Tyson Fury reveals Joyce, Miller and Dronov as sparring partners for Joshua

Fury, 38, is preparing for his long-awaited heavyweight fight with Anthony Joshua at Cardiff's Principality Stadium on 11 December, which will be shown live on Netflix.

Tyson Fury has brought in Joe Joyce, Jarrell Miller and Aleksei Dronov to help him prepare for his fight with Anthony Joshua.

The two Britons meet at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff on 11 December, after nearly a decade of calls for the heavyweight fight to be made. The bout will stream live on Netflix.

On Thursday, Fury shared an AI image of the three sparring partners alongside himself and coach Sugarhill Steward, all dressed in Viking gear. Fury wrote: “Clan war lords instead of spartans, we coming dec 11.” A day earlier, he wrote that he had done 10 rounds of sparring with two fighters, calling camp his happy place and saying he was as happy as ever at 38.

Joyce, an Olympic silver medallist, inflicted the first defeat of Daniel Dubois's career when he stopped him in 2020, and stopped Joseph Parker two years later. He was then knocked out in back-to-back fights by Zhilei Zhang and later lost on points to Derek Chisora.

Miller has his own history with Joshua. The American was due to face him in Joshua's US debut in 2019 but was removed from the fight after failing a drug test, and Joshua was knocked out by Andy Ruiz Jr instead. Miller failed another test in 2020, was stopped late by Dubois in 2023 and drew with Ruiz the following year.

Dronov, 24, is the least known of the group. The Russian won gold at the youth Olympics and the amateur youth world championships, and is 12-0 as a professional with 10 knockouts.

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