Tyson Fury vs. Arslanbek Makhmudov | Netflix - 11 April 2026

[Nightmare Roy]

Can’t believe someone’s not called his bluff by now…preferably a lot less well known or capable than Carl Froch…Carls brother would do but I’d prefer something like the bloke from Accounts…or somebodies Dad on the undercard

That 14 year old in Usyk's camp had a go back.

[Nightmare Roy]

Is this going to do big numbers? On the one hand it’s Tyson fury, he is a big star. On the other hand his best win in the last 5 years is chisora… and he is fighting a euro levle guy.

Will it sell out ? Will it sell out easily? Will it be half full? I really struggle to know.

It will be in the tens of millions I'd imagine. Probably low tens. It will sell well, not out, very few do. Turki will probably announce it as sold out.

Surely it would sell better up North and DD Wardley would do loads better down south?

[Frostieballs]

Is this going to do big numbers? On the one hand it’s Tyson fury, he is a big star. On the other hand his best win in the last 5 years is chisora… and he is fighting a euro levle guy.

Will it sell out ? Will it sell out easily? Will it be half full? I really struggle to know.

It will be in the tens of millions I'd imagine. Probably low tens. It will sell well, not out, very few do. Turki will probably announce it as sold out.

Tens of millions of what? Buys? Purse?

[Boxerbeetle]

Boxing subreddit is going crazy about Tyson saying something disrespectful about Usyk’s dad? It’s all a bit soap opera for me, but disappointing if it’s true.

[Ruthless-RKO]

Is this going to do big numbers? On the one hand it’s Tyson fury, he is a big star. On the other hand his best win in the last 5 years is chisora… and he is fighting a euro levle guy.

Will it sell out ? Will it sell out easily? Will it be half full? I really struggle to know.

It will be in the tens of millions I'd imagine. Probably low tens. It will sell well, not out, very few do. Turki will probably announce it as sold out.

Tens of millions of what? Buys? Purse?

Views. It’s on Netflix. So no doubt will do millions of viewers.

[tigermoth87]

He's a Walter Mitty sort, the way he talks about the likes of Lennox and Mike Tyson as though he walks amongst them. Proper plant pot.

The televised version of the 60 year old bloke who owns a pub with photos of him meeting boxers behind the bar (All doing the same pose, snarling at the camera with fists up looking hard) to try and imply he knew them personally and when asked he'll say he did a bit of sparring at the gyms. When in reality, he just turned up to those meet and greets for a couple of hundred quid a pop.

[CaptainSpacerod]

'Put some respect on my name.'
Ok, Mr 8-2-1 record.

Wish Lennox had ignored his bestial grunts.

It was like watching Bradley Walsh demanding affirmation from Sinatra.

[KiwiRider]

i thought Tyson Fury was retired?

Trust me, the eighth retirement coming after this fight is the one that sticks

[coneye]

Really if hes there in an official capacity why does.nt the bbbc come down hard on him and the team throw some big fines about bringing the sport into disrepute I hes not official why dont security drag him out and make a goose of him

[MasterG]

Fury constantly bleeding on about Usyk being a cheat. Fury insisting he beat Usyk twice, blar blar blar.

It's obvious that Fury wants a 3rd fight with Usyk. But in all honesty I hope it never happens, so Fury can go on forever saying Usyk cheated him.

[mickey1975]

He's a Walter Mitty sort, the way he talks about the likes of Lennox and Mike Tyson as though he walks amongst them. Proper plant pot.

The televised version of the 60 year old bloke who owns a pub with photos of him meeting boxers behind the bar (All doing the same pose, snarling at the camera with fists up looking hard) to try and imply he knew them personally and when asked he'll say he did a bit of sparring at the gyms. When in reality, he just turned up to those meet and greets for a couple of hundred quid a pop.

The only difference being he actually knows all of these people, had a place on the top table and everyone is talking about him today?

[tigermoth87]

The only difference being he actually knows all of these people, had a place on the top table and everyone is talking about him today?

You seem upset? Are you a pub owner with photos of boxers you met on meet and greets on the wall who you pretend to know and sparred with?

[golden_labrador]

Fury constantly bleeding on about Usyk being a cheat. Fury insisting he beat Usyk twice, blar blar blar.

It's obvious that Fury wants a 3rd fight with Usyk. But in all honesty I hope it never happens, so Fury can go on forever saying Usyk cheated him.

if Fury can beat Agit, he can salvage something at the end of his career, but Usyk is a closed door. Hopefully the Makh fight isn't like the Ngannou fight

[mickey1975]

The only difference being he actually knows all of these people, had a place on the top table and everyone is talking about him today?

You seem upset? Are you a pub owner with photos of boxers you met on meet and greets on the wall who you pretend to know and sparred with?

I think John was out of order yesterday and is at pretty much every pretty fight gathering around his sons but it's bizarre to put him down as some sort of hanger on.

[Ruthless-RKO]

Tyson Fury will face Makhmudov without a trainer: ''I'm like Clubber Lang'

The 37-year-old will face the Russian puncher in the main event at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on April 11 in his first fight since the second defeat to Oleksandr Usyk in December 2024.

Sugar Hill Steward was his trainer for that fight, and the six before it, but it sounds like he will not be involved in Fury’s comeback if the Gypsy King is to be believed.

Fury (34-2-1, 24 KOs), the two-time world heavyweight champion, has spent the last eight weeks training in Thailand and there was no sign of Steward or any other head trainer during that mini-camp.

And now Fury says he will go it alone against Makhmudov, like Clubber Lang did in "Rocky III", when the iconic character, portrayed by Mr. T, famously declared “I live alone, I train alone”.

 When asked who will train him for the Makhmudov fight, Fury said: “I’m like Clubber Lang, I’m going to train alone.

“I know how to do it, I know how to go 12 rounds, I know how to push myself and I know how to take a rest when I need to.



“People try and make it like rocket science but it’s not. As long as you train hard, eat well and get plenty of rest ... I’m an experienced veteran in this game.

“Sometimes you need people to point stuff out to you and remind you of certain aspects of it all but what I don’t know about my own body now, I’m never going to know.”

Fury and Makhmudov were both in London on Monday for the press conference to formally announce their showdown. It is unclear whether Fury plans to return to Thailand for the remaining eight weeks of his camp or head back to his home town of Morecambe.

 But the absence of a senior trainer will be a first for Fury, who has worked with a series of high profile coaches during his career.

Initially, he kept things in the family, training under his late uncle Hughie and then another of his uncles Peter. His father John has also been a regular presence at his training camps over the years.



Ben Davison was then brought in as Fury battled back down from a weight of nearly 400 pounds in order to challenge for the world heavyweight title again.

It was Sugar Hill, the nephew of Kronk Godfather Emanuel Steward, who would lead him to his destructive world title victory over Deontay Wilder in 2020, with Andy Lee working as his assistant in camp.

[Ruthless-RKO]

Tyson Fury says Anthony Joshua tragedy 'turning point' for his comeback

Fury will draw a line under 15 months out of the ring on April 11 when he takes on Arslanbek Makhmudov at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium live on Netflix after deciding to end his retirement which began back in January 2025.

 Now the 37-year-old Gypsy King has explained how his mind was made up by the heartbreaking deaths of Joshua’s close friends and team-mates Latif Ayodele and Sina Ghami.

The pair were tragically killed when the Lexus SUV carrying them collided with a stationary lorry near Lagos on December 29. Joshua and the driver, Adeniyi Mobolaji Kayode, both survived.

Fury, on holiday with his family in Thailand at the time, says the news had a profound effect on him and the future of his career. At the top table at Monday’s press conference at the stadium, Fury said: “I suppose the biggest turning point in this comeback for me was a tragedy that happened with Anthony Joshua.

“I was on holiday with my family in Thailand for Christmas just to get away from the rain because it was depressing me. Then I hear all that bad news that has gone on and I thought ‘life is very short and very precious and very fragile’.

“Anything can happen any moment and you should never put things off until tomorrow or next week or next year because tomorrow is not promised to anybody. Me living for the day, I made my mind up there and then that I’m going to come back to boxing because it’s something that I love and I’m passionate about. There is no tomorrow to put it off to and that’s why I’m back today.

“There’s never a tomorrow. Tomorrow is a myth, it’s not a real thing. Today is what we have. Tomorrow might not ever come ... I’m not anything but a fighter. That’s why I’m back.”

Fury (34-2-1, 24 KOs) is no stranger to comebacks after returning from a string of retirements over the course of his professional career, which started back in 2008.

He most recently called time on that career following back-to-back defeats to Ukrainian great Oleksandr Usyk in 2024. He has since spent time filming the latest series of his Netflix docuseries, "At Home With the Furys", as well as a full documentary about his life.

It was only in August that Fury had completely ruled out a return to boxing, which he described as a "young man’s game", but he admits he has been simply unable to walk away.

He added: “This is my fifth comeback in as many years I suppose but when you love something as passionately as I do, it’s hard to let go. It’s very difficult to let go.


“I know how hard I’ve worked to get to this point and to walk away with so much left in the tank was never going to happen. Even if I didn’t believe it myself.
 “When I retired over a year ago I really believed I’d never return to boxing. But having had a year off and experienced life and all it has to give I’ve learned that I’m so much in love with boxing that it’s a part of me now matter how old I am. Just like Mike Tyson, he can’t get it out of his system.
 “I think boxing is the biggest addictive drug on earth because any other drug you can go to rehab and get it out of your system but the fight game never leaves you. It’s always with you, now until forever.
 “It comes to a point where you just want to go back to work and my work will always be the fight game, no matter how old I am. I feel fresh, I feel good and if I was on the decline I’d say it. I don’t think I’ve lost anything, I feel fast and good moving. Everything is really good.”
Fury also explained why he selected dangerous Russian puncher Makhmudov (21-2, 19 KOs) for his first fight in 15 months.

The 36-year-old was once tipped as a future world champion but defeats to Agit Kabayel and Guido Vianello stalled his sure towards the top. But, with 13 first round knockouts, Makhmudov is still considered one of the most destructive figures in the division.

Fury said: “The truth of the matter is, if I fight a pudding, I don’t get turned on by that. I have to fight someone dangerous to make me even want to train, or to take it seriously. Now I know I have a knockout artist in front of me, I really will focus and get my teeth into training camp.”

[tigermoth87]

I think John was out of order yesterday and is at pretty much every pretty fight gathering around his sons but it's bizarre to put him down as some sort of hanger on.

Mate, he was talking about potentially fighting Lennox Lewis. As if they were equals.

Big John Fury is hanging onto Tyson's coattails and tries his best to make everything him--like picking a fight with Usyk's team and headbutting a fourteen year old (and coming off worse lmfao). He's a bellend who can't stand the fact he's old and washed up and couldn't cut it as a boxer beyond beating someone up behind a caravan.

[jamesmcdonnell]

The only difference being he actually knows all of these people, had a place on the top table and everyone is talking about him today?

You seem upset? Are you a pub owner with photos of boxers you met on meet and greets on the wall who you pretend to know and sparred with?

I think John was out of order yesterday and is at pretty much every pretty fight gathering around his sons but it's bizarre to put him down as some sort of hanger on.

What else would you call him.

He sucks the oxygen out of the room to make everything about him. Just because he is his father, doesn't mean he cannot be a hanger on.

[golden_labrador]

I think John was out of order yesterday and is at pretty much every pretty fight gathering around his sons but it's bizarre to put him down as some sort of hanger on.

Mate, he was talking about potentially fighting Lennox Lewis. As if they were equals.

Big John Fury is hanging onto Tyson's coattails and tries his best to make everything him--like picking a fight with Usyk's team and headbutting a fourteen year old (and coming off worse lmfao). He's a bellend who can't stand the fact he's old and washed up and couldn't cut it as a boxer beyond beating someone up behind a caravan.

he's sensitive. I don't think it's anything more than that

[jamesmcdonnell]

I think John was out of order yesterday and is at pretty much every pretty fight gathering around his sons but it's bizarre to put him down as some sort of hanger on.

Mate, he was talking about potentially fighting Lennox Lewis. As if they were equals.

Big John Fury is hanging onto Tyson's coattails and tries his best to make everything him--like picking a fight with Usyk's team and headbutting a fourteen year old (and coming off worse lmfao). He's a bellend who can't stand the fact he's old and washed up and couldn't cut it as a boxer beyond beating someone up behind a caravan.

That was truly pathetic.

[dookus]

I think John was out of order yesterday and is at pretty much every pretty fight gathering around his sons but it's bizarre to put him down as some sort of hanger on.

Mate, he was talking about potentially fighting Lennox Lewis. As if they were equals.

Big John Fury is hanging onto Tyson's coattails and tries his best to make everything him--like picking a fight with Usyk's team and headbutting a fourteen year old (and coming off worse lmfao). He's a bellend who can't stand the fact he's old and washed up and couldn't cut it as a boxer beyond beating someone up behind a caravan.

That was truly pathetic.

the look on Lewis' face

[mickey1975]

I think John was out of order yesterday and is at pretty much every pretty fight gathering around his sons but it's bizarre to put him down as some sort of hanger on.

Mate, he was talking about potentially fighting Lennox Lewis. As if they were equals.

Big John Fury is hanging onto Tyson's coattails and tries his best to make everything him--like picking a fight with Usyk's team and headbutting a fourteen year old (and coming off worse lmfao). He's a bellend who can't stand the fact he's old and washed up and couldn't cut it as a boxer beyond beating someone up behind a caravan.

That was truly pathetic.

I think he has always said he was lined up as an opponent for Lennox at some point. Very likely if you look at Lennox's early opponents and the time of them.

[bmw hector]

To be fair, he did fight Akinwande.

[Bigdogsnose]

Tedious beyond belief. He's a true fighting man from the 80s, doesn't do youtube - says the social media whore!

[SeanBrennan]

To be fair, he did fight Akinwande.

Which went well for him….