Anthony Joshua back with Ben Davison for Tyson Fury fight after Frazer Clarke leak

Joshua has reunited with the former Fury trainer for their 11 December fight in Cardiff, a camp kept quiet until his old Team GB stablemate Clarke posted a photo from Davison's gym.

Anthony Joshua has re-hired Ben Davison to train him for his long-awaited heavyweight fight with Tyson Fury in Cardiff on 11 December. The news emerged by accident when Frazer Clarke posted a picture of himself with Joshua and Jeamie TKV, a former opponent of Clarke's, inside Davison's gym.

The all-British fight settles a rivalry that has run for a decade, and Joshua's choice of trainer gives it an extra twist. Davison previously coached Fury, guiding him through five unbeaten fights in 2018 and 2019. Joshua, 37, had kept details of his camp private until the photo appeared.

Speaking on a podcast, Clarke, 35, said Joshua had walked into the gym and greeted him with a slap on the back before the pair caught up on boxing and family. TKV then arrived, and the three posed for a picture in the changing rooms. Clarke said the photo was taken on Joshua's phone and that Joshua sent it to him, so he posted it without thinking.

Clarke said his phone was soon flooded with reports that Joshua was back with Davison. He messaged Joshua to apologise and got laughing emojis in reply, and joked that he felt Joshua had set him up.

The pair spent years sparring under Team GB head coach Rob McCracken, who later took Joshua to unified world heavyweight titles. They split in 2021 after Joshua lost to Oleksandr Usyk, and Joshua has since worked with Robert Garcia, Derrick James and Davison. Usyk's coaching team ran his camps for his last two fights, wins over Jake Paul and Kristian Prenga.

Clarke, an Olympic bronze medallist, is backing Joshua to beat Fury, 38. He admitted Joshua's performance against Prenga was not encouraging for his fans, but said he had believed for 10 years that Joshua would win. He added that he was unsure how Joshua would do it, but that it would have to be by stoppage because he would not win on points.

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