: “Like i said lets see how i am looking in my return fight, Then later in 2026 this would be a good option for me to try become 3 x heavyweight champion.
“@fabiowardley has a hard fight himself coming up soon.”
Wardley, 31, responded: “All the best for the return big GK! See you soon.”
The Ipswich super-fan stopped Joseph Parker, 34, in 11 rounds in October to win the interim WBO title.
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But he was elevated to world champ after Usyk, 38, vacated the belt in November.
Fury, 37, meanwhile was being lined up for a spring showdown with Anthony Joshua, 36, after the pair returned in warm-up bouts.
But that was scrapped after AJ was involved in a fatal car crash in Nigeria on December 29 – less than two weeks after he beat Jake Paul in Miami.
Joshua survived the horror smash but lost his two long-time friends, personal trainer Kevin Latif Ayodele and recovery therapist Sina Ghami.
Fury referenced AJ in his social media post, writing: “I know the fight you guys all want but at this time i wont say his name out of respect as he is in mourning.
“But if he is not going to continue in boxing id like Big Fab as a big test this would be also a massive spectacle!”
