With Tyson Fury intending to end his retirement once again and return to the boxing ring, his manager Spencer Brown tells Sky Sports that they are aiming for an April fight date, believing that a formal announcement will come imminently. And as Team Fury weigh their options for potential comeback opponents, Arslanbek Makhmudov was specifically named a one of the final candidates for the assignment.
“We’re looking at five or six different opponents,” Brown told Sky Sports News. ”[Makhmudov] is in the top three or four, most definitely. That’s not for me to announce. The promoters will announce that; everybody is working very hard to get this fight under way.”
Makhmudov (21-2, 19 KOs), 36, has won two straight fights since dropping a summer 2024 fight against Guido Vianello, most recently taking a unanimous decision win over David Allen this past October.
Fury (34-2-1, 24 KOs) hasn’t fought since back-to-back defeats at the hands of Oleksandr Usyk in 2024, although he still firmly believes he deserved to win the decision in those fights despite being in the firm minority by almost all accounts.
