Tyson Fury returned from his fifth retirement to fight Arslanbek Makhmudov in north London, the first step towards his long-delayed meeting with Anthony Joshua.
Tyson Fury came out of retirement to outpoint Arslanbek Makhmudov at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Saturday 11 April 2026,, his first fight since December 2024.
Fury was born in Wythenshawe, Manchester, in 1988 to an Irish Traveller family. He took the world heavyweight titles from Wladimir Klitschko in Düsseldorf in 2015 and won the WBC title from Deontay Wilder in 2020.
After two defeats to Oleksandr Usyk in Riyadh in 2024, he announced his fifth retirement in January 2025 and his return a year later. The fight was billed as The Comeback.
Makhmudov, a 36-year-old from Mozdok in Russia, came in with 21 wins from 23 fights, 19 by knockout. At six feet nine, Fury stood three and a half inches taller.
The attendance was 64,500, up on the 59,789 who watched Fury stop Derek Chisora at the stadium in December 2022. The judges scored it 120 to 108, 120 to 108 and 119 to 109. The win set up his fight with Anthony Joshua at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff on 11 December.
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