Boxer Fury will return to the ring against Russian Makhmudov on April 11.

British boxer, world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury will have his first fight after returning to the ring against Russian Arslanbek Makhmudov in April this year. The athlete wrote about this on the Instagram social network (owned by Meta, recognized as extremist in Russia and banned).

"Well, it's official, I'm coming back and I'm going to do what I love," he said.

Turki Al-Sheikh, Chairman of the General Directorate of Entertainment of Saudi Arabia, on the social network X (ex. Twitter) clarified that the fight will take place in the UK on April 11. The location of the fight will be announced later. The live broadcast of the fight will be carried out by the Netflix streaming platform, Sport-Express adds.

Back to retirement: Tyson Fury has announced the end of his career

Why the boxer made such a decision and whether a return is possible soon

Fury announced his retirement in January 2025. The Briton made this decision after defeating the Ukrainian Alexander Usyk. At that time, the boxer had 37 fights in his career, including 34 wins, two losses and a draw.

Later, in July last year, it became known that the British boxer would resume his career in 2026.

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