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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Sport
Steve Bunce

Tyson Fury and the heavyweight plan that can ignite boxing in 2026

Tyson Fury wasted three days of January before making his return a fact and sending a message that the heavyweight cash cow is back.

A week or so ago, Oleksandr Usyk insisted that he wanted a fight with Deontay Wilder, and Wilder, in a moment of amnesia, insisted that the best was yet to come. Wilder will always be dangerous, but he has lost four of his last six fights in the last six years and is now 40. He has also knocked out 43 of the 44 men he has beaten. At the same time, thankfully, Anthony Joshua is being left to his grief and suffering; there should be absolute and universal silence about Joshua’s boxing life.

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