Turki Alalshikh reveals time for Anthony Joshua vs Tyson Fury Wembley stadium fight

Turki Alalshikh reveals time for Anthony Joshua vs Tyson Fury Wembley stadium fight

Turki Alalshikh has revealed that the proposed fight between British rivals Anthony Joshua (29-4, 26 KOs) and Tyson Fury (35-2-1, 24 KOs) will take place at 2am if it's hosted at Wembley stadium in London, as planned.

What we know so far is that Joshua-Fury is being scheduled for November 2026 at Wembley stadium in London, England.

However, Saudi promoter Turki Alalshikh wants the super-fight to be available at a reasonable hour for the U.S market, meaning that the main event will have to be scheduled for later than usual to cater for the American audience. Usually the main event will take place at approximately 10-11pm, but Alalshikh has declared it will be on at 2am.

Wembley will obviously have strict guidelines for the timing of events, and for London transport to cater for 90,000 fans leaving the area in the early hours of the morning will require lots of planning.

Josua is due to fight Kristian Prenga on July 25 and Fury tackles Mariusz Wach one day before on July 24 in Thailand.

Fighting one day apart will give each Brit a full three months training camp for a November showdown. This fight has been a long time in the making and despite some fans thinking it's too late, the England national stadium will be guaranteed to sell out if it is indeed the chosen venue.

Dev Sahni commented on the late ringwalks, "It's not a new idea to put the fight on in the UK, but to do it later to suit the American market. We've seen this before. Joe Calzaghe against Mikkel Kessler, 50,000 people in Cardiff, the fight started at about half one in the morning. Why? Because it suited the U.S. audience. That was then 50,000 people all leaving Cardiff stadium in the early hours of the morning and making their way home.

"Ricky Hatton's world title fight against Kostya Tszyu, biggest fight of his career, started at 2 o'clock in the morning to suit the U.S. audience, to give it the best possible chance of global success.

"When it comes to watching and buying and subscribing for this fight, I think you can make the assumption that everyone who would do so in the UK with a 10pm ringwalk would also do so for a few hours later. The British fans are invested in this fight, the ones who are going to buy it are going to buy it anyway."

Fury's manager Spencer Brown also calls for the fight to be held in the UK, "We're asking for this one, huge occasion to be put on and give us two more hours in the stadium. It would put huge money into the local area."