The two celebrated British heavyweights have huge fights coming up later in the year, though not with each other.
Joshua is aiming to become a three-time world champion by beating Daniel Dubois when the two meet on September 21 at Wembley Stadium in London.
‘AJ’ is on a good run of form having knocked out Robert Helenius, Otto Wallin and Francis Ngannou in his last three outings, while Dubois too has impressed by stopping both Fillip Hrgovic and Jarrell Miller.
Fury, who recently admitted his respect for Joshua, is looking to get revenge on Oleksandr Usyk who beat him in May for the undisputed world heavyweight title. It was Fury’s first loss in his professional career.
The record currently stands at 94,000 people which is how many attended when Fury fought and beat Dillian Whyte in 2022 to retain his WBC crown after fighting in the UK for the first time since 2018. Post-fight, Fury briefly entered retirement, saying he had achieved all there was to achieve in the sport of boxing.
“What a welcome I had tonight in front of 94,000 of my fellow countrymen. What a night. I single-handedly sold out 94,000 tickets. I pat myself on the back for that.”
“I promised my wife that would be it after the [Deontay] Wilder fight. But I got offered a fight at Wembley and I owed it to the fans. What a way to go out.”
Fury returned to the ring eight months later to defeat Derek Chisora at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
Now, Riyadh Season’s Turki Alalshikh has successfully applied for the capacity to be increased. The stadium is set to welcome 96, 000 boxing fans. There are still tickets available for the event, backed up by a good undercard, starting from around £75.
Should Fury beat Usyk, and if Joshua comes through his fight with Dubois, many hope the two will come together at the start of next year for what would be an epic undisputed contest in front of another capacity crowd – perhaps record-breaking again.