{"id":519298,"date":"2026-04-08T09:59:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T09:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/519298\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T09:59:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T09:59:07","slug":"tyson-fury-already-knows-who-he-will-call-out-after-makhmudov-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/519298\/","title":{"rendered":"Tyson Fury already knows who he will call out after Makhmudov fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tyson Fury returns to the ring this weekend in London after over a year out. If he overcomes Russian powerhouse Arslanbek Makhumdov, he is hoping to finally deliver on one of the biggest fights the sport can offer.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The Gypsy King\u2019 is a handy favourite against Makhmudov, who poses a threat with his power but has been defeated at world level in the past. The general consensus is that, if Fury is close to the same fighter as he was in his two competitive losses to Oleksandr Usyk, he will emerge victorious.<\/p>\n<p>So who will he call out at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/sport\/boxing\/fury-vs-makhmudov-date-fight-time-undercard-prediction-ring-walks-odds-b1277881.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium<\/a> post-fight? Speaking on Inside the Ring, Fury said Anthony Joshua is at the top of his hit list.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not really about a belt anymore it\u2019s just that I want to make that Anthony Joshua fight that was supposed to have happened for the last 10 years but hasn\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cObviously I have this big fight in front of me in Makhmudov first and then we don\u2019t know what the third fight might be after Joshua but I\u2019m aiming for three fights this year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It is a notable admission from Fury, who has played coy on the bout in the past despite huge fan demand. It is understood that the pair are in early discussions for a fight towards the end of the year, with \u2018AJ\u2019 likely taking another fight in the meantime.<\/p>\n<p>Fury does not rule out the rivalry becoming a two-fight affair, though he believes that will be prevented by him \u2018blowing away\u2019 his countryman.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf it\u2019s a good fight with me and AJ, which I don\u2019t think it will be, I think it will be a blow-away, then we will have a rematch. But if not, we will see.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fans will now focus on how Fury looks come Saturday night. At 37 and coming off a long period of inactivity, <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/news\/tyson-fury-on-wilder-chisora-result\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">he himself has admitted that he may not be the fighter he was.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tyson Fury returns to the ring this weekend in London after over a year out. If he overcomes&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":519299,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-519298","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519298","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=519298"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519298\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/519299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=519298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=519298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=519298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}