{"id":636776,"date":"2026-06-13T14:26:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T14:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/636776\/"},"modified":"2026-06-13T14:26:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T14:26:09","slug":"former-heavyweight-champion-making-comeback-at-53-says-tyson-fury-is-done-after-latest-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/636776\/","title":{"rendered":"Former heavyweight champion making comeback at 53 says Tyson Fury is ‘done’ after latest performance"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former heavyweight champion Hasim Rahman, who most notably defeated Lennox Lewis<\/a> in 2001, has given a damning verdict on Tyson Fury\u2019s future in the sport.<\/p>\n

\u2018The Rock\u2019 scored a stunning fourth-round finish over Lewis for the WBC and IBF titles<\/a>, only to lose their immediate rematch via an eighth-round stoppage.<\/p>\n

At the age of 53, Rahman is now gearing up for a comeback fight on July 14, though an opponent is yet to be announced for his six-rounder at New York\u2019s ESL Ballpark.<\/p>\n

His last professional outing saw him lose to little-known opponent Anthony Nansen in 2014, yet Rahman seemingly believes he is capable of surpassing George Foreman by becoming the oldest heavyweight champion in history<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Whether he can do so, it remains to be seen, but the American clearly feels he stands a greater chance at claiming a piece of silverware than the 37-year-old Fury.<\/p>\n

In fact, Rahman has gone as far as to suggest that \u2018The Gypsy King\u2019 had his career beaten out of him by Deontay Wilder<\/a>, who he also believes is significantly over the hill.<\/p>\n

Speaking with B4 Champ<\/a>, Rahman suspects it was their trilogy showdown, in particular, that caused both heavyweights to suffer considerable wear and tear.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just think Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury beat [their] careers out of each other \u2013 they left their careers in that trilogy. It\u2019s over for both of them.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re never going to see that prime Tyson Fury [again]. It\u2019s over. [He\u2019s] done.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fury won his third encounter with Wilder via an 11th-round knockout<\/a>, but was made to overcome two knockdowns and several spells of adversity when they collided in October 2021.<\/p>\n

Based on his performance against Arslanbek Makhmudov, who he unanimously outpointed in April<\/a>, Rahman believes this Wilder fight was where Fury\u2019s career might as well have ended.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former heavyweight champion Hasim Rahman, who most notably defeated Lennox Lewis in 2001, has given a damning verdict…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":636777,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-636776","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\/636776","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=636776"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/636776\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/636777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=636776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=636776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=636776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}