Comments Thread For: Tyson Fury to fight Arslanbek Makhmudov on April 11

[PRINCEKOOL]

Good fight for Tyson Fury, it is not too much of a challenge for a return fight 'But it is still for sure a legitimate solid level fight'.

Note: Tyson Fury's performance vs Arslanbek Makhmudov will be a very good gauge of his current form 'compared to both domestic level fighters, like Dave Allen and World level fighters like Agit Kabayel'.

If Tyson Fury wins quite comfortably over the distance, and wins 90 to 95% of the rounds 'I would honestly rate that as a really good performance for Tyson Fury'.

I don't think people should really expect Tyson Fury, to just wade through Makhmudov because? In my opinion stylistically Tyson Fury has never been that type of fighter vs. most heavyweights that he has not outweighed by 50 + pounds.

To conclude: Whenever Tyson Fury has fought a solid level heavyweight, who he does not outweigh considerably 'he has always fought them from a defensive fundamental base. Wladimir Kiltschko, Derek Chisora, Francis Ngannou, Dillian Whyte. Fury fought all of those fighters on the back foot'.

Tyson Fury during his first fight vs. Derek Chisora I, attempted to meet force with force 'and was pushed right to the line, and smashed up by an out of condition Chisora. In the remaining two fights of their trilogy Fury, stylistically applied his greater skill for skill boxing and range. And proceeded to systematically beat down Chisora'.

That is the level of performance vs. Makhmudov, that I want to see from Tyson Fury 'If he is in solid form, he should have the ability to make the fight easy for himself'.

If this fight is a mightily struggle for Tyson Fury 'Then I don't think that will be a good sign for his comeback aspirations, and fighting towards winning a World title again' etc.

[Nash out]

Fury coming back with a fight like this is unreal. Makhmudov would have destroyed the terrible 90s HW's in "prime" Mike Tyson, Evan Field, overrated Lewis, Chicken Bowe and the George Foreman grill. Makhmudov is coming off a great win and if Fury wins here, which he will as he is the GOAT, Wardley has nowhere to hide, then Uysk again for "The winner takes it all." Nash out - His Majesty

[Moz_boxing]

Good fight for Tyson Fury, it is not too much of a challenge for a return fight 'But it is still for sure a legitimate solid level fight'.

Note: Tyson Fury's performance vs Arslanbek Makhmudov will be a very good gauge of his current form 'compared to both domestic level fighters, like Dave Allen and World level fighters like Agit Kabayel'.

If Tyson Fury wins quite comfortably over the distance, and wins 90 to 95% of the rounds 'I would honestly rate that as a really good performance for Tyson Fury'.

I don't think people should really expect Tyson Fury, to just wade through Makhmudov because? In my opinion stylistically Tyson Fury has never been that type of fighter vs. most heavyweights that he has not outweighed by 50 + pounds.

To conclude: Whenever Tyson Fury has fought a solid level heavyweight, who he does not outweigh considerably 'he has always fought them from a defensive fundamental base. Wladimir Kiltschko, Derek Chisora, Francis Ngannou, Dillian Whyte. Fury fought all of those fighters on the back foot'.

Tyson Fury during his first fight vs. Derek Chisora I, attempted to meet force with force 'and was pushed right to the line, and smashed up by an out of condition Chisora. In the remaining two fights of their trilogy Fury, stylistically applied his greater skill for skill boxing and range. And proceeded to systematically beat down Chisora'.

That is the level of performance vs. Makhmudov, that I want to see from Tyson Fury 'If he is in solid form, he should have the ability to make the fight easy for himself'.

If this fight is a mightily struggle for Tyson Fury 'Then I don't think that will be a good sign for his comeback aspirations, and fighting towards winning a World title again' etc.

Nice post and overall i agree with most you said. However i don't think you can gauge anything from this fight if Fury blasts him out of there in 7-8 rounds (possible Arslan has one of the worst Gas tanks with Zhang, so he will be gassed after 3) or if he struggles and even gets knocked down. All of this will not matter and or help you rate what Tyson Fury has left. Tyson Fury always was and always will be a guy that performs to the level of his opponent mixed with his mental state going into the fight (underestimating or not).

You could have argued this Tyson Fury guy will never ever enter the top 15 seeing him fight Mcdermott or Paikic. Similiar you could argue he does not survive 2 rounds against Wilder seeing him fight Seferi or Pianeta. And you could have for sure argued this Tyson Fury is completely washed and done when Ngannou dropped him and almost beat him.

But Fury showed after all these poor really utterly poor performances that he can just come and bounce back to deliver one of his best performances on the highest level. Fury gave Usyk his hardest fight after he arguably lost to Ngannou who had his pro Debut. When it comes to Fury it's all about him preparing properly and focusing on nothing else but the fight. But at some point his lifestyle will catch up to him and no matter how clean he lives in camp or how hard he trains will help him but we will not be able to say if this point has arrived if he struggles against Arslan since Fury struggled against way worse opponents through out his whole career.

[Toffee]

Incredible this is being considered a 'comeback fight' when it's only just over a year since he last fought. That's not unusual for an older heavyweight.

Tells me he has no interest in Wardley and is only back for the Joshua cash.

[Joseph]

War Makhmudov!

[Boxing 112]

This fight on Netflix? Boxing really must be hot if Netflix picks such a lame fight. I hope they put on a decent undercard with solid fighters that are not mainstream.

It hurts to see that fights like Muratalla vs Cruz, Murtazaliev vs Kelly, Abass vs Zayas are getting no attention at all. Also it took a while for Hiraoka vs Russel to be made. Turki should focus more on these super talented not so well known guys and bring them on the Undercard of these big audience cards (instead of giving guys like Ryan Garcia the spot light over and over again), so the casuals can see how deep boxings talent pool is and what real boxing looks like.
Fury vs Arslan is really not it not even as a warm up fight.

They are filming another series of Fury reality series so probably want to film this fight and then a bigger fight later in the year. If AJ returns may be that if he doesn't then it'll probably be Wardley for the belt (or if Wardley loses the belt whoever wins it)

[The D3vil]

This is not going to help the allegations that Fury "retires" on & off so he can use PEDs without being tested.

[The D3vil]

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[PRINCEKOOL]

Nice post and overall i agree with most you said. However i don't think you can gauge anything from this fight if Fury blasts him out of there in 7-8 rounds (possible Arslan has one of the worst Gas tanks with Zhang, so he will be gassed after 3) or if he struggles and even gets knocked down. All of this will not matter and or help you rate what Tyson Fury has left. Tyson Fury always was and always will be a guy that performs to the level of his opponent mixed with his mental state going into the fight (underestimating or not).

You could have argued this Tyson Fury guy will never ever enter the top 15 seeing him fight Mcdermott or Paikic. Similiar you could argue he does not survive 2 rounds against Wilder seeing him fight Seferi or Pianeta. And you could have for sure argued this Tyson Fury is completely washed and done when Ngannou dropped him and almost beat him.

But Fury showed after all these poor really utterly poor performances that he can just come and bounce back to deliver one of his best performances on the highest level. Fury gave Usyk his hardest fight after he arguably lost to Ngannou who had his pro Debut. When it comes to Fury it's all about him preparing properly and focusing on nothing else but the fight. But at some point his lifestyle will catch up to him and no matter how clean he lives in camp or how hard he trains will help him but we will not be able to say if this point has arrived if he struggles against Arslan since Fury struggled against way worse opponents through out his whole career.

Yes. Although Tyson Fury has potentially lost his last three fights, he is still in a way more different situation than Anthony Joshua and Daniel Dubois 'both of those fighters are attempting to comeback from brutal losses, especially Joshua'.

Whereas Tyson Fury, in his last three fights 'can take something positive from all of them, enough to convince himself that he won'.

Note: I personally believe Francis Ngannou beat Tyson Fury 'but it is a fact? That Fury got up off the deck, and fought his way back into that fight'.

And then of course, Tyson Fury definitively lost his last two fights vs. Oleksandr Uysk I & II 'but? Uysk in their first fight, had one of the best opportunities ever to legitimately knock out Fury in round 9. Tyson Fury was seriously hurt and had a very limited defense, and even still Uysk was unable to deck him or knock him out'.

Those are all situations which a fighter can draw positives from, and that is why? It is possible Tyson Fury within himself, still believes that he is undefeated fighter.

To conclude: Regardless of what we think? I personally think Fury was beaten by Deontay Wilder in their first fight, if any fighter deserved the victory that night 'It was Wilder'.

As you have pointed out, Tyson Fury has comeback from worst performances and situations in his life before 'and then produced great performances vs. Deontay Wilder I & II. And currently right now in 2026, the heavyweight landscape a part from Oleksandr Uysk is nowhere near as strong as 5 to 8 years ago'.

That is why Tyson Fury is still a danger, especially if stylistically he fights to his strengths and uses his best attributes.

Arslanbek Makhmudov has a solid level of single punch power, so? It will be interesting to see how Fury deals with that. After being seriously hurt, and forced into fighting tentatively by Oleksandr Uysk who is a fighter that has never really been considered a monster puncher'.

So I think the important things to take away from Tyson Fury's performance will be? How easy he can win rounds vs. Makhmudov, and how invulnerable he is to Makhmudov's punching power' etc.

[MarbleFallsMauler]

Makhmudov reminds me of the 90s fringe contender Jimmy Thunder. Big, hulking, cumbersome. Even throwing basic 1-2 is clumsy

Tex Cobb would crush Twitchy Neck.