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Tyson Fury vs Arslanbek Makhmudov – results and post-fight report
It was another comeback in Tyson Fury’s career. The former heavyweight world champion eased his way back into title contention at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium when ‘The Gypsy King’ scored an almost overwhelming score over twelve rounds against Arslanbek Makhmudov.
Netflix broadcast the Fury vs Makhmudov fight live from north London.
Fury (35-2-1, KO24) was last seen in December 2024, when he made a clear decision in favor of Oleksandr Usyk for the undisputed title after losing to the Ukrainian seven months earlier, before selecting Makhmudov (21-3, KO19) as his comeback opponent, with the Russian scoring a grueling points victory over Dave Allen last October.
Makhmudov started well, catching Fury early in the first round, but all was well once Fury started working on the uppercut in the second round, and Makhmudov looked tired in the third round as Fury worked his opponent’s body from the inside.
The bodywork and jab worked well for Fury, and in the sixth throw another uppercut found its mark, followed by a series of jabs.
Makhmudov showed a brief resistance in the seventh set, but left hook from Fury staggered him a round later and the Englishman finished him off.
There was more of the same in the championship rounds, with stiff jabs snapping the guy’s head back and a body shot hurting Makhmudov again in the penultimate frame. He eagerly held on at every opportunity, with Fury maintaining his dominance until the final bell, where the result was no longer in doubt.
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Two scores of 120-108 and the third 119-109 confirmed a wide victory for Fury, who immediately called Britian to fight Anthony Joshua, who was sitting at the ring.
Conor Benn vs. Regis Prograis
On the undercard, much was expected from Conor Benn’s (25-1, KO14) promotional debut following his split from Matchroom.
He had to work challenging to win the welterweight fight against former two-time world champion Regis Prograis (30-4, KO24) in ten rounds.
It was a close match, but Benn controlled the action most of the time and recorded the win by three scores, 98-92.
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Undercard remaining
Richard Riakporhe (20-1, KO16) won the British heavyweight title, releasing the title from Jeami TKV (9-3, KO5) in his first defense, winning by fifth-round stoppage.
TKV was trailing before the break and Riakporhe applied pressure several times, forcing the referee to intervene.
Frazer Clarke (9-3-1, KO7) didn’t see his attempt to resurrect his career go up in smoke as the heavyweight was defeated by a ten-round majority decision by Justis Huni (13-1, KO7).
Two scores of 96-94 won the fight for Huni, while the third judge decided it was a draw 95-95.
Over eight rounds, former British and Commonwealth champion Felix Cash (17-1, KO11) returned to action after an almost two-year layoff and submitted Liam O’Hare (13-3, KO4) multiple times en route to a second-round middleweight stoppage.
Breyon Gorham (22-0, KO17) remained undefeated, and super lightweight Eduardo Costa Do Nascimento (12-6, KO5) stopped in round five, defeating the Brazilian in the first match.
Paweł August (18-0, KO7) won the undefeated six-round fight, and the middleweight fighter won 58-56 against Simon Zachenhuber (28-1, KO17).
Flyweight prospect Mikie Tallon (13-0, KO3) stopped Leandro Jose Blanca (8-5, KO3) with a round body shot, and Elliot Whale (14-0, KO9) stopped Tom Hill (12-5, KO3) in the fourth frame of their welterweight fight.
Super featherweight newcomer Sultan Almohammed (3-0, KO2) scored another quick victory, this time defeating Hector Avila Lozano (3-8-1, KO3) in the third round of a scheduled four-round fight.
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Ed Pereira described how through IVisitBoxing he hopes to aid change the sport for the future.
Pereira is promoting IVisitBoxing’s next appearance on July 11 in San Francisco.
The promoter spoke to proboxing-fans.com about his journey to the boxing world after great success with his other ventures, including IVisit Media.
Pereira truly introduced himself to the boxing world last May when he, along with Turki Alalshikh and Riyadh Season, promoted an event in the middle of Times Square.
The event featured some of the sport’s biggest names, including Teofimo Lopez, Ryan Garcia, Devin Haney and Rolando Romero, with a world title fight topping the bill.
Pereira reflected on the event and spoke honestly about how it all happened.
“Times Square was an incredible experience because of how tough it was to create.
“People were disconnected from the experience, and that’s what I felt: I want people to be engaged.”
He also revealed what message he carries in his company and what is most essential to him when promoting events throughout the United States.
“Make something and then show it to as many people as possible. And I’m still doing it, 30 years later.”
He talked about how he believes boxing impacts the lives of individuals, from the fighters themselves to the audience, and why accessibility in sport is so essential.
“Boxing doesn’t just change people’s lives – it changes the way the world sees people.
“That’s the power of boxing.”
IVB and Pereira’s next appearance will be on July 11, with the main event being Anthony Olascuaga’s fight against Andy Dominguez Velasquez.
The fight card will be on display at the Civic Center and a wide range of tickets will be available, including a free section allowing anyone to watch the fights. Pereira hopes to break the boxing attendance record of 135, 132 set in 1941 by Tony Zale vs. Billy Pryor.
“For me, San Francisco is the story of every single person on that card.
“Boxing is not broken.
“We need to make boxing more open to everyone.
“It’s about affordability. It’s about accessibility.
“That’s why we stick with YouTube. That’s why we stick with TikTok.”
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Eddie Hearn believes Tyson Fury lacks confidence ahead of his clash with Anthony Joshua later this year.
Joshua and Fury have signed a deal to face each other in the highly anticipated all-British blockbuster, which is expected to be staged in November.
“AJ” will be there will face the unknown Albanian Kristian Prenga during warm-ups in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on July 25.
Fury, who retired to beat Arslanbek Makhmudov on points in April, is also keen to fight again before facing his long-time rival, with an August 1 date being discussed.
Joshua’s promoter Hearn questions the Morecambe fighter’s decision to fight another fight in the meantime, believing it could signal a lack of faith.
“He’s going to do what he’s going to do,” the 46-year-old said Sky Sports Boxing.
“And if he feels like he needs a good fight, I like that because it tells me he’s not completely confident.
“He shot 12 good rounds with Makhmudov to the point where you really need more rounds?
“He told us, ‘You don’t need another fight.’
“In two years of boxing, we had four rounds with Jake Paul.
“You had 12 rounds with Makhmudov at Tottenham but you still feel you need more rounds to prepare for Anthony Joshua.
“More rounds won’t assist you, because I can see it.
“When Makhmudov came into that fight, I knew what AJ was going to do.”
“AJ” came face to face with Prenga at their stadium first press conference on Monday in London.
The 36-year-old will fight for the first time since he knocked out Jake Paul in the sixth round in December in Miami.
10 days after Paul was arrested, the Watford man suffered minor injuries in a fatal car crash that killed two of his close friends, Latif Ayodele and Sina Ghami, while on holiday in Nigeria.
Joshua has already returned to the training camp in Valencia along with former rival Oleksandr Usyk.
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Chris Billam-Smith is the bookmaker’s favorite to defeat Ryan Rozicki in Saturday’s cruiserweight clash in Bournemouth.
Billam-Smith (21-2, 13 KO) fight with Rozicki (21-1-1, 20 KO) at Bournemouth International Center live Heavenly sports in the UK and Paramount+ in the US.
The former WBO cruiserweight world champion will enter the fight as a 3/10 favorite Bet365.
The 35-year-old bounced back from a loss to Zurdo Ramirez in their unification clash by defeating Brandon Glanton in April last year. “The Gentleman” is expected to win by the same method on October 11.
The Bournemouth player has not recorded a victory over the distance since he forced Mateusz Masternak to retire in 2023, and a break victory is valued at 11/4.
Rozicki, the number one contender in the WBC, is a 12/5 underdog Bet365 beat Billam-Smith in his hometown.
The Canadian has recorded 20 stoppages in his 21 victories, and his best route to victory is the distance of 5/1.
In 2022, “The Bruiser” scored points only once in his career, and another success over the distance is estimated at 13/2.
Full Bet365 odds
The result of the fight
- Chris Billam-Smith will win the fight: 3/10
- Chris Billam-Smith by KO/TKO/DQ: 11/4
- Chris Billam-Smith by decision or technical decision: 11/10
- Ryan Rozicki will win the fight: 12/5
- Ryan Rozicki by KO/TKO/DQ: 5/1
- Ryan Rozicki by decision or technical decision: 13/2
- Draw or technical draw: 16/1
Round bets
Chris Billam-Smith
- Win in round 1: 50/1
- Win in round 2: 40/1
- To win in round 3: 33/1
- To win in round 4: 25/1
- To win in round 5: 22/1
- To win in round 6: 20/1
- To win in round 7: 20/1
- To win in round 8: 20/1
- To win in round 9: 22/1
- To win in round 10: 25/1
- Win by Decision or Technical Decision: 11/10
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Ryan Różicki
- To win round 1: 80/1
- Win in round 2: 66/1
- Win in round 3: 50/1
- To win in round 4: 40/1
- To win in round 5: 33/1
- To win in round 6: 33/1
- To win in round 7: 33/1
- To win in round 8: 33/1
- To win in round 9: 33/1
- To win in round 10: 40/1
- Win by Decision or Technical Decision: 13/2
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