{"id":317558,"date":"2026-04-12T16:44:51","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T11:14:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=317558"},"modified":"2026-04-12T16:44:51","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T11:14:51","slug":"tyson-fury-dominates-in-latest-comeback-calls-out-anthony-joshua","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/04\/12\/tyson-fury-dominates-in-latest-comeback-calls-out-anthony-joshua\/","title":{"rendered":"Tyson Fury dominates in latest comeback, calls out Anthony Joshua"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"FOR_target_content\">\n<div id=\"attachment_671164\" style=\"width: 1210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-671164\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Boxer Tyson Fury, left, celebrates victory over Arslanbek Makhmudov in a heavyweight bout in London, Saturday, April 11, 2026. (Bradley Collyer\/PA via AP)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>LONDON \u2014 Tyson Fury showed little rust in dominating Arslanbek Makhmudov for a unanimous decision victory Saturday and immediately challenged a ringside Anthony Joshua to fight him next.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet\u2019s give the fight fans what they need,\u201d Fury bellowed after going 12 rounds in his latest comeback.<\/p>\n<div id=\"billboard_article\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<i id=\"art_cont\" style=\"color:#85A7BF;\">Article continues after this commercial<\/i><\/p><\/div>\n<p>A protracted-awaited Fury-Joshua heavyweight showdown could be one in all the most important fights in British boxing history.<\/p>\n<h4>READ: Tyson Fury reveals Joshua crash provoked his return to boxing<\/h4>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">WHAT A FIGHT.<\/p>\n<p>Nothing but love between Tyson Fury and Arslanbek Makhmudov after 12 tough rounds \ud83d\udc4f<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FuryMakhmudov?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FuryMakhmudov<\/a> is LIVE on Netflix <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MviJQ77pZ2\">pic.twitter.com\/MviJQ77pZ2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Netflix Sports (@netflixsports) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/netflixsports\/status\/2043085445181980791?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 11, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Joshua sat ringside and seemed to be using his phone to film portions of the fight at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. He didn\u2019t commit to anything when Fury (35-2-1) yelled into the Netflix microphone: \u201cDo you accept my challenge?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Joshua said, \u201cI\u2019ll punch you up,\u201d and \u201cI\u2019m the owner. You&#8217;re employed for me.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"ztoop\">\n<i id=\"art_cont\" style=\"color:#85A7BF;\">Article continues after this commercial<\/i>\t\t  <\/p><\/div>\n<p>As for Saturday\u2019s fight, the self-described \u201cGypsy King\u201d had a reasonably slow start but otherwise dictated the pace together with his left jab and in later rounds landed frequent lead uppercuts on Makhmudov (21-3). Two judges scored it 120-108 and the opposite 119-109.<\/p>\n<p>The 36-year-old Joshua, a former world champion, later told Netflix in an interview: \u201cContracts will probably be sent over. You\u2019ll probably see us within the ring.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He noted he\u2019s still \u201csorting some things out\u201d following the death of two close friends in a fatal automobile accident in Nigeria. Joshua was a passenger within the vehicle.<\/p>\n<div id=\"billboard_article\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<i id=\"art_cont\" style=\"color:#85A7BF;\">Article continues after this commercial<\/i><\/p><\/div>\n<h4>READ: Tyson Fury coming out of retirement to fight Arslanbek Makhmudov<\/h4>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It&#8217;s happening. <\/p>\n<p>Tyson Fury vs. Anthony Joshua. This autumn from the UK. LIVE only on Netflix. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tG2CkdDdhK\">pic.twitter.com\/tG2CkdDdhK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Netflix (@netflix) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/netflix\/status\/2043089979262591197?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 11, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The 37-year-old Fury, the previous two-time heavyweight champion, called it quits shortly after losing to Oleksandr Usyk in December 2024 for a second time \u2014 his only two skilled defeats.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf AJ don\u2019t want it, then lets get Usyk within the trilogy,\u201d Fury said at Saturday\u2019s post-fight press conference.<\/p>\n<p>At Fury\u2019s request, his ring walk was preceded by a tribute to the late Ricky Hatton, the Manchester native and former world champion who died last 12 months at age 46.<\/p>\n<p>The message \u201cRIP Ricky\u201d was stitched on the back of Fury\u2019s shorts.<\/p>\n<h2>Benn handles Prograis<\/h2>\n<p>Conor Benn earned a 10-round unanimous decision over Regis Prograis to bolster his case for a title shot against WBC welterweight champion Ryan Garcia.<\/p>\n<p>Benn (25-1, 14 KOs) took command in the center rounds with punishing body shots against 37-year-old Prograis (30-4, 24 KOs), a former two-time world champion at super lightweight (140 lbs).<\/p>\n<p>Saturday\u2019s bout was at a catchweight of 150 lbs.<\/p>\n<p>All three judges scored it 98-92 for the 29-year-old Briton, who sustained cuts over each eyes from head clashes.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boxer Tyson Fury, left, celebrates victory over Arslanbek Makhmudov in a heavyweight bout in London, Saturday, April 11, 2026. (Bradley Collyer\/PA via AP) LONDON \u2014 Tyson Fury showed little rust in dominating Arslanbek Makhmudov for a unanimous decision victory Saturday and immediately challenged a ringside Anthony Joshua to fight him next. \u201cLet\u2019s give the fight [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":317559,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[338],"tags":[1414,2745,1911,529,8082,1094,577,7686],"class_list":["post-317558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-anthony","tag-calls","tag-comeback","tag-dominates","tag-fury","tag-joshua","tag-latest","tag-tyson"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=317558"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317558\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":317561,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317558\/revisions\/317561"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/317559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=317558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=317558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=317558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}