Who’s Mariusz Wach? Meet Tyson Fury’s 6’8″ opponent with 13 losses who KO’d three influencers in a single MMA fight

Mariusz Wach has been named as Tyson Fury’s final opponent before he faces Anthony Joshua in a super-fight later this yr.

Joshua was involved in a potentially career-ending automotive accident that saw him lose two friends while visiting Nigeria in December. Because of this he decided to return to the ring with a comeback bout against the little-known 20-1 Kristian Prenga before taking over anything too big time.

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Meanwhile, Fury had been out of motion since December of 2024 and opted for a 12-rounder with Arslanbek Makhmudov to dust off the cobwebs. Nonetheless, after criticizing Joshua for wanting a run out of his own, Fury will now have taken two by the point his rival even gets between the ropes.

Tyson Fury is fighting 39-13 Mariusz Wach in final fight before Anthony Joshua

For Anthony Joshua’s return to the ring in Jeddah, Eddie Hearn and company have selected the relatively unknown Kristian Prenga as an opponent. He shouldn’t be exactly a spring chicken on the age of 35, but continues to be making moves up the heavyweight division and has won 20 fights by knockout.

Mariusz Wach, however, is seen as a totally spent force on the age of 46 and appears to be an outrageous selection of opponent for Tyson Fury. He made it the space Wladimir Klitschko in his sole effort at a world title in November of 2012, but has been an away fighter around the globe ever since.

Jarrell Miller, Dillian Whyte and even Makhmudov himself have all defeated the 6’8″ giant Wach within the years since that Klitschko bout. And on the age of just 19, Moses Itauma sent him packing inside two rounds in his tenth pro fight.

Mariusz Wach competed in bizarre 3v1 MMA bout

Perhaps the strangest a part of Mariusz Wach’s recent journey was his temporary foray into MMA where he took on three influencers. Prime MMA staged quite a few interesting bouts, most notably a 3 vs one clash featuring the previous heavyweight title contender.

Wach was put within the cage with three men who gave the impression to be billed as influencers and called themselves Wampirek, Pezet, and ‘Super Mario’. He severely outsized each of them given his massive height and weight.

Relatively quickly he was in a position to stop two directly by making one trip over his downed teammate after being kicked across the cage. He then threw a comparatively impressive back kick to stop one other, forcing the referees [there were three] to step in.