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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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Tony Yoka has broken his silence on Lawrence Okolie’s failed test that canceled their scheduled heavyweight fight.
On Saturday in Paris, Yoka was scheduled to face Okolie in a fierce heavyweight fight.
But on Tuesday, the Briton failed a VADA test, reportedly for GHRP 2 and its metabolite M8, a synthetic substance that stimulates the body to release human growth hormone.
Promoter Frank Warren tried to find a slow replacement, but later canceled the entire show.
Yoka (33) admits that he was bitterly disappointed with the situation.
“I was disappointed because I wanted to fight,” said the 33-year-old talkSPORT.
“Of course I was ready.
“It’s not like it happened a few months before, it was three, four days before the fight.
“It was a great opportunity.
“It would have put me in a really good position, so it really worried me.
“What was more disappointing to me was that they just canceled the entire show, but I understand it’s a business.”
The Frenchman says he won’t wait too long and has been told he will either fight on the card Fabio Wardley vs. Daniel Dubois May 9 in Manchester or on the bill Dave Allen vs Filip Hrgovic on May 16 in Doncaster.
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Okolie, the WBC’s number one contender for Oleksandr Usyk’s title, promised in a statement to clear his name.
“Before anyone starts imagining the worst, after last year’s bicep injury, I suffered an elbow injury on the same shoulder during this camp.
“I underwent treatment and now we are here.
“I hope common sense will prevail.
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“I will of course cooperate fully with all relevant authorities and I am confident that any investigation will clear my name.
“I will not be making any further comments at this time.
“Thank you for all your support and see you soon.”
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David Benavidez is already looking to the future ahead of next week’s showdown with Zurdo Ramirez.
Benavidez challenges Zurdo for his unified WBO and WBA cruiserweight world titles next Saturday at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, live on DAZN pay-per-view.
“The Mexican Monster” is moving up from lightweight heavyweight, where he holds the WBC crown, in a bid to become a three-division world champion.
An undisputed 175-pound title fight with Dmitry Bivol has so far eluded the undefeated 29-year-old, but he insists he will return to the weight class after the Ramirez fight in an attempt to lure Bivol to fight him.
“My plan wasn’t just to abandon the lightweight heavyweight division,” Benavidez said Ariel Helwani show.
“My plan was this [to] come up, win two titles, come back and make this fight with me and Bivol even bigger.
“My dream is to become unified champion.
“It would be wise for me to go back downstairs.”
Bivol, the holder of the remaining IBF, WBA and WBO belts, will defend his IBF title against mandatory challenger Michael Eifert on May 30 in Russia.
The 35-year-old won the undisputed crown, among others revenge victory over Artur Beterbiev in his last appearance last February.
The Russian gave up the WBC belt, which Benavidez currently holds, in pursuit of a third meeting with Beterbiev, which ultimately did not take place.
Benavidez, who stopped Anthony Yarde in Riyad in November, is also hoping to fight former undisputed lightweight heavyweight champion Beterbiev, who hasn’t fought since his only professional loss to Bivol.
“After this fight [against Bivol] when I win the titles,” he added.
“I’m going to fight Beterbiev.
“I’m probably most excited about Beterbiev.
“These are two monsters heading on a collision course.
“Beterbiev was a bogeyman for a long, long, long time.
“Being the monster I am, I have to go in there and get rid of the bogeyman.”
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Ryan Garcia insists he was not given a contract to fight Conor Benn, despite the Briton insisting he signed a contract for the fight.
Garcia and Benn are reportedly in talks for a welterweight world title clash in Las Vegas in August.
Benn is the number one contender for the American’s WBC crown, which he won by unanimous decision over Mario Barrios in February.
On Wednesday, Benn publicly called on his rival to sign the end of the deal.
“Sign the contract @RyanGarcia,” the 29-year-old wrote X.
“King Ry” sharply criticized “The Destroyer”, claiming that he was not given a contract to sign.
The 27-year-old wrote further X: “If I actually had a contract, Conor, I would sign it as soon as one of these hands touches your jaw on fight night.”
Benn has not broken the 147-pound limit since 2022, although he has signaled his intention to return to welterweight, and his last fight was at 150 pounds.
The player from Ilford said goodbye to former two-time world champion, Regis Prograis unanimous decision at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium earlier this month.
Benn fought at middleweight in his two fights, then fought Prograis in two hard-fought matches against Chris Eubank Jr.
Prior to his victory over Porgrais, the 29-year-old controversially left former promotional team Matchroom to join Zuffa Boxing on a one-fight deal reportedly worth $15 million.
Benn resigned last week from the company formed by UFC president Dana White as part of a five-fight contract.
“I just signed a fresh multi-fight contract, which I am very joyful with,” he said.
“Our visions are consistent.
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If I actually had a contract, Conor, I would sign it as soon as one of those hands touched your jaw on fight night.
— RYAN GARCIA (@RyanGarcia) April 22, 2026
“Our goal remains the same, which is to win the world title, but more importantly, to give people the fight they want.
“Give people mega fights.”
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