Warren warns Joshua defeat in warm-up would 'kill' awaited Fury fight

[p]It was announced on Monday that [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/fury-tyson/MDZyQvA1/"]Fury[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/joshua-anthony/WnlqLAvo/"]Joshua[/a] would meet later this year, following several false starts, years after they were both at their peak.[/p][p]Warren, whose Queensberry group has promoted several of Fury's bouts, wants the proposed fight to take place at London's Wembley Stadium.[/p][p]But he warned on Wednesday that the fight would only take place if Joshua got past Albania's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/prenga-kristian/MuK3jJLa/"]Prenga[/a] in Saudi Arabia on July 25th.[/p][p][b]"If he loses to this guy (Prenga), it kills the (Fury) fight," [/b]Warren told the [i]BBC[/i].[/p][embed guid="bd12d508-036b-4264-8411-e5185181774f" url="https://x.com/i/status/2049511414084354552" social-type="twitter" /][p]As for whether Fury would want another fight before facing Joshua, he said: "Tyson wants to keep busy. That's the mentality he has.[/p][p]"When he's in the gym, he goes to the gym for his mental well-being, as well as physically.[/p][p][b]"He needs focus, a date when he's going to fight and at the moment we don't have that date (for Joshua)."[/b][/p][p]Joshua's bout against Prenga will be his first since he was involved in a car crash in Nigeria in December that killed two of his friends.[/p]