Despite solely being a 12 months aside in age, Fury and Makhmudov’s careers have adopted very totally different paths.
Fury claimed the unified heavyweight title in 2015 by beating Wladimir Klitschko and then the WBC world title in 2020 when he beat Deontay Wilder.
The Briton has the higher names on his report, having fought Usyk (twice), Derek Chisora (3 times) and Dillian Whyte.
Makhmudov has a win over Dave Allen and Carlos Takam however has two losses in his profession, to Guido Vianello and Agit Kabayel.
The Russian has stumbled when requested to step as much as real contender degree and was in fact a shock opponent for Fury contemplating his lack of star high quality and pedigree.
But he does have one benefit and that’s exercise. While Fury has sat on the sidelines for 15 months, Makhmudov fought twice in 2025 and 2024 and 3 times in 2023.
Fury is preventing in his thirty eighth contest, whereas Makhmudov is in his twenty fourth. There are lots fewer miles on the clock for the away fighter, who has fought 69 rounds in contrast with Fury’s 254.
While he has fought far much less spectacular opponents, Makhmudov’s knockout fee is superb at 90% whereas Fury’s is 71%.
