{"id":443435,"date":"2026-01-28T18:15:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T18:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/443435\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T18:15:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T18:15:13","slug":"tyson-fury-returns-for-april-11-boxing-match-on-netflix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/443435\/","title":{"rendered":"Tyson Fury returns for April 11 boxing match on Netflix"},"content":{"rendered":"

As expected, Tyson Fury didn\u2019t stay retired for long.<\/p>\n

Fury is one of the greatest heavyweight boxers of this generation. However, after a pair of losses to Oleksandr Usyk, he announced his decision to retire from the sport.<\/p>\n

Fury had already retired a number of times, only to return soon after, so most people expected we\u2019d see him in the ring again.<\/p>\n

Those people were right.<\/p>\n

Tyson Fury vs. Arslanbek Makhmudov boxing match to air on Netflix<\/p>\n

On Jan. 28, news surfaced that Fury will return to the ring for a boxing match on Netflix on April 11. His opponent will not be Usyk, or even Anthony Joshua, but a Russian boxer named Arslanbek Makhmudov, whom most casual fans have likely never heard of.<\/p>\n

Despite not being a very big name, Makhmudov has a solid resume. The Russian is the current WBA Inter-Continental champion, and has 19 knockouts on his 21-2 pro boxing record.<\/p>\n

\u201cExcited to be back,\u201d Fury said in press release announcing the Netflix boxing match (via MMA Mania<\/a>). \u201cHeart\u2019s always been and always will be in boxing. Someone go tell the king that the ace is back!\u201d<\/p>\n

Makhmudov, unsurprisingly, is also very excited for the fight, which has the potential to completely change his career and his life.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am thrilled about the opportunity,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m coming to deliver a war. Tyson Fury has been a big champion. I will be more ready than ever to leave with a massive W.\u201d<\/p>\n

Netflix has recently been all-in on boxing. First, the streaming service promoted a controversial boxing match between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul. Then, last year, we got a blockbuster showdown between Terrence Crawford and Saul \u201cCanelo\u201d Alvarez, and later, a fight between Paul and Joshua. All three did huge viewership numbers.<\/p>\n

Fury vs. Makhmudov is unlikely to reach those heights, but should still attract a lot of boxing fans to the streaming service.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As expected, Tyson Fury didn\u2019t stay retired for long. Fury is one of the greatest heavyweight boxers of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":443436,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":["post-443435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-boxing","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=443435"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443435\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/443436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=443435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=443435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=443435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}