{"id":527709,"date":"2026-04-13T01:24:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T01:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/527709\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T01:24:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T01:24:08","slug":"fury-vs-makhmudov-david-haye-anthony-joshua-lennox-lewis-react-to-gypsy-kings-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/527709\/","title":{"rendered":"Fury vs Makhmudov: David Haye, Anthony Joshua &#038; Lennox Lewis react to Gypsy King&#8217;s win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Former world heavyweight champion David Haye described Tyson Fury&#8217;s win over Arslanbek Makhmudov in his comeback fight as an &#8220;optimal performance&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Fury returned to the ring after a 15-month absence to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/boxing\/articles\/cwy3ww0rkylo\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">secure a unanimous decision victory<\/a> at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It was not a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/boxing\/live\/clye5rgn890t\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">vintage display,<\/a> but Haye believed it was a good return considering the ring rust Fury could have been dealing with.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Fury did exactly what he needed to do,&#8221; Haye told Netflix.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;That was the optimal performance for him. If he could pick the type of performance to put forward, it would be exactly that.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;He took all his tools out of the box and polished them up.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Retired multiple weight world champion Andre Ward agreed with Haye&#8217;s assessment, downplaying suggestions was a soft reintroduction for Fury.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Some will say Makhmudov is limited, but he&#8217;s good enough,&#8221; Ward said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;You can&#8217;t take away from what you&#8217;ve seen from Tyson Fury offensively and defensively tonight.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Four-time world champion Carl Froch said Fury &#8220;boxed well&#8221; and taking zero damage will be a positive for the 37-year-old.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;He&#8217;s been out the ring for [nearly] 16 months and he put in a 12-round performance at a good pace,&#8221; Froch said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;The first couple of rounds were close, but then he took over against a dangerous puncher. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;He got hit with a couple of little shots, but you can see by his face he&#8217;s not marked up.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former world heavyweight champion David Haye described Tyson Fury&#8217;s win over Arslanbek Makhmudov in his comeback fight as&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":527710,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-527709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527709","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=527709"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527709\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/527710"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=527709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=527709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=527709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}