Ben Davison to assist Anthony Joshua for Tyson Fury clash

Ben Davison will be involved in training Anthony Joshua for his presumed clash with Tyson Fury, according to Eddie Hearn.

The long-awaited contest is reportedly close to being finalized for December 11 at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium after months of drawn-out negotiations.

Previously, Davison had been in Joshua’s corner for his two best performances in recent years – his fifth round stoppage of Otto Wallin in 2023 and, the following year, his five-minute thrashing of Francis Ngannou in 2024. However, following Joshua’s knockout loss to Daniel Dubois in September 2024, Davison was replaced by Igor Golub – one of Oleksandr Usyk’s team members.

It seemed a fruitful switch at first, with Joshua sharing videos of him training alongside Usyk, and successfully dispatching of YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul in 2025. It wasn’t long before Golub and his corner came under fire, however. Joshua faced Kristian Prenga back in July in what should have been a routine win in preparation for Fury.

Joshua was knocked down twice by Prenga in the opener. When the heavyweight returned to the corner, it appeared that Ukrainian-speaking Golub and Sergey Lapin found it difficult to communicate with Joshua. Regardless, Prenga was then emphatically knocked out in the second round.

There were rumors that Joshua had returned to Davison when images were shared of him back training in the trainer's gym.

Davison – after a stint with Billy Joe Saunders – made his name in the professional game by training Fury for his return to the ring back in 2018, cornering Fury for his draw with Deontay Wilder that year, before losing his job following Fury’s lackuster display against Otto Wallin in 2019.

“Joshua’s always been, even when Ben Davison wasn’t his principal trainer, working with him strategically, talking all the time and I think he respects Ben a lot,” said Hearn, Joshua’s promoter.

“Obviously, there’s probably a feeling that Ben Davison knows Tyson Fury extremely well. For me, I think he’s one of the best trainers in the world. I don’t know AJ’s final decision on where he’s going to locate his training camp, but Ben Davison will definitely be involved in that camp and that process.”

Joshua in some capacity continuing to work with Team Usyk seems a possibility, however.

“I think in some capacity he’ll stay close to them,” said Hearn.