Tyson Fury admits long-time rival Anthony Joshua's car crash provoked boxing return

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/fury-tyson/MDZyQvA1/"]Fury[/a] will step back into the ring [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/boxing/fury-t-MDZyQvA1/makhmudov-a-beqHf2uL/?mid=KIb0DoXA"]on April 11[/a] after a 15-month absence to face Russian-born heavyweight [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/makhmudov-arslanbek/beqHf2uL/"]Arslanbek Makhmudov[/a] in a bout at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.[/p][p]The 37-year-old retired after his second successive loss to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/usyk-olexandr/nqbF7L5K/"]Oleksandr Usyk[/a] at the end of 2024 and went a calendar year without a fight before revealing his latest comeback on January 4.[/p][p]The announcement came a week after compatriot [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/joshua-anthony/WnlqLAvo/"]Joshua[/a] was involved in a car crash in Nigeria which killed his close friends Sina Ghami and Latif Ayodele.[/p][p][b]"Tomorrow might not ever come and I suppose the biggest turning point in this comeback for me was the tragedy that happened with Anthony Joshua,"[/b] Fury said on Monday.[/p][p]"You should never put things off until tomorrow, or next year, or next week because tomorrow is not promised to nobody."[/p][embed guid="51e56c69-bd1b-4359-81ad-661c5bced9ce" url="https://x.com/BoxingNewsED/status/2023475012473417923" social-type="twitter" /][p]Any plans for Fury and Joshua to finally fight in 2026 have been put on the back burner.[/p][p]And Fury, a former two-time world heavyweight champion, claimed he has also returned to the ring to bring back some glamour to the sport.[/p][p]"The truth of the matter is I came back for one reason only and that's to make boxing great again," added Fury.[/p][p][b]"Since I've retired for the fifth time over a year ago, boxing for me has gone on a downward slope and it's become quite boring."[/b][/p]