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Tyson Fury returns lighter than his last \u200cfight but still weighs in three pounds heavier than Arslanbek Makhmudov.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Published On 11 Apr 2026<\/span>11 Apr 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Former \u2060world heavyweight champion \u2060Tyson Fury hit the scales considerably lighter than last time he fought in 2024, but still carrying a few pounds more than Russian Arslanbek \u2060Makhmudov.<\/p>\n The 37-year-old registered 267.9 pounds in his underwear after his Canada-based opponent had stepped up at 264.9 in Friday\u2019s weigh-in.<\/p>\n list of 4 items<\/span>end of list<\/span><\/section>\n Fury\u2019s weight compared to the 281 pounds he recorded, albeit \u2060fully clothed, for his rematch with world champion Oleksandr Usyk in December 2024 and 262 pounds against the Ukrainian in May that year.<\/p>\n The Briton said he still had \u201ca bit left in the tank\u201d as he came out of retirement for the fifth time.<\/p>\n \u201cAfter another four \u200cor five retirements, I should be good,\u201d he said. \u201cMy priority is to beat this fella, I\u2019ve got loads of Easter eggs in the fridge ready for me. Whoever has these belts, I want them back.<\/p>\n \u201cI want to make a statement, so I\u2019ve come in nice and light and lean.\u201d<\/p>\n Fury, who has spent 16 weeks training in Thailand, has promised fans a knockout win at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on \u2060Saturday night.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ll knock his head right off his two shoulders,\u201d \u2060he told reporters on Thursday.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ll be like the gamecock on top of Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, and he\u2019ll be like the knocked-out man sparked out on the floor.\u201d<\/p>\n The Briton has not fought since losing by unanimous decision \u2060to Usyk, but believes he remains the division\u2019s top draw.<\/p>\n \u201cI actually feel sorry for Makhmudov because he\u2019s got to face me \u2013 \u2060an injury-free Tyson Fury, on good form,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cSooner \u2060or later, these so-called alphabetical world champions are going to have to fight me. Whoever\u2019s got belts will be begging me to fight by the end of the year \u2013 on their hands and knees, begging the \u200cGypsy King to fight them.\u201d<\/p>\n The bout against Makhmudov will be broadcast exclusively on Netflix, underlining Fury\u2019s continued commercial appeal even after a 16-month absence from the ring.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m the money \u200cman. \u200cWhen you mention Tyson Fury in heavyweight boxing, you know you\u2019re getting paid,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Tyson Fury returns lighter than his last \u200cfight but still weighs in three pounds heavier than Arslanbek Makhmudov. Published On 11 Apr 202611 Apr 2026 Former \u2060world heavyweight champion \u2060Tyson Fury hit the scales considerably lighter than last time he fought in 2024, but still carrying a few pounds more than Russian Arslanbek \u2060Makhmudov. The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18543,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-europe-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18542","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18542"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18542\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Recommended Stories <\/h2>\n
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