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Tyson Fury's five most memorable fights
Tyson Fury ends his retirement once again, getting back in the ring Saturday night to clash with Arslanbek Makhmudov at London’s Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
The former unified heavyweight champion of the world has given boxing so many thrilling in-ring moments over his storied career.
Here, on the brink of ‘The Gypsy King’ making another run, DAZN News looks back on Fury’s five most memorable fights.
Shocking Wladimir Klitschko to become unified heavyweight world champion; November 2015
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In a memorable buildup that had Tyson Fury showing up to a press conference dressed as Batman, perhaps Wladimir Klitschko did not take the Brit all the way seriously.
But the underdog ‘The Gypsy King’ made sure to change that in the ring, outboxing and outclassing Klitschko toward a shocking unanimous decision win to become the new unified heavyweight champion of the world.
Judges in Dusseldorf, Germany scored it 115-112, 116-111 and 115-112 all for Fury who exited the ring that night with three heavyweight titles in tow — and perhaps the key to launching his boxing legend.
Fighting Deontay Wilder to a thrilling split draw; December 2018
After defeating Klitschko to become the unified heavyweight world champion, Fury suffered a downward spiral of alcoholism, drug addiction and depression.
The personal issues caused him to relinquish his titles and step away from the sport for nearly three years.
Fury finally returned in June 2018, first stopping Sefer Seferi, before edging Francesco Pianeta via points two months later.
The rounds helped the unbeaten Fury rebuild toward vying for the WBC heavyweight world title against undefeated knockout artist and champion Deontay Wilder that December at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
Though Fury treated Wilder to a sweet science lesson, buzzing the champ along the way, ‘The Gypsy King’ was dropped by ‘The Bronze Bomber’s’ power during the ninth and 12th rounds. The latter knockdown came on a vicious right-left combo, with Fury rising up like The Undertaker to beat the late count.
At the end of the thriller, judges were faced with a dilemma — do they credit Fury’s boxing or Wilder’s slugging more? They decided on neither, scoring it a split draw to pave the way for a rematch.
Demolishing Wilder in rematch to claim WBC title; February 2020
Fury thought he outboxed Wilder enough to have his hand raised in their first fight. Wilder thought Fury benefitted from an arguable long count in a 12th round knockdown and that he should have gotten the victory.
With unfinished business, the rivals met again — this time at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Paradise, Nevada. Fury weighed in at 42 pounds heavier than Wilder.
That night in February 2020, just before the world flipped upside down via the COVID-19 global pandemic, Fury made the biggest statement of his career by demolishing Wilder.
Fury dropped Wilder with a hard right hand in the third round and again in the fifth courtesy of a lunging body shot. ‘The Gypsy King’ forced Wilder’s corner to stop the fight upon clubbing its charge with unanswered shots against the ropes for an emphatic seventh-round TKO.
The stunning victory made Fury the new WBC heavyweight world champion, back on top of the boxing universe.
Emphatically closing out Wilder rivalry; October 2021
Despite Wilder being badly beaten in the rematch, controversy followed their sequel. That’s because Wilder alleged the outfit he wore to the ring was too heavy and sapped his energy, and that Fury’s gloves could have been loaded.
This necessitated a trilogy fight, which would take place at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The action-packed bout had Fury knocking Wilder down in the third round only for ‘The Bronze Bomber’ to return the favor twice in the fourth.
Fury then rebounded to drop Wilder in the 10th before putting him down face first in the 11th for the KO to emphatically shut the door on their rivalry.
Falling short of undisputed glory against Oleksandr Usyk; May 2024
Fury felt like Oleksandr Usyk, who reigned as an undisputed cruiserweight world champion prior, was too small for heavyweight.
Well, the Ukrainian responded by defeating Anthony Joshua twice on points to win and retain the unified heavyweight championship, respectively, and knocking out Daniel Dubois to set the stage to clash with Fury for undisputed heavyweight glory.
The bout took place at Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and it was a closely-contested affair with both men having their moments. The push came in a mammoth ninth round for Usyk who buzzed Fury with a raucous left hook that left ‘The Gypsy King’ on jelly legs, stumbling all around the ring before being registered as a knockdown.
Fury, with resolve, would gather himself to finish out the fight strong. At the end, two of three judges scored the bout in favor of Usyk for a split-decision victory that made him undisputed champ, while handing Fury his first loss. Even in defeat, Fury added to his legend with a dramatic fight.
They’d rematch seven months later in another heated bout, which Usyk won via unanimous decision. That brings Fury to his return this weekend against Arslanbek Makhmudov. Can he add to his memories? The boxing world is about to find out.
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