TYSON FURY is in line for TWO fights in the UK this year before returning to America in 2023, Bob Arum has revealed.
The unbeaten WBC heavyweight champion, 33, has boxed his last five fights Stateside and is now promoted by New York Hall of Famer Arum.
But Fury is braced for a homecoming more than four years in the making when he defends his title against mandatory challenger Dillian Whyte.
April 23 in Cardiff is currently the targeted date for the all-British grudge match.
And Arum warned Fury could make it a double-header of home fights this year before taking his talents back across the pond.
He told FightHype: “He’s very excited, Tyson is going home to fight.
“He may do another fight after this in the UK and then I hope, following year to bring him back to the United States.
“There’s a number of fights we can do for him in the United States.”
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The Gypsy King was in talks to fight Oleksandr Usyk, 35, for the undisputed crown in the Middle East.
But Anthony Joshua, who lost to Usyk in September, failed to agree terms to step aside.
It means Joshua, 32, is now set to rematch the Ukrainian, with Fury instead facing No1 contender Whyte, 33.
But Arum ‘absolutely’ hopes the second of Fury’s two-fight plan in the UK will be against the winner of AJ and Usyk.
Talks between the veteran matchmaker and opposing promoter Eddie Hearn have not always been the smoothest.
And until Joshua completes his rematch with Usyk – managed by Egis Klimas – Arum will have no communication with his opposite number.
He said: “Well you know, right now if Usyk beats Joshua again, Hearn has nothing to say about it, right?
“It’s only if Joshua beats Usyk that Hearn is back in the picture. So, there’s no reason to talk to Hearn about that fight at the end of the year.
“I talk instead to Egis about that fight and it will all be done in-house.”
