TYSON FURY’s boxing plans for after his comeback clash with Arslanbek Makhmudov have been revealed.
Fury, 36, will officially end his FIFTH RETIREMENT from boxing on April 11 when he takes on the bear-wrestling Russian at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
The Gypsy King is hoping to use Makhmudov as a stepping stone for a shock trilogy fight with Oleksandr Usyk.
Fury was handily beaten by the slick southpaw, who will take on kickboxer Rico Verhoeven in his next outing on May 23, in their back-to-back Saudi showdowns in 2024.
But he firmly believes he can get the job done at the third time of asking.
That being said, promoter Frank Warren insists he won’t sit and twiddle his thumbs waiting for a fight for his two-time conqueror after he does the business against Makhmudov.
The Queensberry Promotions chief told Sky Sports: “Tyson, he’s not going to sit around.
“He has this fight and he’ll want to be out again. He wants to be busy.
“All these fights are great fights to make. They’re all unbelievably good quality fights.
“The heavyweight division’s so lively as I keep saying at the moment.
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There’s a massive year of boxing ahead!
It’s shaping up to be a blockbuster year of action inside the boxing ring.
Tyson Fury will make his return in April against Arslanbek Makhmudov while Oleksandr Usyk takes on the king of kickboxing Rico Verhoeven.
Conor Benn features for the first time since making the switch to Zuffa Boxing and Fabio Wardley will defend his newly won heavyweight crown.
Canelo Alvarez will be hoping to return after his defeat to Terence Crawford and heavyweight king Oleksandr Usyk will also need to defend his straps.
Derek Chisora will fight for the 50th and (perhaps) final time against Deontay Wilder while Daniel Dubois is also on the comeback trail.
A whole bunch of British stars could also take a leap into superstardom, with the likes of Moses Itauma, Hamzah Sheeraz and Adam Azim ready to join the very top of the sport.
Here’s all the big fights coming up…
February
- Sat 28 – Emanuel Navarrete vs Eduardo Nunez – super-featherweight unification – DAZN
March
- Sat 14 – Jazza Dickens vs Anthony Cacace – WBA super-featherweight title – DAZN
- Sat 21 – George Liddard vs Tyler Denny – British & Commonwealth Middleweight title – DAZN
- Sat 28 – Moses Itauma vs Jermaine Franklin – DAZN
- Sat 28 – Sebastian Fundora vs Keith Thurman – Amazon Prime PPV
April
- Sat 4 – Deontay Wilder vs Derek Chisora – DAZN PPV
- Sat 11 – Tyson Fury vs Arslanbek Makhmudov – Netflix
- Sat 11 – Conor Benn vs Regis Prograis – Netflix
- Sat 18 – Callum Smith vs David Morrell – DAZN
- Sat 18 – Manny Pacquiao vs Ruslan Provodnikov
- Sat 25 – Mike Tyson vs Floyd Mayweather
- Sat 25 – Lawrence Okolie vs Tony Yoka – DAZN
May
- Sat 9 – Fabio Wardley vs Daniel Dubois – WBO title – DAZN
- Sat 9 – Zurdo Ramirez vs David Benavidez – WBA & WBO Cruiserweight titles – Prime Video
- Sat 23 – Oleksandr Usyk vs Rico Verhoeven – WBC title – DAZN
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TYSON FURY VS ARSLANBEK MAKHMUDOV: ALL THE DETAILS YOU NEED AS THE GYPSY KING RETURNS
“There’s some fabulous match-ups there, and lots of Brits involved.”
A domestic dust-up against the winner of the May 9 WBO heavyweight title fight between champion Fabio Wardley and Daniel Dubois could be on the cards for Fury if he beats Makhmudov.
And East Anglia assassin Wardley has already welcomed a potential Battle of Britain with the former two-time unified heavyweight champion.
Wardley told Sky Sports: “I had an open invitation to him at the start of the year before he signed up for his fight with Makhmudov.
“And before I even signed my fight with Daniel.
“I said, ‘Look if you want to go straightaway we can go straightaway, it’s no bother.’
“‘But if he wants a little warm-up and he wants to get through that and see how he feels, blah, blah, blah, then cool, no bother to me.
“I’ll still be ready and waiting after I’m done with Daniel for a massive fight.”
