Tyson Fury to face Mariusz Wach on July 24 in Thailand as tune-up for potential Joshua bout

Anthony Joshua has his tune-up fight prepared, and Tyson Fury is doing the same — one day earlier. Fury will take on journeyman heavyweight and former contender Mariusz Wach on July 24 in Thailand. It's an odd event, but then again, it's 2026 and this is boxing. What else do we expect?

Key Facts at a Glance

• Date: Friday, July 24, 2026
• Venue: Max Muay Thai Stadium, Pattaya, Thailand (roughly 2,000 seats, 1,500 VIP tickets)
• Bout: Fury (35-2-1, 24 KOs) vs. Wach (39-13, 20 KOs), heavyweight, scheduled for 10 rounds
• Broadcast: None. Per Fury, the fight will not be streamed live.
• At stake: The inaugural WBC Humanitarian Title. Ticket proceeds go to Pattaya charities.
• Next: Anthony Joshua vs. Kristian Prenga, July 25, Jeddah

When Is Tyson Fury vs. Mariusz Wach?

Friday, July 24, at Max Muay Thai Stadium in Pattaya. Tapology lists the event at 6:00 a.m. ET, which corresponds to an evening card local time. Ring walks have not been announced.

The venue is a bigger story than the matchup. Max Muay Thai Stadium is a kickboxing house that runs cards seven nights a week and seats around 2,000. Fury's last outing filled Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

Visually, the fight could look quite striking on television due to the intimate setting — despite the peculiar matchmaking. There are only 1,500 VIP tickets available, and Fury has stated that proceeds will go to local charities in Pattaya. The WBC is presenting him with its inaugural Humanitarian Title on the night.

How Can You Watch Tyson Fury vs. Mariusz Wach?

You can't. According to Fury, the fight will not be broadcast live. Instead, it will be filmed by Netflix as part of the third season of "At Home with the Furys."

Netflix appears on the promotional poster, which led several outlets to assume a live stream was coming. BoxingScene reported that no broadcaster is in place and none is being pursued. The cameras in the building are there for the reality show.

The only way to see this in real time is to be in Pattaya holding one of those 1,500 tickets. That is a genuinely strange sentence to write about a former undisputed heavyweight champion — but again, it's 2026.

Who Is Mariusz Wach?

A 46-year-old from Poland who went twelve rounds with Wladimir Klitschko in 2012 and has not been near that level since. He is 39-13, has lost seven of his last eight, and dropped a unanimous decision to Viktor Vykhryst in Budapest in March.

Wach has most recently been participating in one-versus-three mixed martial arts fights, so the payday that comes with taking on Fury is seemingly worth his time and effort. He has done it twice, both times at Prime Show MMA in Poland, fighting three influencers at once under handicap rules. At six-foot-eight, he simply walked them down until they quit. That is the most recent competitive footage of the man sharing a ring with Fury in eleven days. To put it plainly, this is a mismatch of all mismatches — at least on paper.

What Does This Mean for Tyson Fury vs. Anthony Joshua?

Joshua will face Kristian Prenga in his tune-up. While Prenga isn't expected to provide the stiffest opposition for AJ, most would likely favor him in a fight over Wach. Make of that what you will.

Fury and Joshua have agreed to terms for a fight targeted at the fourth quarter, with Netflix expected to carry it and Wembley reported as the frontrunner. Both men have been beaten twice by Oleksandr Usyk, whose own move into a crossover fight says plenty about where the division's business is heading.

Fury already got his rounds in April, when he outpointed Arslanbek Makhmudov and called Joshua out from the ring on Netflix's first UK boxing card. That fight had a stadium, a broadcast, and a co-main. This one has none of the three.