Overview
- The bout is confirmed for Tottenham Hotspur Stadium before a 60,000-plus crowd with global streaming on Netflix.
- Fury, 37, has not fought since his second points loss to Oleksandr Usyk in December 2024 after announcing retirement in January 2025.
- He says he will go without a formal trainer for this fight, calling himself a “one-man army,” as reports note family concern over his preparation.
- Russia’s Arslanbek Makhmudov enters at 21-2 with 19 knockouts and is regarded as a heavy-handed threat seeking a breakthrough win.
- Fury frames the comeback as a push toward a third world title, with talk of possible future targets such as an Usyk trilogy contingent on the April result.