{"id":522085,"date":"2026-04-09T20:32:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T20:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/522085\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T20:32:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T20:32:08","slug":"fury-vs-makhmudov-press-conference-recap-reaction-analysis-benn-vs-prograis-and-face-off-from-media-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/522085\/","title":{"rendered":"Fury vs Makhmudov press conference RECAP: Reaction, analysis, Benn vs Prograis and face-off from media event"},"content":{"rendered":"

I wouldn’t be surprised if Fury calls me outpublished at 20:27 BST<\/p>\n

20:27 BST<\/p>\n

Fury v Makhmudov<\/p>\n

\"\"Fabio Wardley
Heavyweight world champion<\/p>\n

If Tyson Fury beats Arslan Makhmudov on Saturday, I wouldn’t be surprised if he calls me out – and I’d 100% be up for that fight later in the year.<\/p>\n

In fact, I was pushing for Fury as an opponent before we announced my upcoming fight with Daniel Dubois.<\/p>\n

I was the one saying yes, and he actually was the one that said: “Let me have a little time, I’ve had a year out, let me have a warm-up.”<\/p>\n

Of course, the priority for me will always be an undisputed fight against Oleksandr Usyk – I want to test myself against the best in the world – but if Fury does his thing and, God willing, I defend my belt against Daniel Dubois next month, then we can have a conversation.<\/p>\n

I never actually expected Fury to stay retired. It’s great to have him back, active, posting on Instagram, doing his shout-outs and whatever he does.<\/p>\n

I didn’t really feel like he was gone, more that he was just taking a break, as he does. When he said he was retired, I thought: “We’ll see you in a year.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I wouldn’t be surprised if Fury calls me outpublished at 20:27 BST 20:27 BST Fury v Makhmudov Fabio…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":522086,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-522085","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\/522085","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=522085"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522085\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/522086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=522085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=522085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=522085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}