{"id":438947,"date":"2026-01-28T16:12:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T16:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/438947\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T16:12:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T16:12:07","slug":"tyson-fury-returns-to-headline-netflix-boxing-event-on-april-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/438947\/","title":{"rendered":"Tyson Fury returns to headline Netflix boxing event on April 11"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cThe Gypsy King\u201d will return from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2025\/1\/13\/24342679\/tyson-fury-scraps-anthony-joshua-fight-retires-boxing-surprise-announcement-usyk\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">his seventeenth retirement<\/a> to headline a special Netflix boxing event on Sat., April 11, 2026 in the United Kingdom; however, an exact city and venue have yet to be determined. Opposing the former WBC heavyweight champion is WBA Inter-Continental titleholder <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2023\/10\/28\/23936159\/full-fight-video-highlights-fury-ngannou-results-espn-ppv-saudi-arabia-makhmudov-knockout\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Arslanbek Makhmudov<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cExcited to be back,\u201d Fury said in today\u2019s release. \u201cHeart\u2019s always been and always will be in boxing. Someone go tell the king that the ace is back!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The 36 year-old Makhmudov (21-2) is coming off back-to-back wins over Ricardo Brown and David Allen in 2025, the latter of which landed the Russian \u201cLion\u201d the WBA Inter-Continental heavyweight title. Makhmudov is a prolific finisher, having scored 19 knockouts in 21 wins over the course of his nine-year career.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cI am thrilled about the opportunity,\u201d Makhmudov 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<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Netflix undercard for April 11 is expected to be announced in the coming days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cThe Gypsy King\u201d will return from his seventeenth retirement to headline a special Netflix boxing event on Sat.,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":438948,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[36109,49,48,641,33601,638,82],"class_list":["post-438947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-boxing-news-results","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-fighting","tag-latest-ufc-mma-news","tag-mma","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438947","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=438947"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438947\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/438948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=438947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=438947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=438947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}