{"id":514375,"date":"2026-03-02T18:40:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T18:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/514375\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T18:40:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T18:40:09","slug":"tyson-fury-hints-at-another-boxing-retirement-u-turn-ahead-of-comeback-fight-with-arslanbek-makhmudov","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/514375\/","title":{"rendered":"Tyson Fury hints at another boxing retirement U-turn ahead of comeback fight with Arslanbek Makhmudov"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tyson Fury has hinted that he could walk away from boxing for a sixth time, with his comeback bout against Arslanbek Makhmudov now just weeks away.<\/p>\n

The 37-year-old former two-time unified heavyweight champion will step back into the ring on 11 April at Tottenham, with the contest broadcast live on Netflix.<\/p>\n

It will mark Fury’s first appearance since suffering back-to-back losses to Oleksandr Usyk, with the Ukrainian defeating him for a second time in December 2024.<\/p>\n

That defeat prompted the Gypsy King’s fifth retirement from the sport.<\/p>\n

Fury views the Russian powerhouse Makhmudov as a tune-up ahead of a potential third meeting with Usyk.<\/p>\n

However, speaking to Sky Sports ahead of his Tottenham clash with the bear-wrestling Russian, Fury conceded he may turn down future opportunities and retire once more.<\/p>\n

“I can only concentrate on who I’m fighting and that’s Arslanbek Makhmudov,” Fury said.<\/p>\n

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Tyson Fury will do battle with Arslanbek Makhmudov on April 11<\/p>\n

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“And that’s what I’ve got to do.<\/p>\n

“I’ve got to get him out the way, beat him and then who knows?<\/p>\n

“That might be the end. I might retire again.”<\/p>\n

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The admission suggests the Wythenshawe fighter remains uncertain about his long-term future in the sport, despite preparations for what could prove to be his final professional contest.<\/p>\n

Should Fury follow through on retirement after defeating Makhmudov, he would be abandoning what would represent the most substantial payday of his entire career.<\/p>\n

A multi-million-pound clash with Anthony Joshua had been scheduled for September, with the two British heavyweights finally set to meet after years of failed negotiations.<\/p>\n

The bout was derailed when Joshua was involved in a devastating car accident in Nigeria last December.<\/p>\n

The crash claimed the lives of two of Joshua’s close friends, Latif Ayodele and Sina Ghami, though the former unified champion himself escaped with only minor injuries.<\/p>\n

And the tragedy put any plans for the long-awaited all-British superfight on hold.<\/p>\n

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Tyson Fury retired in January 2025 after losing to Oleksandr Usyk<\/p>\n

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Fury has revealed that Joshua’s brush with death played a significant role in his decision to return to boxing.<\/p>\n

The Wythenshawe warrior reflected on the fragility of life when explaining his motivation.<\/p>\n

“Tomorrow is not promised to anybody,” Fury said. “The Bible says tomorrow is not a gift. Tomorrow ain’t promised. Tomorrow is a mystery. So we have to live for today.<\/p>\n

“And me living for that day, I made my mind up there and then that I’m going to come back to boxing.<\/p>\n

“Because it’s something that I love and I’m passionate about. And that I’ve always been in love with.<\/p>\n

“And there is no tomorrow to put it off to. So that’s why I’m back today for this big fight.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tyson Fury has hinted that he could walk away from boxing for a sixth time, with his comeback…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":514376,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,44,13296,588,85,8691],"class_list":["post-514375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-boxing","tag-news","tag-sgg","tag-sport","tag-sports","tag-tyson-fury"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514375","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=514375"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514375\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/514376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=514375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=514375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=514375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}