Fury set to step back into the ring after 15 months out
Joshua involved in fatal Nigeria car crash in December
Tyson Fury has revealed the deaths of two of long-time rival Anthony Joshua’s friends in a car crash in December was the catalyst for his return to boxing.
Fury will step back into the ring on 11 April after a 15-month absence to face Russian-born heavyweight Arslanbek Makhmudov in a bout at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium which will be broadcast live on Netflix.
The two-time world heavyweight champion Fury retired after his second successive loss to Oleksandr Usyk at the end of 2024 and went a calendar year without a fight before announcing his latest comeback on 4 January. The announcement came a week after compatriot Joshua was involved in a car crash in Nigeria which killed his close friends Sina Ghami and Latif ‘Latz’ Ayodele.
