{"id":736615,"date":"2026-08-13T11:24:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T11:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/736615\/"},"modified":"2026-08-13T11:24:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T11:24:08","slug":"peter-fury-says-monster-ko-artist-is-ready-to-beat-benavidez-beterbiev-and-bivol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/736615\/","title":{"rendered":"Peter Fury says ‘monster’ KO artist is ready to beat Benavidez, Beterbiev and Bivol"},"content":{"rendered":"

Peter Fury has described his light-heavyweight charge as a \u201cmonster in the ring\u201d, insisting he is ready to face former undisputed king Artur Beterbiev<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The 41-year-old Russian has not fought since February 2025, back when he lost his four major titles in an immediate rematch with Dmitry Bivol<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In their first encounter, Beterbiev emerged with a majority decision victory, only to lose by the exact same margins \u2013 116-112, 115-113 and 114-114 \u2013 just over four months later.<\/p>\n

But still, even after having not fought in around 18 months, the prolific knockout artist is widely regarded as one of the leading operators at 175lbs.<\/p>\n

It should therefore come as a surprise that Fury, a vastly experienced and respected coach, has expressed an interest in putting Gradus Kraus in with Beterbiev.<\/p>\n

While he does, indeed, seem like a genuine talent with bundles of potential<\/a>, the 25-year-old is yet to compete anywhere near world level.<\/p>\n

Yet despite his lack of experience, Fury has told IFL TV<\/a> that, if his promoter and manager were to strike a deal with Beterbiev, or indeed any champion at 175, he would have no issue with Kraus signing on the dotted line.<\/p>\n

\u201cAny [light-heavyweight] out there: put your name forward. [Kraus] can fight them in October, November, December. He\u2019s ready for all of them.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis kid is a monster in the ring; I tip him for massive things. Trust me: if Ben Shalom and Mick [Hennessy] get him Beterbiev tomorrow, he\u2019ll be having it for his next fight.\u201d<\/p>\n

Having stopped all but one of his 12 opponents, Holland\u2019s Kraus is now coming off a statement first-round finish over Sean Hemphill and is expected back out in October. Whether or not he climbs the rankings before Bivol and Beterbiev retire is another matter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Peter Fury has described his light-heavyweight charge as a \u201cmonster in the ring\u201d, insisting he is ready to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":736616,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-736615","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\/736615","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=736615"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/736615\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/736616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=736615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=736615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=736615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}