{"id":438864,"date":"2026-01-28T15:21:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T15:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/438864\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T15:21:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T15:21:10","slug":"tyson-fury-comeback-fight-announced-as-british-boxing-icons-retirement-u-turn-made-official","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/438864\/","title":{"rendered":"Tyson Fury comeback fight announced as British boxing icon’s retirement U-turn made official"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tyson Fury has officially confirmed his return to professional boxing following over 12 months away from the sport.<\/p>\n

The former heavyweight champion stepped away from the ring in January 2025 after suffering consecutive defeats to Oleksandr Usyk during their two encounters in 2024.<\/p>\n

Now ‘The Gypsy King’ is set to end his retirement and pursue world titles once more.<\/p>\n

Fury will face Arslanbek Makhmudov on 11 April at a UK venue, with the contest being streamed live on Netflix.<\/p>\n

The Russian opponent represents Fury’s first step on what he hopes will be a path back to championship glory.<\/p>\n

During Fury’s time on the sidelines, Usyk has maintained his position as the dominant force in heavyweight boxing.<\/p>\n

The Ukrainian once again claimed undisputed status before opting to relinquish his WBO title in November.<\/p>\n

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Arslanbek Makhmudov will be Tyson Fury’s next opponent back in April<\/p>\n

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That belt now belongs to Fabio Wardley, who has emerged as a potential future opponent for Fury should his comeback prove successful.<\/p>\n

Fury’s professional record remains remarkable despite his recent setbacks, with Usyk being the sole fighter to have defeated him throughout his entire career.<\/p>\n

The 11 April clash with Makhmudov offers the British star an opportunity to demonstrate he still possesses the qualities that made him a two-time world champion.<\/p>\n

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Makhmudov enters this contest having secured a unanimous decision victory against Dave Allen in Sheffield back in October.<\/p>\n

However, the challenge posed by Fury represents a significant step up in competition for the Russian heavyweight.<\/p>\n

Should Fury emerge victorious, a world title opportunity could follow.<\/p>\n

Earlier this week, the British fighter indicated his willingness to take on WBO champion Wardley later in 2026.<\/p>\n

Such a bout would give Fury the chance to claim heavyweight gold for a third time in his career.<\/p>\n

Before any title aspirations can be realised, though, Fury must first navigate the test presented by Makhmudov on 11 April.<\/p>\n

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

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Fury spoke this week about his championship ambitions, stating: “Like I said, let’s see how I am looking in my return fight, then later in 2026 this would be a good option for me to try [and] become [three-time] heavyweight champion.”<\/p>\n

Regarding Wardley, he added: “[Fabio] has a hard fight himself coming up soon. <\/p>\n

“I know the fight you guys all want but, at this time, I won’t say his name out of respect, as he is in mourning.”<\/p>\n

Fury continued: “But if he is not going to continue in boxing, I’d like Big Fab as a big test. This would be a massive spectacle!”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tyson Fury has officially confirmed his return to professional boxing following over 12 months away from the sport.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":438865,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,44,12384,457,82],"class_list":["post-438864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-news","tag-sgg","tag-sport","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=438864"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438864\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/438865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=438864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=438864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=438864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}